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Zoonation - Some Like it Hip Hop - Peacock Theatre
Some Like It Hip Hop sails back into the West End on wave after wave of brilliant dancing.
Review: C-12 Dance Theatre - Shhh! - Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City
This full-length production is the most ambitious yet from C-12 Dance Theatre, and thus a big step forward for Director/choreographer Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster and Executive Producer Adam Towndrow. The latter… Continue Reading
Breakin' Convention 2013 - Sadler's Wells
The energy of Breakin’ Convention – the way that the dancers and the enthusiastic and knowledgeable audience bring Sadler’s Wells to life – is always striking. But this is now matched by an increasing sense of possibility as street dance develops the confid…
Breakin' Convention 2013 - Sadler's Wells
Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, the festival radiates an overwhelming sense of inclusiveness. With the all-female crew Zamounda performing alongside the gifted disabled crew ILL-Abilities, and with crowds of children mastering b-boy moves during interval workshop…
Breakin' Convention 2013 - Sadler's Wells
And at the other end of the night are headliners Project Soul, a South Korean crew with some blistering power moves. Their enjoyably baffling piece Urban Arirang considers Korean identity, and seems to pit the militarised North against the Gangnam-style South — altho…
Breakin' Convention 2013 - Sadler's Wells
My heart was won by the Bad Taste Cru dancing to Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, which I thought witty, hard-edged, sure in focus – some of the other works on display tended to sprawl – sizzling in energy, and meriting a filmed record.
Review: English National Ballet - Choreographics, A Letter To.. - The Place
Choreographics is an important part of English National Ballet’s calendar, providing a platform for company dancers to test out creative ideas... Continue Reading
Review: RUBBERBANDance Group - Gravity of Center - Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Quijada has a quartet of technically killer dancers alongside him.. they tuck into a juicily hybrid movement vocabulary combining the gravitational pull of hip hop with the light-footed steps-consciousness of ballet. Continue Reading
Breakin' Convention 2013 - Sadler's Wells
From new styles to accepted masters, it’s a festival with sharp moves and a happy sense of community.
RUBBERBANDance Group - Gravity of Center - Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Quijada is doing something really interesting with the language of dance – but not so much with the choreography.
Nijinsky: A Life - Lucy Moore - Book Review
Lucy Moore retells the familiar story engagingly, with due deference to Richard Buckle’s completer account, but she can’t help expressing her bafflement about a man whose art denied him a verbal outlet while requiring him to work through a series of mysteri…
Royal Ballet - Mayerling - Royal Opera House
For although the plot turns on the unravelling of its central character, Mayerling is also a superb company vehicle, its teemingly detailed context demanding from everyone on stage the naturalism and clarity in which the Royal excels.
News: Dance UK Business of Dance bursaries
Eight dance artists/managers have been announced as the recipients of placements with host organisations, supported by a £1,000 bursary Continue Reading
News: Accidental Festival - Maya Dance Theatre
Singapore based Germaine Cheng introduces an emerging company appearing at the Roundhouse later this month.. Continue Reading
Review: London Children's Ballet - The Secret Garden - Peacock Theatre
Not only is it an obvious delight for the 57 young dancers to be part of London Children’s Ballet, but it's also a delight to watch. Continue Reading