José Manuel Carreño on being a great Cuban dancer, now director of Silicon Valley Ballet, and the strong relations developing between the USA and Cuba and what that means for ballet.
Archive - November 2015
Gallery by Stephen Wright...
Endearing, intelligent and enterprising, Sikorski and Wellesley Wesley will find the right format for Nora to flourish.
Gallery by Dave Morgan of Sir Peter Wright's much admired production now being danced on its 25th anniversary...
It sounds like a great combination, and had some stunning moments, but turned out to be an oddly uneven experience in the theatre...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Last month English National Ballet and Roehampton University held an event at London's Sadler's Wells to talk about their joint work on helping those with Parkinson’s disease: "Dance for Parkinson's Evidence of Impact - Moving Forward". Jann Parry reports for DanceTabs...
A sparse, small apartment contains much of the drama in Fernando Melo’s If Walls Could Speak, an evening-length premiere for Ballet Hispanico.
While this is a generalization, it’s safe to say the most hotly anticipated work of the night was Pite’s Polaris, set to Adès’ work of the same name.
Richard Alston Dance Company Espresso Vivace, Mazur, Burning, Brisk Singing London, Richmond Theatre 19 November 2015 www.richardalstondance.com Petite though it is, Richmond Theatre doesn’t proffer much of a sense of intimacy: its ornate décor and opera house stage design give it a grand feel, whereas The Place – Richard Alston Dance Company’s home turf – is a far simpler, tighter space, with...
Odedra undoubtedly feels passionate about dyslexia ...and succeeds here in making what might seem an unlikely subject into a compelling account of struggle and wonder.
It seems now to be a given that any new work by Izadora Weiss will combine dramatic, narrative-based dance theatre with a profound visual impact, danced to challenging, powerful music.
In Khan’s choreography, kathak’s warp-speed spins and fierce gestures are immediately recognizable yet subverted and sculpted by contemporary weightedness and extended lines.
Peña’s show, which came to the The Town Hall for a single performance, uses an extremely spare model – flamenco performance as family gathering.
The solemnity of the middle section of the programme is alleviated by irreverent visions of heaven and hell...
Butler is making a very obvious departure from the stringent formalities of traditional Irish dance.
Monotones II: Audiences are now accustomed to the manic acrobatic contortions of modern choreography, so it is rewarding to see the rigour with which the three performers (Marianela Nunez, Valeri Hristov and Edward Watson) control their elasticity.
British Dance Edition (BDE), has announced its programme of performances for the 2016 showcase which is taking place in Wales for the first time - 15 – 18 March 2016.
An interview with Adam Kirkham, Carys Staton, Nathan Young and Yu-Hsien Wu of Russell Maliphant Company as they take on roles first created by Guillem and the BalletBoyz. Also advice to graduating students and discussion of Maliphant's approach to creating new work...