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by Lyndsey Winship on July 27, 2021
Choreographer Drew McOnie: ‘Success is made of the time you don’t waste’
by Lyndsey Winship on July 27, 2021
Choreographer Drew McOnie talks a-mile-a-minute. His cogs are constantly whirring, not only thinking about the steps he’s making but also how to nurture his dancers, how to create the right environment in the studio... Read full article
by Birmingham Royal Ballet on November 18, 2020
Birmingham Royal Ballet celebrates 30th Anniversary with free streamed performance
by Birmingham Royal Ballet on November 18, 2020
Following critically acclaimed live performances of Lazuli Sky in Birmingham and London last month, Birmingham Royal Ballet is today pleased to announce Birmingham Royal Ballet at 30 – Supported by Birmingham City Council; a celebratory free online s... Read full article
by Birmingham Royal Ballet on October 29, 2020
Christmas is not cancelled, as adapted version of The Nutcracker goes on sale
by Birmingham Royal Ballet on October 29, 2020
Following last week’s sold-out performances of Lazuli Sky, Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre are excited to announce a specially adapted production of the classic Christmas fairytale The Nutcracker,... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on March 26, 2018
Richard Alston Dance Company review – stillness, serenity and funk
by Judith Mackrell on March 26, 2018
Fifty years ago Richard Alston was a fierce, skinny boy with an arty fall of black hair who believed that dances should be choreographed with the same compositional rigour and purity as abstract art or music. ... Read full article
by Zoë Anderson on March 20, 2018
Ballet Black, which celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, perform a double bill
by Zoë Anderson on March 20, 2018
Ballet Black’s new programme is surely the company’s finest yet. Cathy Marston’s taut new ballet The Suit shows tragedy bursting out of the seams of everyday life, while Arthur Pita’s A Dream Within A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a riotous take.... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on March 11, 2018
Candoco Dance Company review – compelling document of human possibilities
by Judith Mackrell on March 11, 2018
It’s always great to witness the buzz that choreographers get from working with Candoco. Throughout the company’s 27-year history there’s rarely been a work in which its mix of disabled and non-disabled dancers has felt like a limitation.... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on February 19, 2018
Bourne's Red Shoes and Khan's Giselle triumph at National Dance awards
by Judith Mackrell on February 19, 2018
We know that certain stories and certain archetypes have a strong hold on the dance imagination. We also know that when choreographers work with the narrative it’s often easiest for them to pin the beautifully ambiguous language of the body... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on November 2, 2017
Dance legend Twyla Tharp on truculent men, selling hot dogs and her idol Agatha Christie
by Judith Mackrell on November 2, 2017
The last time Twyla Tharp was working at the Royal Ballet it was 1995 and she was creating her comic Rossini ballet, Mr Worldly Wise. Now, as she returns, it’s hard to recognise that two decades have passed. The 76-year-old choreographer... Read full article
by Judith Mackrell on September 25, 2017
'You leave part of yourself on stage': Royal Ballet dancers on Kenneth MacMillan
by Judith Mackrell on September 25, 2017
Kenneth MacMillan holds a peculiarly revered position within the culture of the Royal Ballet. Many junior dancers say that it’s the principal roles within his story ballets – Romeo and Juliet, Mayerling and Manon – to which they most aspire.... Read full article
by Dalya Alberge on July 30, 2017
Sergei Polunin says ballet must shake off ‘elitist image’ or die
by Dalya Alberge on July 30, 2017
Ballet must get rid of its elitist image, seek larger audiences and woo the best directors from films and musicals, according to Sergei Polunin, one of classical dance’s biggest and most outspoken stars.... Read full article
by Kate Hutchinson on July 19, 2017
Holly Blakey: the dance punk who turned Coldplay into disco chimps
by Kate Hutchinson on July 19, 2017
Having learned ballet in a car park and given all the right moves to Florence + the Machine. Now, the queen of music videos is putting on her first show. The choreographer talks about dance snobs, anorexia and reclaiming bump ’n’ grind... Read full article
by National Dance Company Wales on June 1, 2017
National Dance Company Wales (NDCWales), the nation’s contemporary dance company, has today announced that Jane McCloskey will be the next chair of its board, as of September. Jane is Dean of Faculty of Creative Industries at the University of South ... Read full article
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