Boy Blue: Redd review " sequel to Blak Whyte Gray pushes the pain button by Sanjoy Roy

Barbican, LondonRhythms ricochet around an imaginary cell as the hip-hop partnership return with a darker, depression-themed piece In 2017, Boy Blue " the hip-hop partnership founded in 2001…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:06pm on September 29, 2019[SHARE]

Rosie Kay's Fantasia review " the cartoon wonder of dance by Sanjoy Roy

Birmingham Hippodrome Three dancers explore the harmony between music and movement in a show that flirts with parody as it unleashes joy 'Don't Mickey Mouse!" It's one of the most basic rule…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06am on September 27, 2019[SHARE]

Tao of Glass review " golden odyssey through Philip Glass's music by Sanjoy Roy

Royal Exchange theatre, ManchesterPhelim McDermott's sublime collage of theatrical fragments is the fantastical, tearjerking fruition of a lifelong dream In his youth, the actor and director…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18am on July 16, 2019[SHARE]

Trajal Harrell: Maggie the Cat review " Tennessee Williams sashays away by Sanjoy Roy

The Dancehouse, ManchesterCat on a Hot Tin Roof with voguing sounds interesting, but Trajal Harrell's parade of dancers modelling soft-furnishings to free jazz is more vague than vogue Ameri…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:06am on July 15, 2019[SHARE]

Fantasy, folly and fancy footwork: cosmic dance comes to Manchester by Sanjoy Roy

Dancers, actors and digital animation combine for a spectacle in an old railway depot, while Alphabus flexes its muscles at Manchester international festival The dance strand of the Manchest…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:54am on July 7, 2019[SHARE]

Birmingham Royal Ballet: [Un]leashed review " jangling textures and palpitating rhythms by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonThree dances with differing tones and temperament, including Jessica Lang's Lyric Pieces and Ruth Brill's Peter and the Wolf, make for an ambiguous show As a title, [Un…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 5:12pm on June 26, 2019[SHARE]

Polunin Ink review " storm, stress and sweet torment by Sanjoy Roy

Palladium, London Ballet and B-movies collide as Sergei Polunin revives Russian villain Rasputin, suffers with Nijinsky, and tackles toxic masculinity with a pineapple Once famous only withi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:48am on June 2, 2019[SHARE]

Dog Without Feathers review " a mud-caked wild ride through Brazil by Sanjoy Roy

Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Performers scurry across the stage in Deborah Colker's inventive but scattershot show about the people of the Capibaribe River Brazilian choreographer Deborah C…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:42am on May 8, 2019[SHARE]

The Little Prince review " charming retelling through song and dance by Sanjoy Roy

Gulbenkian theatre, CanterburyFour performers deftly bring the Saint-Exupéry story down to earth in Luca Silvestrini's comic production In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic children's sto…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:00am on April 15, 2019[SHARE]

The Thread review " Russell Maliphant and Vangelis join forces in a Hellenic Riverdance by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonRooted in traditional Greek dancing, the choreography only blooms when it ditches folky footwork for more elastic moves The Thread has the hallmarks of a particular kin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:35am on March 17, 2019[SHARE]

Northern Ballet: Victoria review " royal story is a feast of brilliance by Sanjoy Roy

Grand theatre, LeedsCathy Marston's new ballet about Queen Victoria and her daughter Beatrice is outstandingly choreographed, cinematically scored and danced with nuance Reading is a profoun…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 7:25am on March 10, 2019[SHARE]

James Cousins: Epilogues review " double acts with big ideas by Sanjoy Roy

DanceEast, IpswichThe dramatic aerial swimming and plaintive soundtrack of Cousins's celebrated 2012 work Within Her Eyes is revived for this intriguing programme of duetsWithin Her Eyes, cr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:36am on February 11, 2019[SHARE]

