247 stories by "Neil Norman"
Choreographer Crystal Pite and writer Jonathon Young's first collaboration, Betroffenheit, hatched a new kind of theatrical/dance language. The soundtrack propelling the dance
In three years, Francesca Hayward rose from the Royal Ballet's first artist to principal in 2016. Last year she reached a new
Viviana Durante's all-female company is purpose-built for this triple-bill tribute to the "mother of modern dance". The revival of two short pieces
This collaboration between Kate Prince's hip-hop dance company ZooNation and singer-songwriter Sting is as successful as it is surprising. The judicious selection
Pina Bausch made this groundbreaking work in 1977. By deconstructing formal dance structures, applying abandoned theatricality and asking performers to excavate and
Inspired by Andersen's The Little Match Girl and the plight of refugees, this artful collaboration between Rambert and the Royal Ballet is
Choreographer John Cranko was the Marlowe to Kenneth MacMillan's Shakespeare. Onegin is his masterpiece, created for Stuttgart Ballet in 1965 and revised
Mexico is too often reduced to cerveza and tequila, bandidos, big hats and even bigger cacti. Billed as 'A waking Dream of
Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall is a risky enterprise. Derek Deane's Swan Lake worked well in the space but Birmingham Royal
Imagine a cross between Giselle and The Wizard of Oz. Death by dancing and scarlet footwear. Matthew Bourne's interpretation of Powell and
From the industrial stomp of Tap Dogs to the sole-shifting beats of Savion Glover, tap dancing continues to evolve. Michelle Dorrance is
Seven pieces in two hours. It's a tall order for anyone even if you are one of the planet's most celebrated ballerinas.
Enticement. Entrapment. Enslavement. And hair. Lots of hair. Following Angelin Preljocaj's singularly sinister vision of Snow White, this latest work appears to
Dancer, choreographer and artistic director David Bintley has led Birmingham Royal Ballet for 24 years, but this summer that all changed. He
Every generation has its Romeo and Juliet. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann on film, Rudolf Nureyev and Kenneth MacMillan in ballet. Now
Shostakovich's ballet about a farm workers' collective in the Russian Steppes was briefly popular in 1935 until an article in Pravda damned
This year's theme at Giffords Circus is the Summer of Love, circa 1967, and the acts assembled by the redoubtable Nell Gifford
The San Francisco Ballet concludes its London season with another scintillating trio of UK premieres. The company's youthful vigour, physical dexterity and
Created in 2012 for Dutch National Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella is stirred but not shaken from its traditional roots. The shift from
There can be no ignoring the irony. Ballet's 'bad boy' Sergei Polunin as the 'mad monk' Rasputin has an undeniable appropriateness. It
It is possible to make a non-narrative ballet from a literary classic, as Crystal Pite's The Tempest Replica and Wayne McGregor's Woolf
The former dancer took over as director of the Royal Ballet in 2012 with a reputation as a safe pair of hands.
There is a sadness at the heart of Israel Galván's latest work. Inspired by the end of a flamenco performance when all
When US senator Mitch McConnell admonished fellow senator Elizabeth Warren in 2017, who refused to be silenced, with the phrase "Nevertheless, she
Kenneth MacMillan brought psychological depth and sexual passion to the classical repertoire with his first three-act ballet. Not that you'd know it