August 2010
Burn the Floor at Shaftesbury Theatre
‘This might not be subtle – but it is fun.’
Interview: Drew McOnie Q&A
It’s been Drew McOnie’s year for working with some of best choreographers around. He started the year in the limelight as a competitor on BBC1’s Saturday night hit show So You Think You Can Da… Continue Reading
Feature: Introducing Faustin Linyekula
Continuing on from their African Crossroads season in 2009, this year Dance Umbrella brings Congolese dancer/choreographer Faustin Linyekula to the UK. Catch him in his own piece for three male dancers and full… Continue Reading
Interview: Amy Hollingsworth Q&A
Amy Hollingsworth is a familiar and much admired dancer on London dance stages – but not for much longer. Having collected a nicely timed Critics’ Circle National Dance Award for Outstanding Female … Continue Reading
News: Judging The Place Prize
The Semi Finals for the next edition of the Place Prize are fast approaching (Thu 9 – Sat 25 September) and as the commissioned choreographers work on 16 new dance works, the judges for this first part of … Continue Reading
News: Wayne McGregor|Random Dance open class
During the creation period for Wayne McGregor | Random Dance’s new work FAR – which premieres at Sadler’s Wells in November, the company are opening up their classes to non company members. Ja… Continue Reading
News: Dance UK new dance teachers insurance
Dance UK, the national body for the dance profession is taking steps to save dance teachers money. Working with the insurance brokers Gordon and Co, the organisations have come together to improve First Step, th… Continue Reading
News: American Ballet Theatre to visit Cuba
American Ballet Theatre is to perform in Cuba this November for the first time since 1960 when the appeared in the first ever Havana International Ballet Festival. Fify years later they are taking part in the bi… Continue Reading
Feature: On Choreography
A Choreographer’s Handbook By Jonathan BurrowsPrice: £14.99 Binding/Format: PaperbackISBN: 978-0-415-55530-2 Imprint: Routledge*Pages: 228 pages Available on amazon.co.uk Jonathan Burrows was a dancer w… Continue Reading
Review: Akram Khan & Nitin Sawhney in Confluence at Sadler's Wells
Reviewed: 21 July Confluence [kon-floo-uhns] - noun* 1. A coming together of people or things; concourse. A music and dance collaboration from Nitin Sawhney and Akram Khan did exactly what the package said. T… Continue Reading
News: Youth Dance England Conference
Ed Vaizey, Minister for Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries, is the latest speaker to join the line up at the country’s leading conference on youth dance in September. A member of the All Pa… Continue Reading
Feature: The Making of Shoes
Inspired by one of the great passions of the modern age, Shoes explores the gamut of footwear, from the highs of the Louboutin to the lows of the Croc.Composed by Richard Thomas, Shoes is a dance revue that see… Continue Reading
Feature: Richard Alston DVD review
Richard Alston DVDGypsy Mixture / Nigredo£24.99 (inc. P&P)Reviewed by Graham Watts The medieval philosophy of alchemy – the fanciful process of turningbase metal into gold – is said to produce … Continue Reading
News: Lesley Anne Sayers
- “a vibrant scholar of dance, scenography and the visual arts” died recently at the age of 52. She had a long association with Laban. Read an obituary by her friend and colleague Valerie Preston-Dun… Continue Reading
English National Ballet in Cinderella at London Coliseum
“Beyond the restless momentum of the choreography the variations are exquisite from the wall-to-wall waltz of the ball sequence to the corps of white tutu’d stars who accompany Cinderella and her Prince.”