The Sadler’s audience loved this and gave the performers a standing ovation. It was fascinating to see the mix of people that Candoco had recruited...
Archive - March 2015
David Bintley is celebrating 20 years as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. Time for a good long natter...
Gallery – Candoco Dance Company in The Show Must Go On
To celebrate his 20th year as artistic director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley has revived the first work he created in the post – Carmina burana...
Collaboration is the theme running through dancer/choreographer Tim Casson’s Wild Card evening at Sadler’s Wells; it’s also the foundation stone of his Casson & Friends project, running since 2012.
As David Bintley celebrates 20 years at the helm of BRB the company celebrates by reviving his first piece for them - the magnificent Carmina burana. Gallery by Dave Morgan...
...María Pagés infuses the essence and spirit of flamenco with modern sentiment.
Life in Progress will be performed at Birmingham Hippodrome on Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 September 2015.
Maina Gielgud first staged her production of Giselle for the Australian Ballet in 1986...
Heralding the celebrations of Robert Cohan’s 90th anniversary year Yolande Yorke-Edgell’s enterprising company, founded in 2009, is touring a programme, Figure Ground, containing two of his works.
IBERIAN SUITE: global arts remix Kennedy Center Festival – details www.kennedy-center.org Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras Voces, Suite Flamenca 9 March 2015 www.sarabaras.com Born in the Gypsy community in the impoverished Andalusia region of southern Spain more as self-expression than dance, flamenco has over the centuries become an inherent part of Spanish culture and the country’s most...
The unifying theme in this double bill is muddled realities, with 2Faced's five resident dancers, all men, tackling two surreal and drastically different works...
In March, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is presenting IBERIAN SUITE: global arts remix – a celebration of the cultures and influences of the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Nancy-based Ballet de Lorraine arrives as a bit of an unknown quantity; led by Swedish ex-Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet principal Peter Jacobsson, its work is avowedly experimental...
The eight dancers under Mr. Swinston’s care have had time to absorb the complicated coordination and autonomy that lies at the heart of this style.
Alexander Whitley's Frames has just premiered in Glasgow - a special gallery by Rambert dancer and photographer Stephen Wright
English National Ballet Modern Masters: Petite Mort, Spring And Fall, In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated London, Sadler’s Wells 10 March 2015 Gallery of pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou www.ballet.org.uk www.sadlerswells.com As the opening salvo of ENB’s new partnership with Sadler’s Wells, Modern Masters is a powerful statement of intent. Tamara Rojo’s newly energised company presents itself...
Bonachela never ceases to surprise with his unerring eye for a strong collaboration.
The gala opened with the Act III wedding pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty, performed by Ekaterina Osmolkina and Guiseppe Picone. No fish-dives in this version – the Russians regard them as vulgar, and Osmolkina could never be vulgar.
ENB Modern Masters: William Forsythe's 'In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated', John Neumeier's 'Spring and Fall' and Jiri Kylian's 'Petite Mort'. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...