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.
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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.
Visually, No Lander could hardly be more different from Athletes; but the slow, deliberate approach to movement and style was very clearly from the same creative mould.
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 16th National Dance Awards,
Unlike Kylián, Weiss generally works from an overt storyline and her own libretto for Body Master is loosely based on the life of Gordon Craig, the English pioneer of modernist theatre...
James Cousins is back at the Place in London after extensively touring his double bill inspired by Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood". 11 months on Graham Watts looks at the show afresh...
Packed overfull with ideas, it’s a way of looking at how our behaviour changes over the years, while we continue to feel much the same inside.
Paradise describes both the Garden of Eden and Heaven. It can also mean a park in which animals are kept or a state of supreme bliss.
We all reminisce about the good old days; but, if you’re old enough, you may actually remember "The Good Old Days"...
Wendy Houstoun is an artist who keeps the great British tradition of anarchic physical theatre alive, if but barely kicking.
"You’re never too disabled, too blind, too old or too proud to be able to perform." - Wolfgang Stange. Jann Parry on the man, the company and their new show, 35 Amici Drive...
Of the three Choreographics evenings to date I thought this was the best, with all the pieces feeling buffed-up, thought about and nobody making a huge wrong turn.
The Richard Alston Dance Company concludes its spring tour with a series of performances at The Place, celebrating their 20th anniversary with premieres of new commissions and a revival of one of his classics...
Ben Duke opens his one-man show disarmingly by losing his place in his copy of Milton’s Paradise Lost...
Clark has spent two years on his “happiness project”, working with a psychoanalyst amongst others to investigate the causes and manifestations of happiness but...
James Wilton Dance are touring Last Man Standing - a narrative work based on Terry Pratchett’s book The Last Hero and the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Lynette Halewood was impressed...
What you get with the Jasmin Vardimon brand is an intense physical approach to dance and the JV2 dancers have assimilated this physicality with gusto.
Spring Forward is a three-day festival of contemporary dance, presented by Aerowaves, which confidently declares itself to be a ‘hub for dance discovery in Europe’...
Beauty of the Beast – surely a contender for cleverest title of the year – is a fascinating study of how male behaviour evolves through the processes of their interaction.
Gallery of pictures by Stephen Wright