Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer review " a dank detour by Bidisha

Barbican Art GalleryThe air of a memorial hangs over this exhibition dedicated to the groundbreaking Scottish choreographer Michael Clark was a streetwise angel of a dancer, leaving the Roya…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:42am on October 11, 2020☆⚑

The week in dance: Revisor; Antigone, Interrupted " review by Bidisha

Sadler's Wells; the Place, LondonCrystal Pite and Jonathon Young take Gogol to extremes, while Joan Clevillé puts the agony into Antigone Revisor is, at first glance, a dramatisation of a G…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:48am on March 8, 2020☆⚑

maliphantworks3; Cowpuncher My Ass; Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Bluebeard " review by Bidisha

Coronet; Queen Elizabeth Hall; Sadler's Wells, LondonDana Fouras bows out in style, Holly Blakey delivers a frenzy of self-loathing, and Pina Bausch's Bluebeard was worth the wait Russell Ma…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:48pm on February 15, 2020☆⚑

Sampled; Michael Keegan-Dolan: Mám review " shoe shuffle to wild shindig by Bidisha

Sadler's Wells, London An annual taster festival showcased myriad styles with mixed results. And Michael Keegan-Dolan returned with an intoxicating night way out west The annual Sampled fest…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54am on February 9, 2020☆⚑

Company Wayne McGregor: Autobiography; Julie Cunningham: fire bird " review by Bidisha

Laban theatre; the Yard, LondonThe personal is universal in McGregor's riveting genetic extravaganza, while Cunningham finds witty resonance in Stravinsky Devised in 2017, Autobiography is s…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:24am on February 2, 2020☆⚑

Le Corsaire; Resolution review " ridiculously entertaining by Bidisha

Coliseum; the Place, LondonEnglish National Ballet delivers a bravura, gravity-defying Le Corsaire. At the Place, a faith-restoring showcase of new talent Le Corsaire is a 19th-century fever…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:06am on January 19, 2020☆⚑

The Snow Queen; Nutcracker review " cold comfort by Bidisha

Festival theatre, Edinburgh; Coliseum, LondonThe icy monarch meets her match in Scottish Ballet's sensuous new production, while English National Ballet's Clara dreams on Scottish Ballet clo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36pm on December 16, 2019☆⚑

Myself UK: Decade; Madhavi Mudgal's Vistar " review by Bidisha

Stratford Circus Arts Centre; Sadler's Wells, LondonNew works hit home as hip-hop collective Myself UK hits 10. And Indian classical dance that feels like new In front of a wildly supportive…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:12am on December 1, 2019☆⚑

The Sleeping Beauty; Rambert Event review " total ballerina focus and stale fruitcake by Bidisha

Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonA spectacular Princess Aurora graces a Royal Ballet favourite in dire need of an update, while Merce Cunningham isn't best served by Rambert's latest…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:18am on November 17, 2019☆⚑

The Future Bursts In; Birmingham Royal Ballet: Mixed Programme " review by Bidisha

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonHip-hop, waltzes and t'ai chi share the stage in a restless, male-led tribute to Merce Cunningham, while Sinatra stars for BRB Two a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:36am on November 3, 2019☆⚑

Carry on, Carrie. Yours is the blood-streaked face of female vengeance by Bidisha

Spoiler alert: When Stephen King's telekinetic hero " now back in musical form " finally uncorks her power, she releases the rage we women must repress Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:49am on May 1, 2015☆⚑

'It unlocks you from the inside': staging Véronique Olmi's remarkable infanticide novel by Bidisha

For years, no British publisher would touch Veronique Olmi's novel about a woman who kills her children. But now it is taking on a life of its ownA play adapted from a French novella about a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:04pm on February 17, 2012☆⚑