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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 07:00AMRoyal 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 04:00AMSadler’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 06:24AMPast 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 01:18PMLinbury 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 05:48AMSadler’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 04:48AMRoyal 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 05:24AMThe 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 06:54AMTwo 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 11:18AMSadler’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 09:03AMSadler’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 05:03AMSadler’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 05:37AMRoyal 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 06:03AMThe 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 04:43AMRoyal 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 04:33AMBirmingham 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 10:19AMThe 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 05:07AMColiseum, 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 05:33AMSadler’s Wells; Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker creates a revelatory response to Bach, while a gala celebrating the dance legend is full of bravura dancing A wee…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMUstinov Studio, Theatre Royal BathBrandstrup’s superbly danced reimagining of the Minotaur myth is paired with mezzo Christine Rice’s impassioned Phaedra in Britten’s cantata As a youn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMKing’s Theatre; Pleasance at EICC, EdinburghThe actor makes his dance debut in a visually stunning yet curiously empty life of the poet. But every move counts in the Freedom Ballet of Ukra…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMTeatro alle Tese, VeniceSilver Lion winner Rocío Molina unleashes raw energy, while Golden Lion winner Saburo Teshigawara turns his gaze inward, at Wayne McGregor’s Venice Dance Biennale …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMAlan Cumming has worked with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls – now he’s starring in a dance show about Scotland’s most famous poet. He talks to Sarah Crompton about male desire, wh…
SOURCE: The Independent at 02:07AMArts Depot, London; and touringThe young dancers nurtured by Hofesh Shechter rise to the challenge of his teasing 2019 work with irresistible confidence In the history of British dance, the …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:37AMLa Scala, MilanIn its world premiere performance, McGregor makes Les Noces his own, while the extraordinary Alessandra Ferri stars in his 2018 take on The Rite of Spring Igor Stravinsky argu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AMInternationaal Theater AmsterdamThe American dance-maker brings the audience to tears with a highly textured ritual of remembrance for a dying person You always remember the moment when a ch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMRoyal Albert Hall; Royal Opera House, LondonMatthew Bourne and Christopher Wheeldon bring Broadway dazzle and cinematic power to their adaptations of Bizet’s Carmen and Laura Esquivel’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSadler’s Wells, LondonA Covid-dogged company of African dancers triumph in an unbearable yet riveting revival of Pina Bausch’s take on Stravinsky In Lynn Garafola’s outstanding new bio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:07AMQueen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe Royal Ballet star electrifies in Didy Veldman’s tricksy new reworking of a ubiquitous classic Natalia Osipova is such a particular talent. The force of her …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMAttenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonCharlotte Spencer’s examination of memory and the body is strongest when it focuses on specifics For the past 10 years, the choreographer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMThe ‘Shameless’ star talks to Sarah Crompton about the cost of living crisis, motherhood, Botox and her new play, ‘The House of Shades’
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