409 stories by "Luke Jennings"
Tate Modern, LondonThe Turbine Hall is a suitably austere fit for Anne Teresa De KeersmaekerAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Work/Travail/Arbeid asks whether choreography can only be presented o…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe rough-cut, taste-flouting work of the Israeli choreographer has a new targetHofesh Shechter divides dance audiences. There are the faithful, committed to the choreo…
Sadler's Wells, LondonStarry commissions by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Russell Maliphant and Arthur Pita are a poor fit for Osipova's talentWhen ballet stars detach themselves from their parent c…
Birmingham HippodromeWink, The Moor's Pavane and The Shakespeare Suite take on not just the bard's heroes and villains, but the sonnets to bootBirmingham Royal Ballet have been celebrating t…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA revival of Derek Deane's production brings its 60-strong backing dancers to the foreDerek Deane's production of Swan Lake for English National Ballet is not especi…
Last week Benjamin Millepied resigned as head of dance at the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet, criticising the company's rigid ways. Luke Jennings, who spoke to the choreographer twice in rec…
Aylesbury Waterside theatreRestrained, but clear and fluent choreography brings Charlotte Brontë's novel to life on the stageThe virtues of Northern Ballet's new production of Jane Eyre a…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCrystal Pite fashions unflinching art from real-life tragedy in this inspiring dance-theatre hybridThe premise for Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Betroffenheit stops…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe choreographer's new work, Obsidian Tear, is a dramatic standout in a programme of light and shadeThe Royal Ballet's triple bill opens with Wayne McGregor's Obsid…
Sadler's WellsMats Ek evokes the divided world in which the star-crossed lovers are raised in his thrilling adaptationWhen the veteran Swedish choreographer Mats Ek approaches a ballet narra…
Drew McOnie delivers skilful storytelling and terrific dancing with an inspired Jekyll and Hyde set in 1950s LondonThe narrative issue is one of the most pressing in dance today. Very few ch…
The Olivier award-winning choreographer on working with Matthew Bourne, his creative process and his new production of Jekyll and Hyde at the Old VicDrew McOnie, 30, is a London-based choreo…
Sadler's Wells, LondonFace-pulling and slow-motion walking are no substitute for great choreography, which is a shame, because NDT2's dancers are brilliantSolo was choreographed by Hans van …
Set in a Palladian villa in Richmond Park, White Lodge is already one of the most fiercely competitive schools in the country. But young British dancers are finding it tougher than everIt's …
Theatre Royal, NewcastleDespite contemporary costumes and choreography, Scottish Ballet's Swan Lake remains stuck in the 19th centuryIn his new version of Swan Lake for Scottish Ballet, Davi…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe dancing is superb, the sets magnificent, but Liam Scarlett's new full-length ballet squanders Mary Shelley's gothic masterpieceThere's a riveting scene in the fi…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe dancing is superb, the sets magnificent, but Liam Scarlett's new full-length ballet Frankenstein squanders Mary Shelley's great novelThere's a riveting scene in …
The Place, LondonLuca Silvestrini's satire on faddish eating is inventive but not quite food for thoughtAnxieties related to eating, diet and restaurant protocol are something of a first-wor…
Royal Opera House, LondonResonant performances ignite Christopher Wheeldon's exploration of Shakespeare's most puzzling tyrantIn Shakespeare's play The Winter's Tale, King Leontes of Sicilia…
Sadler's Wells, LondonEnglish National Ballet's new triple bill shakes up the status quo, with a little help from Frida Kahlo and MedeaThe tone is set for English National Ballet's new progr…
Sadler's Wells, London Richard Alston weds Indian classicism to European courtliness in one of the finest new works of the yearChopin's piano compositions seem to rise from a lake of silence…
Barbican, LondonBallet Black's triple bill was graced with some sparkling performances and Britain's most diverse ballet audience everLast week Ballet Black sold out the Barbican for two con…
Young Vic, LondonHorrocks and choreographer Aletta Collins join forces for an evening of post-punk anthemsThe actor and singer Jane Horrocks, best known as daffy Bubble in the BBC TV series …
On a rare visit to the UK, Pina Bausch's dance company stuns through dreams and desolationCafé Müller & The Rite of Spring/Tanztheater Wuppertal Sadler's Wells, London EC1The received …
Sadler's Wells; The Place, LondonAn inert retelling of As You Like It strips the Bard of humour, but Gecko's latest walk on the psyche's wild side is shot through with dreadGolden Hours is a…