'I'm surprised he still wants to do it': dancing with your ex by Lyndsey Winship

Dancers Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet made D'Avant when they were a couple. How does it feel to perform it now they are no longer together?For some people, working with an ex would b…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:00am on April 28, 2015[SHARE]

Sore muscles and joyful leaps: the quest to be crowned BBC Young Dancer by Lyndsey Winship

From ballet to hip-hop, 20 finalists train for thousands of hours in the hope of winning BBC Four's first contest for dancers aged 16 to 20Twenty-year-old Jonadette Carpio strides across the…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:59am on April 17, 2015[SHARE]

Kevin O'Hare: 'We've got choreographers that people around the world want' by Lyndsey Winship

As the Royal Ballet announces its new season, artistic director defends quality of British dancers and says he is addressing lack of female choreographers In his Covent Garden office, the Ro…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:00am on April 15, 2015[SHARE]

'Choose your path': lose yourself among the dancers in Margate's Maze by Lyndsey Winship

Performers and audiences bounce, climb and play in a spongy immersive world created by choreographer Jasmin Vardimon and architect Ron Arad for Margate's Turner Contemporary gallery"Follow m…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on April 9, 2015[SHARE]

Movies that made moves: five of the best dance shows based on films by Lyndsey Winship

As the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris makes it to the stage, we celebrate some other big-screen stories with unexpectedly light feet' How Christopher Wheeldon adapted An American in…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:22pm on December 8, 2014[SHARE]

The doctor will dance for you now by Lyndsey Winship

Why are French clowns invading hospitals and should there be dancing in the wards? Meet the performers injecting fresh blood into medical training Continue reading...

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:00pm on November 2, 2014[SHARE]

Almost human: why is art so obsessed with lifesize dolls? by Lyndsey Winship

From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier co…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:00am on July 20, 2014[SHARE]

Carrie Cracknell: why my Medea needed some killer moves by Lyndsey Winship

Infidelity, revenge, infanticide the Greek tragedy Medea has it all. Or does it? The director of the National Theatre's new production explains why it had to have danceWhen Carrie Cracknell…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:00am on July 15, 2014[SHARE]

The new lords of the dance by Lyndsey Winship

When Matthew Bourne invited non-professional dancers to take part in his new show based on William Golding's novel, the response from local lads around the country was explosive'Why did we e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 4:00am on April 17, 2014[SHARE]

Dances with wings: Jonathan Watkins on choreographing Kes by Lyndsey Winship

Can Kes, the classic tale of a Yorkshire boy whose life is transformed by a kestrel, work as ballet? Meet the dancer from Barnsley who is making it happenIn the spring of 2010, two budding c…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:00am on March 26, 2014[SHARE]

Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance by Lyndsey Winship

The Dane likes his audience to leave their phones on and has a troupe that's the choreographic equivalent of Occupy. He explains why he's aiming for 'something neo-liberalism can't cope with…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:00am on July 5, 2013[SHARE]

Sir Frederick Ashton's Romeo & Juliet " review by Lyndsey Winship

Coliseum, LondonDoes dancing with your real-life lover make for a more fizzing chemistry onstage? Ballet's latest on/offstage romance is between two hotshot young Russians, Ivan Vasiliev and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06pm on July 16, 2011[SHARE]