August 2012
News: Eliot Dreams of Dancing in New York
Eliot Smith, who recently graduated from London Contemporary Dance School, has been offered a place at the Martha Graham Dance School in New York City. It was Robert Cohan, Founding Artistic Director of The Pla… Continue Reading
News: Paralymic Games Opens with a Bang
There were many familiar faces from the UK dance scene in last night's Paralympic Opening Ceremony - including Flawless, StopGap and David Toole... Continue Reading
News: Paralympics Opening Ceremony - Tune In
The London 2012 Paralympic Games will kick off this evening with an Opening Ceremony involving over 100 child volunteers, 3,000 adult volunteers and 100 professionals, including deaf and disabled artists. Continue Reading
News: Assis Carreiro to lead Royal Ballet Flanders
The Director of DanceEast for the last thirteen years is leaving to take up the role vacated by Kathyrn Bennetts earlier this year. Continue Reading
Feature: Anna Pavlova on film
Judith Mackrell highlights archive footage of Anna Pavlova and discusses her unique qualities as a ballerina. “her dancing in the 1916 feature film The Dumb Girl of Portici (in which she is supported by a… Continue Reading
News: Martin Hylton
Martin Hylton announced as the 2012/13 DCD supported Clore Leadership Programme Dance Fellow. The Clore Leadership Programme, an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation, has recently announced the twenty-nine… Continue Reading
News: Coming soon at Greenwich Dance
Strictly Come Dancing's Richard Marcel and Olympic Opening Ceremony Choreographer Temujin Gill will be teaching courses at Greenwich Dance this autumn. Continue Reading
News: Sergei Polunin - What Happened Next
Sergei Polunin made his shock exit from the Royal Ballet at the beginning of this year. Julie Kavanagh talks to finds out why, what happened next and where he's dancing now... Continue Reading
Interview: Marc Brew
Artistic Director and choreographer Marc Brew has created two pieces for the Southbank Centre's Unlimited Season collaborating with Dame Evelyn Glennie, who performed in the Olympics Opening Ceremony in July… Continue Reading
News: Gene Kelly on screen
On the 100th anniversary of Gene Kelly’s birth Sarah Crompton discusses his innovative approach to dance on film, “it is Kelly with his love of cinema itself, with his sure grasp of what the camera … Continue Reading
News: Supporting Female Choreographers
Judith Mackrell notes a turning point in the funding and commissioning of work by female choreographers, Three years ago “Dance UK and Dance Umbrella hosted a public discussion titled simply: “Where… Continue Reading
News: New Commissions award for Sadler's Wells
New productions include a collaboration between Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and choreographer Liv Lorent on a version of the fairy tale 'Rapunzel'. Continue Reading
Interview: James Cousins
Just two years after leaving London Contemporary Dance School, James Cousins is preparing to present a programme of new work in the main house at Sadler’s Wells next month... Continue Reading
Feature: London 2012 - summer of dance
There’s been a lot of opportunities for dancers this Olympic year – from chances to perform in large scale events like the Opening and Closing events at the Olympic Park to professional work with comp… Continue Reading
Interview: Cindy Jourdain - Ballet Coordinator, Olympic Closing Ceremony
The former Royal Ballet ballerina was responsible for recruiting and training 200 dancers to perform alongside Darcey Bussell in 'Spirit of the Flame'... Continue Reading