Kicking and screaming: how dance became cinema's biggest boogieman by Sanjoy Roy

Suspiria leads a crop of new films that track a dance troupe along a path of mounting horror. It's no surprise " dance has age-old links to dread, delusion and deathIs dance-horror a thing r…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:06am on November 22, 2018[SHARE]

Shobana Jeyasingh: Contagion review " the body's feverish battleground by Sanjoy Roy

Imperial War Museum North, ManchesterA dance work about the world flu pandemic that killed millions at the end of the first world war suggests a humanity invadedShobana Jeyasingh's Contagion…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12am on October 22, 2018[SHARE]

Manon review " an epic fail of the Bechdel test by Sanjoy Roy

Manchester Opera HouseThe story of an ill-treated 18th-century convent girl is troubling, but English National Ballet perform Kenneth MacMillan's version with breathtaking virtuosityThe open…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:12pm on October 21, 2018[SHARE]

William Forsythe: A Quiet Evening of Dance review " rare and revelatory by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonThis sublime show features breakdancing, birdsong and a duet that is an insight into the secrets of choreography itselfThey say it's the quiet ones you have to watch ou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:48pm on October 5, 2018[SHARE]

Point of Echoes review " heave-ho for horror in haunting lighthouse show by Sanjoy Roy

The Place, LondonDesigned to be playable anywhere from local theatres to village halls, Ben Wright's choreographed play has small resources but creates a big worldThere's a lot to be said fo…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:06am on September 24, 2018[SHARE]

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo review " all-male hammy parody of Swan Lake by Sanjoy Roy

The Peacock, LondonIn their much-loved version, the company subtly point out ballet's constraints on female dancers while preserving the magic of the storyFounded in 1974 and still going str…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:24am on September 17, 2018[SHARE]

Contact Young Company and Hetain Patel: Oh Man review " masculinity bites by Sanjoy Roy

Undisclosed location, Salford Young performers deliver snapshots capturing the challenges and impacts of male behaviour in a fresh and brashly comic devised showThe venue for Oh Man " an hou…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:04am on September 2, 2018[SHARE]

Paul Taylor: the modern dance master whose moves made you feel alive by Sanjoy Roy

The omnivorous and eclectic choreographer who has died aged 88, represented the last of a historic line In the world of dance, the death of choreographer Paul Taylor marks not only the end o…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54am on August 31, 2018[SHARE]

Carmen La Cubana review " revolutionary makeover is a bumpy but heady ride by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonThis energetic, Cuban-ified version of Carmen Jones whizzes by, ricocheting from comedy to melodrama, intimacy to dancing crowdsCarmen La Cubana is a 2016 Cuban makeove…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42am on August 3, 2018[SHARE]

East Wall review " Hofesh Shechter's dance army lays siege to Tower by Sanjoy Roy

Tower of London The Israeli choreographer led youth groups in an exhilarating open-air performance to celebrate the gory, glorious history of the city's East EndIt sounds like a sterling ide…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:12am on July 20, 2018[SHARE]

Dancing City review " dance double acts take ping-pong to the plaza by Sanjoy Roy

Greenwich and Docklands international festival, Canary WharfFrom Joe Garbett's playful table-tennis mashup to Gandini Juggling's deadpan duet, dance acts thrived in the open airOpen-air fest…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:18am on July 2, 2018[SHARE]

Nederlands Dans Theater review " a superb troupe of dancers by Sanjoy Roy

Sadler's Wells, LondonNDT present four pieces including a brilliant reunion for Betroffenheit's Crystal Pite and Jonathon YoungNederlands Dans Theater is a company of outstanding dancers and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:36am on June 27, 2018[SHARE]

Icarus review " sky-high street dance with a golden touch by Sanjoy Roy

Greenwich and Docklands international festival, LondonSouthpaw's open-air work combines the combative prowess of its performers with punchily rhythmic dynamicsNewcastle-based Southpaw Dance …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 8:42am on June 25, 2018[SHARE]