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Inspired by the true story of a summer dance mania in 1518, a haunting new Artangel project directed by Jonathan Glazer films lone performers around the world dancing till they drop In the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSadler’s Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonAlston and company bow out gracefully in the face of budget cuts with a celebratory, intensely moving farewell showRichard Alston has ended where h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMBarbican; Sadler’s Wells, LondonA magnificent double bill by Taiwan’s radical Cloud Gate Theatre overshadows a hymn to Isadora Duncan that only hints at her freedom and force Someone ask…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMRoyal Opera House; Peacock theatre, LondonJacqueline du Pré’s life story is translated into a powerfully affecting ballet by Cathy Marston, while Kate Prince defies the odds with a refuge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMRoyal Opera House; Coliseum, LondonNatalia Osipova leads an unforgettable revival of John Cranko’s take on Pushkin. And English National Ballet’s celebrations bring back happy memories W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMThe Royal Ballet principal on her changing roles, how she dances through difficult emotions, and being ‘a complete bunhead’ Marianela Nuñez is one of the most acclaimed ballerinas in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMPam Tanowitz hit home at last, Akram Khan and David Bintley bowed out, and the dance world looked back to Merce Cunningham and Margot Fonteyn This felt like a year that belonged to women. F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMSadler’s Wells, LondonAshley Shaw makes a triumphant return as doomed ballerina Vicky Page in Bourne’s inspired adaptation The Red Shoes was the film that cemented my love for ballet. I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMRoyal Opera House, LondonHayward gets things off to a flying start as Ninette de Valois’s comic ballet makes an overdue return Dance has a strange relationship with its past. No art form l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe Cuban star returns with a buoyant showcase of his Havana-based company, while Michelle Dorrance takes tap to another level Both Acosta Danza and Dorrance Dance ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMFrom the ballet performances like 17th century catwalk shows to Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw in a tutu, two exhibitions explore a stylish symbiotic relationship The shy bookseller pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMRoyal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe Royal Ballet is at the top of its game in a new triple bill of MacMillan, Ashton and a pinch of Petipa, while Russell Maliphant creates a mesme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMLinbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonPam Tanowitz’s dazzling new piece for the Royal Ballet worked perfectly alongside Ashton and Cunningham. Elsewhere, the best of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSadler’s Wells, LondonGisèle Vienne creates a mesmeric night of intrigue at a rave, while South African whirlwind Dada Masilo makes a ballet classic her own The women are coming: dark, da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMRoyal Opera House; Barbican, LondonThe Royal Ballet’s Vadim Muntagirov and Sarah Lamb, and Boy Blue’s Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy, excel in otherwise laboured productions One reason critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMSadler’s Wells, LondonA hip-hop tribute to Alvin Ailey dazzles with its thrilling interpretation of African American livesThe shadow of Alvin Ailey has always stood over the company he fou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMRoyal Opera House, LondonThe Bolshoi’s London residency concludes with more breathtaking old-school brilliance The dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet have packed up their London base and gone h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSadler’s Wells, LondonBourne and his superb dancers inject visceral new life into Shakespeare’s overworked tragedy You’ve got to hand it to Matthew Bourne, choreographer extraordinaire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMEdinburgh Playhouse; Royal Opera House, LondonHelen Pickett’s inspired new reworking of an American classic is a keeper. And the Bolshoi’s comic turns on a collective farm prove irresist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSadler’s Wells, LondonYoung hearts ran free in the National Young Dance Company’s thrilling Madhead, but too much was asked of four promising choreographersEnd of term in the dance world…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThe Dancehouse, ManchesterTrajal Harrell’s thrilling take on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stands apart at the Manchester international festival – but more is less elsewhere Sometimes you see a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMLondon Palladium; Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells; BarbicanThe Firebird gets a new lease of life, while San Francisco Ballet mixes Björk with Edith Wharton. Plus, a tribute to a top Fel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMBarbican Centre, LondonTanowitz’s distinctive choreography, seen for the first time outside the US, is a ravishing interpretation of TS Eliot’s poem “We shall not cease from exploratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSadler’s Wells, LondonA new work by Marion Motin holds its own alongside two old favourites in this Rambert triple billIt’s a good idea from Rambert’s new leadership team of Helen Shut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMRoyal Opera House, LondonThe principals lead an emotionally charged reprise of Royal Ballet’s old faithful At its premiere in 1965, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet broke new ground:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMFrom TV’s ‘Strictly’ to films about Nureyev and Acosta, the art form once dismissed as elitist is everywhere. One dance critic explains why… It feels like the future,” says the BBC…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AMSadler’s Wells, LondonMyth meets modernity in this profound and thrilling collaboration In the beginning there is a circle of dancers under a golden light, wrapped together like a liquoric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSadler’s Wells, LondonTanztheater Wuppertal’s magnificent dancers are let down by Alan Lucien Øyen’s stultifying meditation on loss What was it that made Pina Bausch so special? How d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:59AMBallerina who helped build a bridge between classical ballet and the contemporary worldElaine McDonald, who has died aged 75, was one of Britain’s most distinctive ballerinas. Her role as …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:36PMRoundhouse, LondonKhan performs in his intensely beautiful take on the Mahabharata for the last timeAkram Khan made Until the Lions to be performed in the magical, circular space of London�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:54AMThe dancer on fatherhood and the environment, patriarchy and myth – and the feminine nature of danceBorn in Wimbledon, where his father ran an Indian restaurant, Akram Khan, 44, is one of …
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