With Marianela Nunez and Vadim Muntagirov in the lead roles. Gallery by Dave Morgan...
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Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★✰✰ Pavement, from 2012, takes as its touchstone the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, John Singleton’s hard-hitting coming-of-age drama...
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
★★✰✰✰ Munyaneza rises to the challenge of the show with her provocative, fearless performance, but it’s still difficult to sit through.
★★★✰✰ Is this depiction of divisive ‘insider/outsider’ British society really a true reflection?
★★★★✰ The Darbar Festival has been celebrating Indian classical music for a number of years, but now at Sadler’s Wells it has an additional dance component curated by Akram Khan, showcasing different forms...
★★✰✰✰ The opening scene of The North, a new dance theatre work from Dundee-based troupe Joan Clevillé Dance, starts with a scene plucked straight from a Scandi noir...
★★★✰✰ Kevin O’Hare is commissioning choreographers who want to make use of what the Opera House can offer; he’s not setting out to declare where ballet ought to be heading and he’s not playing safe.
★★★★★ What makes the show so seductive is the smooth and slick integration of visual effects with movement.
Works by Twyla Tharp, Arthur Pita and Hofesh Shechter. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★✰✰✰ Bintley’s ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café saves a dispiriting evening by providing nimble demi-character dancing with a timely message, first delivered nearly 20 years ago.
★★★✰✰ Aladdin never fully finds its feet, but there’s a lot to like about the show, from the cheery group numbers to the striking visuals.
★★✰✰✰ Igor and Moreno warn people in the programme notes for Andante that there will be smoke and perfume – lots of it.
★★★★✰ Wrapping up Dance Umbrella, "Shoreditch Takeover" was a celebration of cross-disciplinary work. It featured two dance works, poetry and a film, not to mention a DJ...
★★★✰✰ The director Suzie Willson plays well with our fascination with people-watching...
Gallery by Stephen Wright...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★✰✰ Peking opera’s blend of highly stylised acting, singing, music and movement is always a feast for the senses. The costumes are reason enough to watch in themselves...
★★✰✰✰ It started sedately enough, with the three men and three women emerging in stretchy black dresses...