Saturday, August 19, 2017
Coliseum, LondonStrictly Come Dancing is a huge TV hit, and a stage spin-off sounds like a good idea: the performers and the dance styles have a high recognition factor, and a live show can …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06AM[SHARE]Friday, May 26, 2017
Brighton DomeWith its unorthodox seating, shape-shifting set and even dancers hatching from eggs, this show makes up for some awkward pacing with a wealth of ideas In the brief prologue to T…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 14, 2017
Lilian Baylis studio, Sadler's Wells, LondonThe audience becomes the performance in this eight-hour cycle that puts Whitney Houston and drum'n'bass alongside historical world eventsProject O…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 27, 2017
Jakop Ahlbom combines stage magic with references to classic scary movies in a cult show that returns the horror genre to the theatreJakop Ahlbom has created a monster. The Swedish theatre d…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32AM[SHARE]Monday, January 16, 2017
They were founded for a dare in 1984, but Les Ballets C de la B's mix of surrealism, slapstick and semiotics has made them one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies Continu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:36PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 15, 2017
Barbican, London A remarkable triple bill melds everything from body-popping to krump and African dance, turning bodies into automata, weapons and channels of pure emotionBoy Blue Entertainm…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:33AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 21, 2016
He's the ballet punk whose choreography turned him into dance's rock'n'roll legend. Sanjoy Roy profiles the rise, fall and rebirth of an iconoclassicistIn short Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06AM[SHARE]Friday, November 25, 2016
Lilian Baylis theatre, LondonPatel's superhero is back, disguised as a white man, but this show's commentary on sexism and racism lacks depthHetain Patel's American Man starts where his earl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AM[SHARE]Sunday, November 6, 2016
The Place, LondonCharlotte Vincent's brave exploration of our hypersexualised world takes an unflinching look at when adults 'follow' and 'like' vulnerable childrenWe're seated around all si…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 1, 2016
In the fourth instalment of our series introducing major choreographers and companies, Sanjoy Roy explores the work of William ForsytheIn short Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12AM[SHARE]Friday, October 28, 2016
Dancers in this Egyptian Halloween fantasy wrestle with clay and convention at the bequest of the ever-experimental musicianIn the basement of a labyrinthine warehouse, a woman lies on a hos…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 23, 2016
Barbican, London The striking movements of classical Indian dance produce many arresting images as the choreographer teases out the threads of life's experienceA man gasps and shakes his hea…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:19AM[SHARE]Monday, October 3, 2016
The Place, LondonStreet dance meets Victorian workhouse as choreographer Tony Adigun imagines the childhoods of Oliver Twist's villainsStreet dance might seem an odd style for a Dickensian t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:26AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 2, 2016
British choreographer Richard Alston has leapt from hippy rebel to member of the modern dance establishment with impressive ease, writes Sanjoy Roy Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:43PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 8, 2016
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn their second programme of dance, the US company present Ronald K Brown's Open Door, Paul Taylor's Piazzolla Caldera and their signature RevelationsWhat a versatile g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:48AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Sadler's Wells, London Patrias, the flamenco guitarist's tribute to the Spanish writer, features superb dance solos but the multimedia projections intrude on the spectacleFederico GarcÃa …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM[SHARE]Monday, July 11, 2016
Tate Modern, London Showcased in the gallery's vast Turbine Hall, the arcs and eddies of the Belgian choreographer's Work/Travail/Arbeid reveal the harmony of its compositionAnne Teresa De K…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:44AM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2016
Old Vic, LondonPart Robert Louis Stevenson, part Little Shop of Horrors, the McOnie Company's discombobulating dance adaptation is dynamic, clever and a bit retrogradeThe tale of Jekyll and …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:37AM[SHARE]Monday, May 2, 2016
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe annual festival delivers style and substance, from the Ruggeds' goofy stunts to Ivan Blackstock's nightmarish new workThere's always a buzz at Breakin' Convention. …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:22AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 13, 2016
The Place, London An intriguing triple bill offers disjointed romance and passionate storybook tales, but it's Alexander Ekman's sound-dance mashup that leads the applauseNational Dance Comp…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:52AM[SHARE]Monday, April 4, 2016
Sadler's Wells, LondonIt's visually arresting, with performers on crutches, bodies with fish heads, a unicyclist and a levitating bed, but the ideas don't match the material in this theatre-…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Forget regular clubbing. A hidden social network of nights where anyone can salsa, swing or tango is waiting to welcome you " but who's on the dancefloor? Who's out dancing on a weekend? All…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:14AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 3, 2016
Peacock theatre, London Featuring music from Abba, Coolio and the film Titanic, this frenetic shakeup of the traditional tango format has little time for poetry or emotional nuanceDancer and…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:10AM[SHARE]Friday, February 26, 2016
Print Room at the Coronet, LondonDancers' limbs twist and thread in this highly atmospheric conclusion to an elemental trilogy that veers between the airy and the groundedThe tiny Print Room…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:52AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Sadler's Wells, LondonFlamenco dancer Farruquito is from a formidable bloodline, but the music weaved a greater ancestral spell in the show Buen ArateFarruquito has flamenco in his blood: hi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:21AM[SHARE]Monday, February 15, 2016
Yvonne Rainer and her works are uncompromising, challenging and highly influential. But she won't be guesting on X FactorAn artist who is anti-art, an activist who is also an aesthete, Yvonn…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PM[SHARE]Friday, February 12, 2016
Sadler's Wells, LondonInstead of raging battles of the sexes, the men are gallant and the women dance for sheer pleasure in the choreographer's final piece, Como el Musguito … There's no m…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:22AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 12, 2016
The Place, LondonCrystal Zillwood saved the uneven opening night of this six-week festival for new dance with an exploration of the overlaps between human and animal lifeEvery January, the R…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:35PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 3, 2016
If you're ever in doubt as to whether dance qualifies as a sport, take a look at the competitors in the Crystal Palace CupBeing judged on everything, down to the smiles on their faces ... Ph…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:39PM[SHARE]Thursday, December 24, 2015
Contemporary dancer, choreographer, teacher and tireless advocate of independent artistsGill Clarke, who has died of cancer aged 56, was one of the foremost contemporary dancers of her gener…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:09PM[SHARE]Monday, November 23, 2015
The Place, LondonA high-tech exploration of Odedra's own struggles with learning difficulty creates some hit-and-miss imagesAakash Odedra's solo is called Murmur 2.0, and those digits in the…
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