Sunday, March 13, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA Lucinda Childs postmodern gem sparkles anew, while two extraordinary dancers explore what unites people and tears them apart
When George Balanchine created his thre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSaturday, March 12, 2022
The star of ‘The Affair’, ‘Luther’ and ‘His Dark Materials’ talks to Sarah Crompton about personal boundaries, the gender pay gap and why older women are more valued in Europe th…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:42AMSunday, March 6, 2022
Royal Opera House; Wilton’s Music Hall, LondonVadim Muntagirov stars in the late Liam Scarlett’s reworking of a Russian classic. And Mark Bruce’s new work needs less drama, more dance
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMSunday, February 27, 2022
Warwick Arts Centre, and touringThis Dickens adaptation is at its most vibrant when it relies on Ben Duke and co’s expressive choreography rather than complex dialogue
“It was the best o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMSunday, February 20, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe magnetic young dancers of NDT2 shapeshift through a demanding triple bill with irresistible ease and assurance
The youngest of the 18 dancers who make up Nederlan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSaturday, February 12, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonUniversal themes of romance connect a young cast to their 70s revival, while Carlos Acosta stumbles in his casting
There’s a difficult balance in dance between bein…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSaturday, February 5, 2022
The award-winning stage actor gives one of the standout performances in Joel Coen’s film and is about to star on the London stage in ‘The Chairs’. But things might have turned out very…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:06AMSaturday, January 29, 2022
Barbican Pit, LondonRunning the gamut from Edith Sitwell and Twiggy to Rasputin and Elaine Paige, this mixed bill from an extraordinary duo and friends is a delight
Eleanor Perry (Tight) and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMSaturday, January 22, 2022
Coliseum, LondonThe plot’s still a problem but the dancers give their all in the outgoing ENB artistic director’s bold attempt to bring an old classic in from the cold
One of Tamara Rojo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMSaturday, January 15, 2022
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, LondonThis dazzling show recreates the choreographer’s work through the pure geometry of balls, hoops and clubs
As niches go, a work that combines a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AMMonday, December 27, 2021
Dancers burst back on to the stage, online performances reached new audiences, and we’ve Zoom to thank for Robert Cohan’s final work
Miranda Sawyer’s best radio and podcasts of 2021
R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMSunday, December 19, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, London; Curzon cinemas, Sky Arts, FreeviewMagic and melancholy combine to glorious effect in Bourne’s Christmas classic. And the BalletBoyz make the Brothers Grimm look d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMTuesday, December 7, 2021
The Royal Ballet’s phenomenal principal dancer was the fixed star at the heart of an extraordinary year for the company
See the Observer’s faces of 2021 in full
It’s been an oddly frac…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSunday, December 5, 2021
Royal Albert Hall, LondonPolunin and Cojocaru are terrific, but neither is given enough to work with in the UK premiere of Johan Kobborg’s new version
There’s been a lot of water under a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSunday, November 21, 2021
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonThe extraordinary work of the late choreographer Robert Cohan finds full expression in two heartfelt tribute shows by Yorke Dance Project
When I fir…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSaturday, November 20, 2021
As a new staging of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley opens in London, director Rebecca Frecknall and 94-year-old composer John Kander, the only survivor of the original cre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMSunday, November 14, 2021
Royal Opera House, LondonSix hundred performances of Giselle and counting, the Royal Ballet’s peerless dancers continue to make this once revolutionary work their own
The historical roots …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMSunday, November 7, 2021
Linbury theatre, LondonThe company celebrates 20 years of challenging, creative work with an eclectic double bill including a thrilling new piece from one of its own dancers
Ballet Black, fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMSunday, October 31, 2021
Selfridges Loading Bay; Sadler’s Wells, LondonWhile Sharon Eyal’s repetitive works writhe with energy, Dimitris Papaioannou’s new piece lacks momentum but not beauty
A work by Sharon E…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMSunday, October 24, 2021
Royal Opera House, LondonWayne McGregor, Thomas Adès and Tacita Dean’s dream-team Divine Comedy, danced with glorious freedom by the Royal Ballet, is a fitting farewell to its star
One of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSunday, October 17, 2021
Bell Square, Hounslow; available onlineDance Umbrella’s football-themed piece fails to score, but Dimitris Papaioannou’s 2009 work saves the day
Never let it be said that dance doesn’t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMSaturday, October 9, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe choreographer draws rich inspiration from the lonely, thwarted characters of the novelist Patrick Hamilton in this beautifully danced new work
Sexy, smouldering a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSaturday, October 2, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, London Jeffrey Cirio and Erina Takahashi dazzle for a sharp ENB, but this long-awaited new work is all message, no story
One quality I’ve always admired in Akram Khan is …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AMSaturday, September 25, 2021
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, LondonYou the audience are part of the action in this perspective-altering performance for disused spaces
The first time I encountered the work of the dance-mak…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSunday, September 19, 2021
Sadler’s Wells, LondonShechter’s heartfelt response to the pandemic, The Fix, is shaded by his 2016 work Clowns, both performed with spectacular commitment
In Carol Reed’s film The Thi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSunday, September 12, 2021
Birmingham HippodromeMagical movement is weighed down by plot as the Rosie Kay Dance Company graft Shakespeare on to modern Midlands life
I worry about the dominance of Shakespeare’s Romeo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSunday, August 22, 2021
Edinburgh international festival; available onlineUplifting and full of hope, catch these four tremendous films by dance-makers from Rio, Soweto, Beirut and Edinburgh while you can
The Edinb…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMThe ‘Leopoldstadt’ director, who also helped develop Alan Partridge, speaks to Sarah Crompton about antisemitism, the quasi-racism of Boris Johnson, and reopening the acclaimed Tom Stopp…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:12AMSunday, July 25, 2021
Norwich Theatre Royal and touring; live streamThere’s so much love in the room for Acosta that a variable programme becomes more than the sum of its parts, while Rambert’s cool virtual b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMSunday, July 18, 2021
Available onlineMarianela Nuñez’s irresistible Aurora, a Wayne McGregor pas de deux and one soloist’s swansong are highlights of the Royal’s 90th anniversary show
As dance shakes out …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, June 27, 2021
Available online; live streamHofesh Shechter’s groundbreaking 2010 work has lost none of its power, while Scottish Dance’s Joan Clevillé revels in a single take
It would be hard to matc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM 
