August 2009
Dance to get fit
Inspired by the appointment of dance tzar Arlene Phillips and the promise of free dance classes for the masses, three journalists try out tango, break dance & samba. Read more in the Times, 22 Aug 09 Continue Reading
Turner Prize winner turns to ballet
Co-commissioned by Frieze Music and Sadler’s Wells, Martin Creed’s Work No. 1020 will be performed during Frieze Art Fair 2009 on 16 & 17 October at Sadler’s Wells. Read more in the Guardia… Continue Reading
Coming to Ipswich soon
“DanceHouse, like its towering host organism, is modernist in spirit; there are graphic jump-cuts, and the cool white of the building’s façades carry asymmetric jabs of lip-gloss colour. It’s … Continue Reading
Composing for Darwin & dance
Julian Anderson is composing the score for Rambert’s new work *The Comedy of Change*, commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s *On the Origin of Species*. The idea of evolution … Continue Reading
Stravinsky's Petrushka gets a make over
Choreographer Ian Spink is working as a guest choreographer with Scottish Ballet on a new production, premiering later this month. “The Edinburgh Festival is a time when you can be as adventurous and exper… Continue Reading
Wheeldon in Wonderland
The first new full length ballet in 15 years will be created for the Royal Ballet by choreographer Christopher Wheeldon in 2011. It will be based on Lewis Carroll’s_ Alice in Wonderland _reports Ismene Bro… Continue Reading
Wanted: choreographer for 2012
Who will mastermind the opening and closing ceremonies for the London Olympics? One of the first names in the arena is Stephen Daldry, the theatre director who bought _*Billy Elliott* _to stage and screen. Read … Continue Reading
Tory MP attacks A Levels in Dance
Conservative MP Michael Gove said _*“Our leading universities have made it clear that taking soft subjects like dance or media studies at A level harms candidates chances of admission.”* _This was th… Continue Reading
Mariinsky Ballet in Homage to Balanchine at Royal Opera House
‘Uliana Lopatkina took control of the second with majestic and dreamy dancing that was perfumed with unattainable glamour (credit too to Daniil Korsuntsev’s exemplary partnering)’
Mariinsky Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty at Royal Opera House
‘Konstantin Sergeyev’s 1952 version of The Sleeping Beauty suffers from a much-modified text, very leisurely pacing and dreadful wigs. Even so, Evgenia Obraztsova shines as the lead.’
Mariinsky Ballet in The Sleeping Beauty at Royal Opera House
‘She [Evgenia Obraztsova] made her entrance for Aurora’s birthday, and won the audience by the sweetness and grace of her temperament and the freshness of dancing unclouded by mannerism, natural (in these most unnatural of circumstances) as a bird throwing of…
Mariinsky Ballet in Homage to Balanchine at Royal Opera House
‘The corps are lovely throughout – yet it’s the discipline and poetry of their dancing that makes the oddities at principal level doubly vexing.’
Angelina Ballerina Childrens Award
Deadline extended to 16 October 09 This year the National Dance Awards and Angelina Ballerina are offering young dancers the chance to audition for the prestigious Angelina Ballerina Children’s Dance Award… Continue Reading
Kids Week 2009
14-28 August. Children aged 5-16 years old can see a selection of dazzling shows for free as long as they are accompanied by an adult paying full price. Shows participating in Kids Week 2009 include; *DisneyR… Continue Reading
Mariinsky Ballet in Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
‘Occasionally you see the sort of technically accomplished and emotionally calibrated performance that makes you want to buy your family and friends tickets for the ballet and make them go.’