Scottish Ballet will be performing Kenneth MacMillan’s "Le Baiser de la fée" as part of the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of his death. It will be the first revival of the ballet in 30 years - Jann Parry on the return of an important work.
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New Dance Takes Inspiration from The Office’s David Brent - courtesy The Farm, based on Australia's Gold Coast...
In at the start of the process Josephine Leask talked to Fevered Sleep’s artistic directors Sam Butler and David Harradine about re-staging "Men and Girls" for Tate Britain. It's an emotive and challenging work to present to an unsuspecting passing audience...
San Francisco exists in its own world, out here on the distant West Coast. The San Francisco Ballet, though, just became more global than ever, with new 2017-18 members joining from around the world. The company school, which presented its annual Student Showcase 31 May through 2 June at YBCA Theater, draws international students as well...
Graham Watts' citation, made before the presentation - a major appreciation of a huge star of dance and theatre...
After a few years below the radar Vanessa Fenton has been quietly bouncing back choreographically and this month presented her own double bill at Siobhan Davies Dance Studies and once again contributed a piece to the Royal Ballet's latest Draft Works bill.
Not heard of the Illuminati and the New World Order? Read on for a fascinating take on alternative news and brainwashing... and also a terrific record of just how a piece of dance gets created.
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories from the past year...
Marina Harss with her personal selection of New York dance memories this last year...
Though Rauschenberg’s designs have no apparent connection with the dances they accompany, and even compete for the audience’s attention, they have become inescapably part of the experience of each work.
How do you review a world premiere that you have spent seven hours flying to, and then find that it has been postponed until you are back home after another eight hours of travel?
★★✰✰✰ ...of more interest to Rodin scholars than dance-lovers.
★★★★✰ ...the event is less about showing off the talents of dancers and their teachers than celebrating their hard work and dedication.
"Dancer" has been given a few screenings in London, most recently as part of the BFI London Film Festival, with Polunin and the director, Steven Cantor, in attendance for Q&A sessions...
His is an insider’s account, complete with waspish comments and cameos of the famous people he encountered...
English National Ballet recently held their 2016 Emerging Dancer Competition at the London Palladium. Bruce Marriott reports on a good event done well...
Instigated by visual artist Janine Antoni in collaboration with choreographer, theatre, and community artist Anna Halprin and choreographer Stephen Petronio, Ally is a series of works combining sculpture, installation, film and performance.
For the next six months, dancers (three at a time) will be performing daily at Tate Britain from 11am to 5pm.
This month Jarkko blogs about a big change in what he does...
In the world of opera, dance has a rather low place on the totem pole. Music critics (and opera audiences) can be pretty dismissive...