★★★✰✰ The idea of setting a story about a refugee family to the songs of Sting was inevitably an enforced marriage of his diverse lyrics with a narrative for which they were never intended.
Tag - Tommy Franzen
★★★★✰ Some Like it Hip Hop is full of quirky humour, great music and dance, enjoying top-notch performances throughout the whole cast of sixteen.
★★★★★ The hour-long evening is a magical experience, a testament to the decades-long collaboration between Maliphant and Hulls...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★★✰ ZooNation's "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" has come a long way as a thoughtful Royal Opera House alternative to the Royal Ballet's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
It's a busy time for Kim Brandstrup with premieres at Rambert, New York City Ballet and, later in spring, a full-evening work for Royal Danish Ballet. Jann Parry interviews one of the most thoughtful and reflective of choreographers...
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
If the brand new works were something of a disappointment then Crystal Pite's A Picture of You Falling, created on her own company dancers in 2008, was the outstanding hit.
Sadler's Wells puts on a night of dance by 3 of their Associate Artists. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
...a show that is all about simply feeling good and being part of an event rather than just a spectator.
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
The best of the videos and best piece of the night was Kim Brandstrup's Leda and the Swan using the much-loved Zenaida Yanowsky and Tommy Franzen
Including a low-key pilot at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe of 2012, the 'Flash Mob' brand is now into its third iteration, and I must immediately confess to liking this show less than either of its predecessors.
It would appear that Blaze is to hip hop as Burn the Floor has been to the popularity of ballroom and Latin...
The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for 2013 took place today in London at The Place’s Robin Howard Dance Theatre.
The longest and most technically ambitious performance work created by the company to date, it’s an adrenaline-fuelled collision of thunderous beats, physical feats and striking visuals...
In short, it was foot-tapping fun!
The title of Kate Prince’s latest extravaganza is way too modest. On the basis of the universal adulation pouring from this audience, not just at the end but throughout the show, it would appear that EVERYONE likes it hip hop.
20 pictures by Dave Morgan...