April 2017
Review: Marc Brew’s BREWBAND - Sadler's Wells
‘It’s not what you think’, is the underlying sentiment of ‘Brewband’, Marc Brew’s mash-up of rock music and contemporary dance. ‘Is this a gig or a dance?’ musician… Continue Reading
Interview: Deborah Baddoo 'The themes of migration and identity touch a real primal nerve. They evoke responses that are common to all people.'
I see a big value of our work in its emotional content._Where Is Home?_ is a 'dance musical'. It's dance, strengthened by music and song, to connect with people's emotions. An absence of dialo… Continue Reading
Review: Motionhouse - Scattered - The Peacock
Reviewed on the 26 April 2017 This is the fifth time Scattered has toured the UK – and the umpteenth time Motionhouse has performed it worldwide. Why? Because audiences love it. And it’s easy to see why. Buz… Continue Reading
Review: Zinzi Minott - ‘What Kind of Slave Would I be?’ - Rich Mix
‘What Kind of Slave Would I be?’ pictures how traumatic and indelible experience slavery is, regardless of its kind. Thanks to her twin talents of daring and opposing fear, Minott takes us on a journe… Continue Reading
Interview: FROM FAME To CABARET To LONDON: Toney Wilson Jazz Dancer
When I walked in to that studio, that first day, everyone was spinning and jumping, and leaping through the air. My mouth was open, my heart was beating fast, and I vowed that day to never stop dancing. Continue Reading
Review: BBC Young Dancer 2017
...restlessness in the stalls at Sadler’s Wells tonight. Two huge television cameras dominate the middle of Row G. Next to me is a long glass table with six empty seats waiting for Marc Brew, Kate Prince, K… Continue Reading
Review: Rosie Kay Dance Company: MK ULTRA - Trinity Laban Theatre
Rosie Kay’s weird language is well developed and her iconoclastic skills powerful. In the post-show talk led by Luke Jennings, Kay and Adam Curtis encouraged us to anticipate MK ULTRA as the wider picture o… Continue Reading
News: Event: Conversation with Alistair Spalding, CBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells
Monday 15 May, 7.30 pm – 8.30 pmAn evening talk with Alistair Spalding, CBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Sadler's Wells at the "London ballet Circle Continue Reading
Interview: Si Rawlinson - 'The awkwardness and incapacity of well-meaning people too often gets in the way of urgent social action'
We talk to Si Rawlinson about his work Inherent, which explores the discussion about racism as a white man. Continue Reading
Interview: Naomi Tadevossian - 'It definitely is fun, hurtling and sliding down the set, but it’s also as scary as it looks.'
We talk to Naomi Tadevossian, a dancer with Motionhouse, about performing with the groundbreaking curved set from Scattered. Continue Reading
Review: Hong Kong Dance Company - Mulan - Southbank Centre
Witnessing a clear story telling prowess, I welcome the opportunity to see more of this collaboration that also asks the audience to think beyond classic European dance and dance theatre, to see the nurturing mix… Continue Reading
Review: Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young - Betroffenheit - Sadler’s Wells
Betroffenheit is a masterpiece. Theatre, dance, spoken word, song, set design (by Jay Gower Taylor), soundscape (by Owen Belton, Alessandro Juliani and Meg Roe), costumes (by Nancy Bryant), lighting (by Tom Visse… Continue Reading
News: Requiem for Aleppo
“The urge to express physically what I felt was very strong” Mabana explains, “I hope to convey a sense of humility through the choreography and a strong sense that we are all in this together. … Continue Reading
News: Meet The Dancer - Pan Linguan
I didn’t actively decide to be a dancer, it felt more like a calling, almost like my destiny. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t stop until I have given my best and reached my goal. I think it&r… Continue Reading
News: Dance Workshop - Carmel Köster and Rene Köster
Vogue, as it was first named after the magazine, can be traced back to Harlem, but even before that "it originated from prisons where inmates would sneak in Vogue magazines to re-create this fantasy for glam… Continue Reading