Thursday, April 29, 2021
Available onlineSet to Philip Glass's music, choreographer David Dawson's new piece " created mostly over Zoom " is a shimmering delight
David Dawson's choreography sometimes seems in awe of…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18PM[SHARE]The New York City Ballet star talks about her thrilling lockdown collaboration with master choreographer William Forsythe " and the injury that almost ended her career
Possibly the best piec…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PM[SHARE]Celebrate International Dance Day by watching some of these great short films at home, from Scottish Ballet to a global collaboration in South Korea
Premiering on Thursday, this is a brillia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 22, 2021
Available onlineThis promenade performance contrasts the fortunes of a millionaire with the lives of less privileged Chinese migrants
You can choose to be a child Buddha, a cherub or a fierc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The celebrated choreographer talks about realising artistic ambitions, occupying space and why making a living from dance shouldn't be a dirty concept
When Vicki Igbokwe was 16, she was work…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PM[SHARE]Sunday, April 18, 2021
Profile: The former Royal Ballet artist in residence had a prolific career in British dance and beyond
For a decade Liam Scarlett, who has died aged 35, was a major figure in British and int…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 11, 2021
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The choreographer's unhurried movements are rendered exquisitely on film by cinematographer Ryan Marie Helfant for New York City Ballet
Things have moved up a notch when it …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 8, 2021
Available onlineThere's bedroom farce, a lip-sync to Purcell, a Rubik's Cube contest and much more in this brilliantly executed hour of dance by Jo Strømgren
Glimpsing life through other …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:03PM[SHARE]Friday, April 2, 2021
Available onlineThe premiere of Mauro Bigonzetti's Einssein is one of a trio of pieces set to sonatas and showcasing suffocating relationships
There's something stifling about the couplings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PM[SHARE]Monday, March 29, 2021
Rememberingtheoscars.com The TV pro couple's take on favourite routines delivers fans a fizzing taste of the full-length stage show waiting in the wings
The married Strictly stars Aljaž …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Available onlineWith Tiler Peck leading the line with absolute control, William Forsythe's Zoom-coordinated new work reaps the benefits of creative limitations
In ballet, exercises at the b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Monday, March 22, 2021
In the second of our two-parter, rock stars, roadies, actors, dancers, composers and comics describe how their lives have been transformed without live shows " and imagine what now lies ahea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12PM[SHARE]Available onlineScored in a wash of electronica, Andonis Foniadakis's technically impressive Palmos is a fantasy of close contact for the lockdown era
Palmos is a ballet that comes drenched …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PM[SHARE]A love letter to a lost performance, a flower-robot duet, a mythical creature at bay " there's thrilling movement in store in the latest pick of online dance
Benjamin Scheuer's song Empty St…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AM[SHARE]Friday, March 19, 2021
Choreographer's new version, to be performed at Leicester's Curve in 2022, reinvents Kipling's Mowgli as a climate refugee
At the age of 10, Akram Khan played Mowgli in an Indian dance versi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AM[SHARE]Tuesday, March 16, 2021
With stages closed, dancers have thrived on Instagram and TikTok, given innovative online performances and found a huge new audience
The first time I cried watching someone dance in their li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]Monday, March 8, 2021
Available onlineDanielle Rowe's new work amps up the fizz, while archive pieces by Alexei Ratmansky and Yuri Possokhov offer dreamlike diversions and sleek stylings
Quick steps: dynamic danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Juggling babies and a job is always difficult " what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?
Followers of Royal Ballet principal Lauren C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 21, 2021
Writers and artists including RóisÃn Murphy, Tiffany Calver and Sigala on the art that transports them to the dancefloor during lockdown
There have been many notable nightclubs in film…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, February 18, 2021
The new artistic director of Dance Umbrella is the first black artist to hold the post. He plans to call time on tick-box diversity " and use the pandemic to remodel his industry
Freddie Opo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PM[SHARE]Friday, January 29, 2021
Available onlineAkram Khan and Natalia Osipova's poetic duet and Shobana Jeyasingh's Contagion are highlights in a festival from BBC Arts
The most tantalising prospect of this three-hour dan…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 24, 2021
Available onlineGeorge Balanchine's take on Shakespearean comedy may be more geometric than romantic, but the most delicate moments of this performance are truly enchanting
Now that all arts…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 14, 2021
The charismatic choreographer and beloved teacher was an inspirational figure as he shared the secrets of movement
Sir Robert Cohan, modern dance legend, dies aged 95
In the 1970s, Robert C…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM[SHARE]Friday, January 8, 2021
Cathy Marston returns to performing, poetry and dance entwine in Wales and the Akram Khan Company inspires mass movement in the best short films to view at home
Amid lockdown frustration las…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:18AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 2, 2021
Modern masterpiece Jerusalem storms back and Trevor Nunn goes underground with Beckett, while Bob Marley gets a musical and Frankenstein becomes a ballet Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:24AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 30, 2020
A warm new doc renders the anguish and angst of Black Swan passé and shows dancers' steel, solidarity and positive attitude
The antidote to tales of the ballet world's dark underbelly " Bla…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 22, 2020
The year started with sparkling ballet and dazzling premieres, then came lockdown. But the dance world didn't stand still and kept delivering innovative and urgent creations
More best cultu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM[SHARE]Monday, December 21, 2020
Available onlineScottish Ballet blends The Nutcracker and The Snow Queen in an hour-long film full of twinkle and charm
This year has been a test of creativity and nerve for the dance sector…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:48AM[SHARE]Monday, December 14, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonDespite fewer dancers and musicians, Peter Wright's production is a gorgeous spectacle at Covent Garden
To the ballet then, while we can. As London waits to find out…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24AM[SHARE]Sunday, December 13, 2020
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe audience whoop behind their masks at a muted, Covid-era iteration of the festival, ending with a note of hope
Compared with the annual Breakin' Convention festival,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:24PM[SHARE]After a tough year for theatre, our chief critic celebrates the joy of the Christmas show, while five festive performers reveal how it feels to be waiting in the wings
Remember your first ev…
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