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Hofesh Shechter interview
Lyndsey Winship interviews Shechter in the Evening Standard about Political Mother, currently at Sadler's Wells, his next piece and how the internet got him where he is today. Continue Reading
Nobody's Baby dance marathon - 100 hours on...
Ambra Vernuccio went to see the final few hours of the 100 hour dance marathon at Greenwich Borough Hall and find out from choreographer Arthur Pita how it all went. And test, it is possible to sleep standing up... Continue Reading
Jean Abreu - Blood - Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
He uses a series of images by celebrated East End art twosome Gilbert and George, projected and manipulated.. to flood the stage with visualisations of our vitals: blood-red gushes, vein-like marblings... Continue Reading
Pointe to pointe - a summer of ballet in London
The Bolshoi, Boston Ballet, Carlos Acosta, English National Ballet, Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet, Shanghai Ballet & more at the London Coliseum & the Royal Opera House in July & August... Continue Reading
Sidi Larbi collaborates again with director Joe Wright
After collaborating on the film 'Anna Karenina' (starring Keira Knightley) director Joe Wright & choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui are working together again - this time at the Young Vic for a st… Continue Reading
The Plusies -Friends -The Place
The choreography is fine – weighty, legible, and consequential. But the songs are none of these things.
A Chorus Line to close early
Originally scheduled to run until at least January next year, A Chorus Line is now closing at the end of August. Continue Reading
Genesis - ballet for your mobile
A new collection of ballet films, featuring dancers from the Royal Ballet & English National Ballet created specifically for download to phones & tablets goes on sale on Monday Continue Reading
Creating 'Cléopâtre – Ida Rubinstein'
Choreographer Patrick de Bana's tribute to a Ballets Russes star makes its London debut in the Les Saisons Russes du XX1e Siecle at the London Coliseum in July... Continue Reading
Jean Abreu - Blood - Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH
The questions that Abreu poses are ambitious, and it’s interesting to watch his attempt to answer them. But the spoken text, the dancing, the taboo-breaking pee, form too many disparate elements. It’s a collage that hasn’t been fully absorbed, either …
Forsythe Company - N.N.N.N / Study #3 - Sadler's Wells
I’m not sure that, in all conscience, I could recommend this evening to anyone apart from the most die-hard fans of contemporary dance, and that feels like a pity.
Rosas & Ictus - Drumming - Sadler's Wells
Performance reviewed: 25 June 2013 Sadler’s Sampled is a new mini-festival packed with juicy tasters, to attract people to the theatre who might not normally come. So alongside the main productions on stage a… Continue Reading
Rosas & Ictus - Drumming - Sadler's Wells
In Drumming choreographer submitted to composer – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker took on a vivid Steve Reichpiece for a dozen percussionists and decorated it with 12 dancers. Twelve drummers drumming, 12 dancers dancing…What goes on is, for the most part (the c…
Rosas & Ictus - Drumming - Sadler's Wells
Set to Steve Reich’s score of the same name, this fusion of atomic precision and raw energy is one of the masterpieces of the late 20th century.
Akram Khan joins National Youth Dance Company
- as Guest Artistic Director and the UK wide search is on for the brightest young dance talent from across the UK to work with him, starting in London and Kent this weekend... Continue Reading