Liam Scarlett, Acclaimed British Choreographer, Dies at 35
He rose to fame in the dance world with remarkable speed. His subsequent downfall, amid allegations of sexual misconduct, happened just as abruptly.
He rose to fame in the dance world with remarkable speed. His subsequent downfall, amid allegations of sexual misconduct, happened just as abruptly.
She was acclaimed for her work on the TV series "Peaky Blinders" and in three Harry Potter movies, but she first gained notice in the London theater.
The celebrated choreographer created roles for her. The critics hailed her. Yet her death a year ago went largely unnoticed in the dance world.
For "When We Fell," a filmed dance, the choreographer took cues from a snowy bubble residency " and from Prince's "Under the Cherry Moon."
At Ballet National de Marseille, a varied night of dances by Lucinda Childs, Tânia Carvalho, Lasseindra Ninja and Oona Doherty.
Calvin Royal III, slated to be the 2020 artist in residence, will take up the mantle this year instead.
Kevin McKenzie, the company's artistic director, will leave his job after the 2022 season.
Hugo Marchand talks about his memoir, "Danser," about the intensity of the company and about dancing with Anselm Kiefer paintings.
Renowned as both a star dancer and the director of the Paris Opera Ballet, he was a household name in France from an early age.
"It felt like the right next step," the former New York City Ballet dancer said of taking on a leadership role at the Colburn School.
The history of the Royal Academy of Dance, outlined at an exhibition in London, is synonymous with the history of ballet in Britain.
More than 20 countries have sent over 100 productions, including large-scale works by some of the hottest directors. So why have so few heard of the event?
In Michael Keegan-Dolan's reimagining at the Next Wave Festival, there are no tutus, Tchaikovsky or castles.
The Théâtre du Châtelet is reopening after a two-and-a-half-year renovation, with a new artistic director and an inclusive new mission.
Royal Opera House, LondonWhat Yuri Grigorovich's Soviet-era ballet lacks in subtlety it makes up for in sheer virtuosity and spectacle Liberation! Courage! Indomitable will! Sacrifice for th…
The choreographer, whose playfulness is serious, will stage three pieces by Beckett, who wears his seriousness lightly, at a festival in Northern Ireland.
Royal Opera House, LondonSidi Larbi Cherkaoui's new ballet Medusa, with Natalia Osipova in the title role, is the tame centre of this Royal Ballet triple bill A woman is raped, then blamed f…
South African actors John Kani and Antony Sher reunite for a play that explores how attitudes have, and haven't changed, in the 25 years since democracy.
The actor left the stage soon after playing Lear in 1986. Now 80, he is giving it another go, in a made-for-television film directed by Richard Eyre.
What's inside Agnes de Mille's unopened 1963 letter? Rather than peeking, an organization is commissioning new work in her honor.
The playwright Richard Bean brings world-class professional snooker onstage in "The Nap," produced by the Manhattan Theater Club.
There was plenty of Homer, a stellar lineup and, for now, no problem crossing the border at the third annual celebration of the life and work of Brian FrielTamsin Greig, Alex Jennings, Maxin…
The experimental director and avant-garde choreographer's production " the first in the U.S. not to be based on Jerome Robbins's choreography " will come to Broadway.
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" doesn't use elaborate special effects. Its magic comes from movement, and Steven Hoggett is its wizard choreographer.
Performing the wrenching "Girls & Boys" has taken more fortitude than she ever expected.