247 stories by "Neil Norman"
Sadler's Wells, London: The second part of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's latest work inspired by French music from the 14th century begins in the darkness before dawn. A man arrives at t…
Sadler's Wells, London: The first in a two-part programme inspired by a form of mediaeval music known as ars subtilior, this is well up to Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker�…
Peacock Theatre, London: Take a handful of Big Brother contestants, add a few competitors from The Great British Bake Off and fold in a couple of wannabe entrepreneurs from The Apprentice.
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Sadler's Wells, London: The small New York company with the big reputation makes its UK debut with three achingly modern works. Founded in 2003, it has been assiduous in introducing cutting …
Robin Howard Dance Theatre, London: It is business as usual for Alston and his athletic company of dancers as they bring a mixed bag of work old and new to The Place.
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Birmingham Hippodrome : Something old, something new and something relatively youthful. The latest triple bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet, entitled Opposites Attract, is a subtle balancing…
Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House, London: Five world premieres and one UK premiere isn't a bad haul for a company debut. It demonstrates a high degree of confidence in the talents invo…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London: Having been the propulsive heartbeat at the centre of the Olympics opening ceremony, percussionist Evelyn Glennie adds decorative layers of so…
Brentford Lock, London: With their second ROH2 collaboration, composer Anne Dudley and former Python Terry Jones have turned from canine opera (The Doctor's Tale) to one involving the u…
Royal Opera House, London: In a unique and frankly hazardous collaboration, seven choreographers, three composers, three artists and two of Britain's greatest cultural institutions have…
Curve, Leicester: The inaugural work of Matthew Bourne's company New Adventures in 2002, Play Without Words is aptly titled. Not so much a ballet, yet more than a text-free drama, it ma…
Barbican, London: Premiered in 2007, Pina Bausch's exploration of India is far more lyrical and contemplative than many of her other works in the World Cities series. Clearly entranced …
Sadler's Wells, June 18-19, World Cities 2012 season runs until July 9: The hustle and bustle of Hong Kong's multi-faceted society provides ideal inspiration for Pina Bausch and her com…
Barbican, June 15-16, World Cities 2012 season until July 9: Fourth in the ten-dance programme World Cities 2012, Ten Chi is Pina Bausch's take on Japan - in particular Saitama City clo…
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells Theatre, London: In spite of the title, Zombie Aporia, Daniel Linehan's new work, does not involve undead dancers staggering around the stage in sea…
The Courtyard, Stratford-upon-Avon: As one of the many international productions designed to celebrate the World Shakespeare Festival, the Brazilian Companhia BufoMecanica's radical vis…
Theatre Royal, Newcastle : Founded in 1959, Cuba's leading contemporary dance company has had a profound influence on Cuban dance and dancers - including Carlos Acosta - although it is …
Theatre Royal Glasgow: Tennessee Williams' torrid play about the fragile and promiscuous Southern belle Blanche DuBois on a collision course with her brutish brother-in-law Stanley Kowa…
London Coliseum: It hasn't been a good time for English National Ballet. Following a year of touring with the dreary Strictly Gershwin, savage funding cuts and the departure of MD Craig…
Sadler's Wells, London: The junior version of Nederlands Dans Theater 2 is characterised by its constituent youth - all the dancers are aged between 16 and 23. The current company is one of …
Riverside Studios, London: Filleting Jamie O'Neill's epic 2001 novel about two Irish boys who find love against a backdrop of the Easter Rising in 1916 cannot have been easy. But E…
Sadler's Wells, London: If dance can be defined as living sculpture, the three-dimensional static art of the one and the choreographic architecture of the other are natural bedfellows.
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