January 2011
News: 20th century dance icons
CNN – the American TV news network recently asked their viewers to send in nominations for the most iconic dancer of the 20th century. The final line up of five includes three ballet dancers, a contemporar… Continue Reading
News: Giant Olive closing Gala
Giant Olive – the resident theatre company at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town held a Gala for 120 guests on Saturday (22 January) before closing temporarily for refurbishment of the pub and re… Continue Reading
Review: Josef Nadj and Akosh S in Les Corbeaux (The Crows) at Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House
Reviewed: 25 January Part art installation, part musical recital, and part man-immersed-in-a-large-barrel-of-paint, Josef Nadj uses the symbol of the crow – a carrion bird often seen as a harbinger of deat… Continue Reading
News: South Bank Show Awards
Akram Khan won a South Bank Show for Gnosis – the show based on the Mahabharata with choreography developed in collaboration with kathak masters Sri Pratap Pawar and Gauri Sharma Tripathi, and an ensemble … Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
‘The Royal Ballet’s popular production is back for a long run, with plenty of Swan Queens to choose from. On Saturday, you could go from Sarah Lamb’s elegant matinee performance to Yanowsky’s dramatic bite in the evening.’
Royal Ballet in Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
‘It’s been four years since I last saw Yanowsky dance this and incredibly, she is even better. At 5ft 8in she can’t attempt a conventional Swan Princess, but she is an electrifying Swan Queen.’
News: Arts Council warn of 600 rejections
1,340 applications for funding were received by the deadline on Monday , including around 850 from previously Regularly Funded Organisations. Chair Dame Liz Forgan hints funding priority could be given to smalle… Continue Reading
News: Alexei Ratmansky
One time Director of the Bolshoi Ballet, now Artist in Residence with American Ballet Theatre, London audiences get the chance to see Ratmansky’s new work _*Seven Sonatas* _when the company are at “S… Continue Reading
News: The Dance UK Industry Award 2010
The Jane Attenborough Dance UK Industry Award honours an individual working in dance who has made an outstanding contribution to the art form and who, through their knowledge, skill and generosity, has had a sig… Continue Reading
Feature: Opening the Door
_An intensive weekend focusing on alternative health and artistic practice through dance, movement, sound and installation and opening doors between artistic practice and both mainstream and alternative health … Continue Reading
Feature: Mischief
Theatre-Rites and innovative choreographer Arthur Pita present Mischief. With eight performers, including a live on-stage musician, Mischief is a spellbinding mix of dance, visual art, playful clowning, puppetry… Continue Reading
Feature: The Forsythe Company 2011
I don’t believe in outer space is a very personal piece that looks at the nature of our existence through William Forsythe’s eyes, both comic and tragic in places. Featuring 14 dancers and a sound… Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
**** ‘Swan Lake remains proof that ballet, done properly, disseminates infinitely more passion and truth than an attempt to pluck out its mystery ever can.’
Review: Royal Ballet in Swan Lake at Royal Opera House
Reviewed: 22 January 2011 The opening of The Royal Ballet’s new season of Swan Lake, coming just a day after the countrywide cinema release of Darren Aronofsky’s film Black Swan, was a marketer’… Continue Reading
News: And the winner is....
Possibly the most depressing day of the year, certainly the deadline for all those funding submissions to Arts Council England but lunchtime at Sadler’s Wells on Monday 24 January was anything but gloom ri… Continue Reading