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Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby - Sadler's Wells
Praise is due to Nixon for expertly presenting an accurate sketch of the novel with a clarity that enabled those of us having only a passing acquaintance with the book to keep up, whilst not offending the aficion… Continue Reading
Compass Commissions announced
New works to be supported by the Greenwich Dance & Trinity Laban Partnership have just been announced... Continue Reading
mapdance - Rich Mix
The late Nigel Charnock’s 'XX' was a highlight of mapdance's (the University of Chichester’s MA student performance company) programme at Rich Mix last Friday.. Continue Reading
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby - Sadler's Wells
Martha Leebolt, as Daisy, wears the pasted-on smile of an unhappily married woman keeping up appearances; as her brutish husband, Kenneth Tindall is a compelling dancer with both clout and control
Northern Ballet - The Great Gatsby - Sadler's Wells
Northern Ballet’s artists work with an eager and very attractive energy and devotion: their style is quick, vivid. The staging, alas, strands them in a succession of interminable scenes
After the Rite
The 100th anniversary of the first performance of Stravinsky's 'Rite of Spring' was on 29 May. We ask choreographers, dancers & programmers what this groundbreaking work means to them... Continue Reading
Talking choreography & collaboration
The National Choreographers' Conference bought together a fascinating mix of speakers who work in film, TV, music video, West End theatre and contemporary dance... Continue Reading
Sylvie Guillem
In an interview in the Independent, Guillem speaks her mind about the people she has worked with and her passion for the artform, 'I work hard to make a gift to the audience'. Continue Reading
The Royal Ballet - an international company
Kevin O’Hare, director of the Royal Ballet, highlights the quality of the company's dancers in the Telegraph, as a response to comments from a former Royal Ballet principal dancer about the lack of Bri… Continue Reading
Nijinsky: A Life - Lucy Moore - Book Review
There have been a dozen biographies since Richard Buckle’s ground-breaking 1971 book, and while new information has from time to time emerged, by now the well has really run dry, and Lucy Moore merely goes over the well-worn ground.
Wilkie Branson
Bboy dance artist & film maker Wilkie Branson is the choreographer for a new children’s dance theatre adaptation of Helen Ward's book 'Varmints' opening in the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadle… Continue Reading
Introducing Cloud Dance Sundays...
Producer Chantal Guevara gives us the low down on her new series of laidback contemporary dance evenings at the Lion & Unicorn, Kentish Town... Continue Reading
Royal Ballet - Hansel and Gretel - Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Hansel and Gretel will be praised for all the reasons detailed above, and particularly for the enthusiasm of all involved, but the lack of hard editorial control is all too apparent.
Royal Ballet - Hansel and Gretel - Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
The cleverness of Scarlett’s update lies in its psychological truth. He’s certainly done his homework (even Stockholm Syndrome is there). He also finds neat inversions.
Big Dance - keeps on dancing
English National Ballet have come up with a three minute routine to learn for the Big Dance Pledge next weekend... Continue Reading