Sunday, December 13, 2020
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…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 9, 2020
The dancer, who has been announced as the new artistic director of the Leeds-based company, shares his ambitions for the future
Dane Hurst was learning to dance in "a ramshackle, termite-inf…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Monday, December 7, 2020
Available onlineBourne's New Adventures has given three female dancers from the company the chance to make their own creations " with impressive results
Among the many dance films being made…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24PM[SHARE]Friday, December 4, 2020
Dancers learn routines from an algorithm and we get a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse of K-pop choreography as the Place's festival moves online
One of the many festivals that's switch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 3, 2020
Available onlineThe enterprising company presents three specially filmed virtual dance works, including Smith's own intriguing take on ancient mythology
Many small dance companies are clingi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Available onlineA strong cast from Guildhall School hit the dancefloor in a show that muses over house music, orcas and the meaning of a nightclub family
In a year of isolation that's left u…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Friday, November 27, 2020
Available onlineDirectors from the worlds of pop and adverts have made five films for English National Ballet's new digital season. From boxing women to glorious goths, you won't know what's…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM[SHARE]Monday, November 23, 2020
The DJ and founder of the Let's Have a Kiki ball is running the climactic bash of this year's Dance Umbrella " and he's bringing his cats
'I want you to get out of this quarantine feeling an…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:32PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Unable to fully stage their celebration of the classic 6os album, Clod Ensemble are inviting audiences to a listening party for London jazz festival
They had such great plans: a live band, 2…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AM[SHARE]Monday, November 16, 2020
Available online This collection of dancers' homemade films " in apartments, backyards or the great outdoors " connect in winningly lo-fi way
As some dance companies get slicker in their dig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:18PM[SHARE]Sunday, November 15, 2020
Available onlineFrancesca Hayward, Natalia Osipova and Marianela Nuñez are among the many stars in this exquisite mixed bill of classics and more recent work
Planned for a live audience t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Friday, November 13, 2020
Music's primal power for those living with dementia has inspired thousands of YouTube views for a clip of a former dancer
We see a frail and elderly woman in a chair, her eyes downcast. She …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Monday, November 9, 2020
Available onlineIn lieu of NYCB's 2020 season, five short pieces by new choreographers frame the Big Apple in colourful new ways
New York City Ballet won't perform again until September 202…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Friday, November 6, 2020
From Paris rooftops to a giant yellow inflatable, dancers find new places to perform in this batch of enthralling shorts
Ballet Vlaanderen's ongoing Imagination Is Alive series pairs musicia…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AM[SHARE]Monday, November 2, 2020
As he prepares to shake up the 'Eurocentric' Venice Biennale, the Royal Ballet choreographer talks about his fears for the arts " and how social distancing has made dancers of us all
Wayne M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM[SHARE]Friday, October 30, 2020
Sadler's Wells, LondonWill Tuckett's intricate new work takes its inspiration from nature and was the shimmering centrepiece of an ambitious and enjoyable programme at the reopened London da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 22, 2020
UK choreographer Ivan Blackstock and dancer Nafisah Baba worked on the groundbreaking Black Is King visual album, connecting with a wealth of black peers
Choreographer Ivan Blackstock was ha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 18, 2020
The Place, LondonPart of the Splayed festival of queer art, Azara's witty combination of spoken word and effortless groove takes the audience on a night out that leaves you longing to dance
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:18AM[SHARE]Friday, October 16, 2020
Available onlineWayne Eagling's choreographic pedigree is clear in this wartime story of Marie Rambert " founder of Britain's first ballet company " and her playwright husband
Canadian chor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AM[SHARE]Monday, October 12, 2020
English National Ballet will return to the stage soon, but dance's wider future looks precarious. The company's artistic director tells us about bubbles, business models, and ballet classes …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 11, 2020
Royal Opera House, London, and online After seven months away from the spotlight, the entire company release their pent-up energy in a jubilant and moving three-hour gala of greatest hits
Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AM[SHARE]Monday, October 5, 2020
Available onlineThree hours of dance, music and insightful interviews " including reminiscences from Danny Boyle " celebrate the creative power of one of the greatest dancers of the 21st cen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:24AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Available onlineClaustrophobia and flights of imagination make a powerful connection in this triple bill of pieces commissioned as a response to the pandemic
Back in June, Huddersfield's Law…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM[SHARE]Friday, September 25, 2020
Available onlineWim Vandekeybus's ever-shifting dance theatre refuses to be pinned down in this live-streamed show from the company's own studios
It's hard these days not to start reading th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Six sparky young dancers give their all in a scintillating competition streamed from the ballet's new Docklands home
English National Ballet is back from lockdown with the 11th annual Emergi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Khadifa Wong's fascinating documentary Uprooted traces the origins of an artform and the cultural bias that robbed great practitioners of recognition
Jazz dance. It's Broadway and the West …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Masking up and working in bubbles are part of the routine as the company rehearse a dark but hopeful new piece by Wim Vandekeybus
Arriving at Rambert's smart HQ on London's South Bank, I'm i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AM[SHARE]Monday, September 7, 2020
Most people in dance work freelance on punishingly low pay " and now lockdown has made things even worse. No wonder they're taking jobs elsewhere
When lockdown hit in March, it didn't stop d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 27, 2020
Available onlineCommissioned by Sadler's Wells, Jonzi D's new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to black women who have suffered violence
The best theatre …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM[SHARE]Available online The familiar story of transformation, in the company's 2010 production, is given a free video outing two months before a new live ballet is set to debut
The best theatre and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM[SHARE]Friday, August 21, 2020
Hip-hop dance, optical illusions and pre-Tinder internet dating all feature in Zoo's eclectic digital programme
The best theatre and dance to watch online
For those missing the Edinburgh fes…
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