94 stories by "Katie Colombus"
London Coliseum: Bringing Kings Of The Dance back to London for too short a run, Nacho Duato's Remanso opens the evening - a piece with a touch of the Mats Ek about it, with a light, gr…
Arts Council England published an evidence review this week about the value of arts and culture to people and society. At 58 pages long it's a pretty heavy PDF to plough through, but those l…
Lilian Baylis Studio Theatre, London: This performance is a remarkable tribute to Bawren Tavaziva's work to date, confirmation that over the past 10 years he has consolidated his compan…
Ever since Vaslav Nijinsky stepped onto the stage dressed in a stretchy onesie, pretending to be a naughty faun dry humping the dress of a sylph, the role of men in ballet changed for good..…
I reviewed a show last week at The Peacock and for the first time, really found myself wondering why I was writing it. The audience was amazingly different from the neckerchiefed old rich fo…
The Royal Academy of Dance magazine’s Dance Gazette started an online thread earlier this month that really got the punters going. They asked whether it was time to lose Swan Lake and …
Peacock Theatre, London: The best part about Blaze is the ending - but don't that the wrong way. This hip-hop show is bursting with the best breaking, popping, locking and krumping spec…
I was asked to provide a quote this week for My Best Daily, about Wayne Sleep’s new series Big Ballet on Channel 4. I thought about it for a while and wrote up some notes....
Bridewell, London: There are few people that Drunk won't appeal to, focused as it is on the subject of booze. But this isn't just a cheap shot at populism. Former Matthew Bourne da…
Awards season is in full swing with the Golden Globes, Grammys, the Oscars nominations being announced and the Baftas fast approaching. And the dance world is keeping up with the trend, with…
I've spent so long getting my dance calendar together that I've already missed some key shows from Resolution " The Place's platform for fledging and established choreographic talent and som…
I often have to answer the question "but why did they train in dance to do that? That wasn't exactly dancing, was it?" when seeing contemporary work. This week the roles were switched around…
From the cavewoman workout plan to sweaty yoga, we’re not short on quirky exercise options… But it is the new year and thus I must make an attempt at getting my flabacious butt into …
Wembley Arena, London: This is a stunningly conceived chocolate box of a show. There is the age-old tale we know so well wrapped around elements of family pantomime, Cirque Du Soleil and Wes…
There's controversy every Christmas when it comes to ballet. Theatreland comes alive in the festive season from family pantomimes to burlesque renditions of the nativity. But in the dance wo…
Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar: For a Christmas treat at Potters Barr this year, the Wyllyotts have combined a great cast and solid production values with local wannabe starlets. One of the …
With the current nostalgia for all things Dr Seuss, now is surely a good time to treat your little ones to the zany nonsense-rhyme stories as they are bought to life on stage. Philip Rowntre…
Artsdepot, London: Michael Hulls' lighting of this show is inspired. It is so specific to the dance - it's as if the lighting is the starting point and the movement follows.
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Coliseum, London: I must have seen at least 20 different versions of Swan Lake, but I've never seen one where Odette and the swans are heroin-addicted prostitutes and Rothbart, a dealer…
Coliseum, London: Carlos Acosta has gathered the best of the London ballet clique for his 40th birthday celebrations at the London Coliseum. The program is a selection of thrilling vignettes…
Coliseum, London: The Boston Ballet have really pulled it out of the bag for their 50th anniversary season. Programme 1 offers a diverse mixture of neo-classical, modern and contemporary bal…
02 Live Quarter, London: Cast your mind back to when you were a child and you were desperate for your toys to come to life. Well for children seeing In The Night Garden Live, it's like …
Linbury Studio, London: Liam Scarlett, the Royal Ballet's artist in residence, is taking no prisoners. This is no ordinary fairy tale. Even the brothers Grimm couldn't have predict…
The Place, London: Once again, the bi-annual Place Prize For dance brings audiences a diverse range of contemporary artistic exploration at the cutting edge of the art form. It also gives th…
Coliseum, London: The Russians have a reputation for producing large, lavish, production heavy spectacles - and the Mikhailovsky Ballet St Petersburg did so at the beginning of their London …
