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  1. Dr Marion North at Laban. Photo: Mark Whitfield

    Feature: Dr Marion North, obituary

    Thursday 17 May 2012 by carmel smith

    Marion North OBE, CBE, PhD, DArts, DLit, dance educator, movement researcher and arts leader, born 2 November 1925, died 3 May 2012Obituary: Ian Bramley Dr Marion North, who has died at the age of 86, was one of… Continue Reading

  2. Your Move website

    Feature: Your Move

    Thursday 17 May 2012 by carmel smith 0 Comments

    A new photoblog website will celebrate movement in the widest sense for the next 60 days and is open to everyone to upload their photos... Continue Reading

  3. Dancers rehearsing for their Big Dance Schools Pledge performance at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Photo: Sandy Todd

    News: Big Schools dance welcomes the Olympics

    Thursday 17 May 2012 by carmel smith 0 Comments

    On the day the Olympic torch arrives in the UK, over half a million school children around the world will be dancing Wayne McGregor's Olympic inspired piece at 1pm (BST) Continue Reading

  4. Rambert Dance Company in Mark Baldwin's 'What Wild Ecstasy'. Design: Michael Howells. Dancers: Jon Savage and Mbulelo Ndabeni. Photo: Bettina Strenske.

    Review: Rambert Dance Company at Sadler's Wells

    Graham Watts, Wednesday 16 May 2012— Performance: 15 - 19 May 2012

    An excellent evening of mixed repertoire includes a superb interpretation of 'L’Après Midi d’un faune' and the London premiere of Mark Baldwin’s 'What Wild Ecstasy'..  Continue Reading

  5. Image: Darcey Bussell, courtesy of Darcey Bussell.

    News: New President for Royal Academy of Dance

    Monday 14 May 2012 by carmel smith 0 Comments

    Darcey Bussell is to succeed Dame Antoinette Sibley, who retired last month, as President of the Royal Academy of Dance. Continue Reading

  6. News: The Place Prize for dance - commissions announced

    Monday 14 May 2012 by carmel smith 0 Comments

    Sixteen new works will be made this summer, to be performed at The Place in September - with four selected for the Final in Spring 2013 Continue Reading

  7. Ballet Preljocaj 'Snow White' Ensemble dancing with Virginie Caussin as Snow White and Sergi Amoros Aparicio at back. Costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier. Photo credit: Bettina Strenske

    Review: Ballet Preljocaj - Snow White at Sadler's Wells

    Graham Watts, Saturday 12 May 2012— Performance: 10 - 12 May 2012

    Half-a-dozen magical, standout encounters leapt from this performance, each of which highlights how unlucky we are not to see Angelin Preljocaj’s work more frequently in the UK.  Continue Reading

  8. Made by Katie Green 'Matters of Life and Death' Photo: Nuno Santos.

    Review: Made By Katie Green – Matters of Life and Death at The Place

    Lise Smith, Saturday 12 May 2012— Performance: 9 May 2012

    Green’s five agile dancers make nimble work of the emotional twists and turns, keeping the piece both enjoyably physical and admirably legible... this is an accomplished and highly watchable piece of dance theatre. Continue Reading

  9. Katja Nyqvist 'Underfoot'

    Review: Katja Nyqvist / Mazzilli Dance Theatre at Blue Elephant Theatre

    Emmanuelle Julien, Friday 11 May 2012— Performance: 10 - 12 & 17 - 19 May 2012

    A double bill of new contemporary dance in Camberwell: Underfoot is "about movement so physically & spiritually free, that it suddenly comes alive." For How Much is "powerful & deeply human.." Continue Reading

  10. Daniel Linhan & Salka Ardal Rosengren in 'Zombie Aporia'  Photo: Jun Luc Tanghe

    Review: Daniel Linehan - Zombie Aporia at Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells

    Jeffrey Gordon Baker, Friday 11 May 2012— Performance: 9 & 10 May 2012

    ...even when the result is a bit awkward and jumbled, it feels hopeful when artists tackle big ideas and try to have fun at the same time. Continue Reading

  11. Gecko Theatre Company 'Missing' Photo: Richard Haughton

    Review: Gecko - Missing - at The Place

    Misa Brzezicki, Wednesday 9 May 2012— Performance: 2 May 2012

    When theatre is this visually inventive, this disorientatingly immersive, it really is hard to resist... Continue Reading

  12. Einstein on the Beach, Spaceship 
Left to right Kate Moran, Helga Davis (foreground) and ensemble. Copyright Lucie Jansch

    Review: Einstein on the Beach at Barbican Theatre

    Jeffrey Gordon Baker, Tuesday 8 May 2012— Performance: 3 - 13 May 2012

    Lucinda Childs’ choreography figures prominently and brilliantly in two extended dance sections, but it wouldn't be wrong to say that the entire opera is primarily a work of choreography.. Continue Reading

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