Sunday, May 7, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, London; and touringBreakin’ Convention celebrate 20 years of dazzling virtuosity, while one of the UK’s most thoughtful choreographers shines a new light on Jackson Pol…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18AMSunday, April 23, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonIn a strong triple bill, sublimely danced, Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s Figures in Extinction [1.0] stands out as a powerful portrait of nature under threat
Ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AMSunday, April 9, 2023
The Place, LondonDisplaying remarkable unison, the company’s super-agile dancers celebrate its 40th anniversary in sparkling style
A spool of tape falls to the floor of an empty stage; the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, April 2, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonMarianela Nuñez, Vadim Muntagirov and company shine – as do their costumes – in the Royal Ballet’s over-the-top new design of this intricate work
First the go…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, March 19, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonPatel and Peck push the classical forms of bharatanatyam and ballet in joyous and inventive new directions
How do you honour classical dance technique while making it…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMSunday, March 12, 2023
Barbican theatre, LondonMthuthuzeli November’s passionate new work celebrating the musician is paired with Will Tuckett’s fine piece inspired by the poet Adrienne Rich
Two powerful women…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AMTuesday, March 7, 2023
The writer talks to Sarah Crompton about her book exploring the pain and sacrifice of ballet training even for those who don’t make it to the top, and the way it perpetuates traditional id…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:09AMSunday, March 5, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Italian star graces a flawless revival of McGregor’s dreamlike 2015 ballet inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf
Woolf Works is a beauty – a ballet of r…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSunday, February 26, 2023
The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she’s so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats
Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri was a principal w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:30AMBrighton Dome and touringThe South African choreographer transforms The Rite of Spring using the music, rhythms and rituals of her Tswana background
The South African choreographer Dada Masi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMThe actor talks to Sarah Crompton about setting ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the time of Oswald Mosley’s fascists, and her thoughts on trigger warnings
SOURCE: The Independent at 01:30AMSunday, February 12, 2023
Stravinsky’s ballet sensation of 1913 shocked its first Paris audience. More than 150 versions later, the far-reaching pull of this modernist masterpiece remains irresistible…
For a work…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMLinbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe American choreographer delights with a programme of rare wit, beauty and unshowy complexity. Elsewhere, a Vegas-style tribute …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:30AMSaturday, January 28, 2023
Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonBig personalities shine out in the Cuban company’s celebratory show. And Mel C holds her own in Cunningham’s opaque new work
In ballet, the dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMSunday, January 22, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonIt’s unapologetically retro, and there’s no story, but the Royal Ballet’s latest revival of Petipa’s intricate masterpiece casts its spell
When choreographer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:00AMSunday, December 18, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonDanced with vigour and detail, Bourne’s ingenious fairytale fix is brought bang up to date in this 10th anniversary revival
Amid all the pink, sparkly tinsel of num…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AMSaturday, December 17, 2022
Past and present entwined in a sparkling postmodern revival, plus a sensational take on Stravinsky and Crystal Pite’s sublime dance of life
Read the Observer critics’ review of 2022 in f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSunday, December 11, 2022
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonBen Duke’s retelling of the Medea myth may not have the trappings of Christmas cheer, but its inventive wit brings real delight
Well, hats off to …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AMSunday, December 4, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe flamenco star reinvents Stravinsky’s 1913 ballet in a stunning solo show that seems to take over his entire body
Israel Galván slinks on to the stage from the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSunday, November 20, 2022
Royal Opera House, LondonWorld premieres, old favourites and a ballet legend in the house make for a memorable gala evening
Ballet loves an event, an opportunity to pull out the posh frocks …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AMMonday, November 14, 2022
The actor and environmentalist on playing Atticus Finch, the character’s importance today, and why he dyed his hair white for Stranger Things
Actor Matthew Modine, born in California in 19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AMSunday, November 13, 2022
Two South African brothers have spent seven years developing a musical about Nelson Mandela’s younger, radical years. His family are supportive, but political musicals are high risk… We …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AMSaturday, November 12, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonMats Ek’s riveting new Rite of Spring for the #MeToo era is the centrepiece of the company’s last triple bill under its transformative artistic director
This was …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMSunday, November 6, 2022
Sadler’s Wells; Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House Inspired by Munch paintings and infused with hip-hop, two invigorating triple bills by Royal Ballet alumni are a riot of styles an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMSunday, October 30, 2022
Sadler’s Wells, LondonImbuing the balletic grace of her dancer’s movements with tension and anxiety, Doherty asks a refreshing yet unsettling question: what’s the point of dance?
An a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AMSunday, October 23, 2022
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Canadian choreographer has turned 2017’s acclaimed Flight Pattern into a full-length work that brims with massed energy and profound humanity
Crystal Pite is a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03AMSunday, October 16, 2022
The online programme of the forward-facing London festival boasts thoughtful and varied work by Calixto Neto, Abby Zbikowski and more
Dance Umbrella, London’s celebration of cutting-edge d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43AMSunday, October 9, 2022
Royal Opera House, LondonKenneth MacMillan’s bleak psychological period piece is a gift for the Royal Ballet’s dancers, who take turns in performances of gripping, in-the-moment power
Wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSunday, October 2, 2022
Birmingham Hippodrome, and touringRambert’s dancers bring style, but can’t provide substance, to this somewhat inert adaptation of the hit TV crime series
I watched every second of all s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AMSunday, September 25, 2022
The founder of ZooNation on how the company – about to celebrate its 20th anniversary – helped to bring hip-hop dance into the mainstream
The choreographer, director and writer Kate Prin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMSunday, September 18, 2022
Coliseum, LondonIn borrowed costumes, this company exiled by war inhabit Alexei Ratmansky’s take on the 19th-century classic
High emotion inevitably surrounded this production of Giselle …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AM 
