Sunday, April 21, 2024
Queen Elizabeth Hall; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonShechter’s young dancers thrill in his hellish vision of England. Elsewhere, emerging choreographers from Brno to Birmingham…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AMSunday, April 14, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe revered Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny kick off this year’s celebration of creative ageing, in a triple bill shared by Louise Lecavalier and Ben Duke
Malou A…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMSunday, April 7, 2024
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet’s long-running and rather cumbersome Swan Lake is elevated by the dancers’ artistry, while a fine Kenneth MacMillan triple bill deserves more pe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, March 31, 2024
Sadler’s Wells; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonJohan Inger’s cool take on Bizet’s tragic heroine is given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, while LA’s Yorke Danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMSunday, March 24, 2024
As brings to London a 90-minute monologue about Mary, Queen of Scots, the celebrated French actor talks about her extraordinary career, and why she’d love to make a film in the UK – or p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSadler’s Wells, LondonPite and Young turn a meeting of re-enactors into a truly incredible medieval fantasy with a troupe of brilliant dancers
The collaboration between choreographer Cryst…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSunday, March 17, 2024
Sadler’s Wells, LondonWayne McGregor’s DNA-themed work is an evolving delight. And back in the UK for the first time since 2008, the New Yorkers exude classy athleticism in works by Bala…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMSunday, March 10, 2024
Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome; Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBotis Seva’s new show is so murkily atmospheric that its meaning proves elusive. Elsewhere, a compelling if mixed programme of sho…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSunday, March 3, 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome; Sadler’s Wells, LondonCarlos Acosta’s BRB revels in an expansive revival of Peter Wright’s 80s classic, while the Greek choreographer’s sensational-looking Ink…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, February 25, 2024
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet revisits the choreographer’s timeless rags-to-riches work, putting assorted casts through its finely tuned emotional wringer
In 2011, at the age o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06AMSunday, February 18, 2024
Sadler’s Wells; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonA revival of Pina Bausch’s 1982 work is still finding its feet. Plus, full immersion with the Royal Ballet and a rich addition t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMSunday, February 4, 2024
Ustinov Studio, Theatre Royal Bath; Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe seemingly invincible ex-Royal Ballet star is transfixing in a new work by Kim Brandstrup, and elevates a tricky Fellini adapta…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AMSunday, January 28, 2024
The Place, LondonNicola Adilman’s breathtaking exploration of what it is to be seen was the standout in a strong triple bill at the annual festival of new choreography
The annual Resolutio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMTamara Harvey and Daniel Evans, the company’s new co-artistic directors, on work-life balance, their first season in charge – and what they’ll do when they disagree. Plus, below, six t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSunday, January 21, 2024
Coliseum; Woolwich Works, LondonEnglish National Ballet dance Mary Skeaping’s 70s reworking of the classic ballet with loving care, while Stravinsky’s revolutionary Les Noces holds its o…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AMMonday, December 25, 2023
Tiler Peck breezed in, Carmen Herrera bowed out, Benji Reid made a striking return and Pam Tanowitz entranced
Read the Observer critics’ review of 2023 in full
1. Song of SongsBarbican, L…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMSunday, December 24, 2023
Coliseum; Royal Opera House, LondonThe two companies variously capture the Christmas classic’s glittering pleasures – and its narrative strangeness
The Nutcracker is ballet’s pantomime…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSunday, December 17, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonBourne’s sharp, tender dance production of the boy with scissor hands – a symbol for outsiders everywhere – feels more vital than ever
Christmas wouldn’t be C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, December 10, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe mismatch between humanity and technology fuels Cheng Tsung-lung’s intriguing 2019 work, to a soundtrack by Sigur Rós
It’s a hard thing to take over a company…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12AMSunday, December 3, 2023
Pompidou Centre, ParisInspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the celebrated US choreographer feels her pain in his new work
Falling in love with a choreographer is a bit li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, November 26, 2023
Royal Opera House; Barbican Pit, LondonEverything comes together in an exhilarating Royal Ballet revival of The Dante Project, while Rhiannon Faith’s new work is all about sharing…
The p…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMSunday, November 19, 2023
The star of the hit RSC production on playing a four-year-old, her love of the sea and why Ghibli storytelling changes how you view the world
Actor Mei Mac was born in Birmingham in 1992,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMTuff Nutt Jazz Club, Royal Festival Hall, LondonStarring Action Man and a boy called Clive, Drew McOnie’s immersive cabaret version of the festive ballet is up there with reinventions by M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:32AMSunday, November 12, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, London; Theatre Royal, BathFolklore meets punk spirit in BalletBoyz’s ambitious state-of-the-nation work, while Rambert relish the remarkable imagination of Ben Duke
For …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSunday, November 5, 2023
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonNorthern Ballet’s triple bill demonstrates the vital link between live music and action. Plus, the UK premiere of a new spin on S…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36AMSunday, October 29, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonLauren Cuthbertson and Marcelino Sambé reprise their roles to glorious effect in Cathy Marston’s inspired paean to Jacqueline du Pré, while an adaptation of Sam …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:55AMSunday, October 22, 2023
Aviva Studios, ManchesterThis breathtaking dance adaptation by Boyle, Boy Blue’s Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, designer Es Devlin and writer Sabrina Mahfouz ful…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMSunday, October 15, 2023
Barbican theatre, LondonPam Tanowitz’s heartfelt work, inspired by her late father, is delicate, mystical and timeless
Song of Songs is a thing of beauty. It’s a work of profound connect…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMThe Paris-based British playwright, back at the National Theatre with The Confessions, inspired by conversations with his mother, talks about the secrets she revealed and the heroism of unex…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:13AMSunday, October 8, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet principals light up the stage in Carlos Acosta’s charmingly comic staging of an often nonsensical, but enduring, classic
My sister-in-law is not a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:49AMSunday, October 1, 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome; Sadler’s Wells, London The fathers of heavy metal have gained at least one new fan thanks to an inspired new Carlos Acosta commission. And the music’s the star in …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AM 
