71 stories by "Sarah Frater"
Royal Opera House, London: The Royal Ballet is the UK's leading ballet company, and Swan Lake the world's most famous ballet, meaning both are assessed more closely than when dance…
Sadler's Wells, London: New dance in the past decade has been dominated by choreographers who mix styles, with, for example, Russell Maliphant splicing ballet, modern dance and capoeira, Hof…
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden: John Cranko was not the first choreographer to portray real human beings rather than mythic swans and sylphs. Nor was he the last, nor arguably the most suc…
London Coliseum: It is bold casting to pair Alina Cojocaru and Ivan Vasiliev as the leads in Swan Lake. While undoubtedly box-office gold, the duo has very different styles and strengths - s…
London Coliseum: The Nutcracker is a famously difficult ballet to stage - even the best productions struggle to link the first dramatic act with the second dance act which have few narrative…
Linbury Studio Theatre, London: With 10 dancers, including one guest, stable management, and Arts Council funding that's escaped the recent cuts, more is expected of Phoenix Dance Theat…
Sadler's Wells, London: Petipa and Tchaikovsky, Balanchine and Stravinsky, Cunningham and Cage - the list of collaborating composers and choreographers is illustrious, with the ballets they …
Royal Opera House, London: Given its central position in the Royal Ballet's repertory - and arguably late 20-century dance - it's fitting that the company is opening its 2014-15 se…
London Coliseum: The popularity of athleticism, and so-called 'bra and knicker ballets' - where the dancers wear little more than underwear - has sidelined many traditional product…
Peacock Theatre, London: Spanish flamenco, Argentinian tango, Cuban salsa and Brazilian samba make endlessly watchable displays of theatrical joie de vivre, and so it is with Brasil Brasilei…
Peacock Theatre, London: Following its successful debut in 2012, New English Ballet Theatre returns for a second season at the Peacock Theatre with a mixed bill of new work.
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Sadler's Wells, London: It is often said that the dancers of Nederlands Dans are some of the best in the world, and the company's current visit to London confirms this in spades. Based …
Peacock Theatre, London: Dancer-director Rasta Thomas is little known in the UK, but his Bad Boys of Dance troupe's London debut looks set to change all that. The Californian born, ball…
Royal Albert Hall: English National Ballet director Tamara Rojo scored a major coup when she persuaded her former Royal Ballet partner to dance Romeo opposite her Juliet at the Royal Albert …
Sadler's Wells, London: It's no surprise that Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's new dance work is set to the music of the contemporary composer Gerard Grisey. De Keersmaeker's dist…
Royal Opera House, London: The strength of the Royal Ballet is often said to be the diversity of its repertory and the range of its dancers - this is on clear view in this mixed bill, which …
Peacock Theatre, London: Apart from needing a little updating, and a little editing of one or two dance numbers, Havana Rakatan is a near perfect dance show. Purist may quibble about its his…
Linbury Studio, London: For a small, fledgling (founded in 2012) and modestly funded dance company, HeadSpace Dance is making progress in leaps and bounds. Its founders, one-time Northern Ba…
London Coliseum: Because Swan Lake is the most famous ballet in the world, modern-day choreographers can't resist reinterpreting the Tchaikovsky/Petipa original - some new versions prov…
Barbican Theatre, London: English National Ballet director Tamara Rojo here challenges the idea that the company only does classical ballet with a mixed bill of mostly new work marking the c…
The Print Room, London: Following his water-inspired piece Flow at the Print Room last year, the venue's associate artist Hubert Essakow returns with Ignis, a new work drawing on the id…
Sadler's Wells, London: When the German choreographer Pina Bausch died in 2009, many feared her work might not survive. How could her surreal, sinister, and hugely influential productions co…
Royal Opera House, London: The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is a great Christmas treat for children, but its seasonal performances of Jewels offers much more for grown-ups. Made in 1967, c…
London Coliseum: English National Ballet's annual Christmas Nutcracker is a popular seasonal tradition, with some 10 productions of the ballet since the company was formed in 1950. The …
Lilian Baylis Studio, London: Sadler's Wells Associate Artist Jonzi D has curated and hosted the theatre's annual hip-hop festival Breakin' Convention for a decade, but the Br…
