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News: Dancers' Career Development and The Royal Ballet School in Pioneering New Partnership
Dancers’ Career Development Dancers’ Career Development (DCD) the organisation which helps dancers to make the often difficult transition from professional dancing to a new career, is entering a new part… Continue Reading
News: Honours for dance
Choreographers Michael Clark and Rosemary Butcher and dancer Namron Yarrum received awards in this year's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Continue Reading
News: Joiners and leavers at Northern Ballet
There are new faces at Leeds based Northern Ballet this summer, several from the Company's pioneeing Graduate Professional Programme – as well as promotions for existing company members. Continue Reading
News: Big Dance weekend receives Exceptional Award of £344,780 from Arts Council England
The Foundation for Community Dance has received an Exceptional Award of £344,780 from Arts Council England for The Big Dance Weekend, 12 & 13 July 2014 – an extensive programme of specially commissioned d… Continue Reading
News: Rafael Bonachela - Big Dance 2014 choreographer for Trafalgar Square
There's still time to join a dance which will be taking part simultaneously in London, Glasgow and Sydney... Continue Reading
News: Tamara Rojo - Desert Island Discs
Catch up with Tamara Rojo's interview on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs with Kirsty Young... Continue Reading
News: Dancers stand up to Coca Cola
Coca-Cola were intending to feature professional dancers in their new flash-mob advert, but The Stage reports on why they were forced to cancel... Continue Reading
News: Matthew Golding - the new Acosta?
Canadian dancer Matthew Golding is one of the Royal Ballet’s newest acquisitions – and tipped as possible successor to Carlos Acosta, who recently announced his retirement from ballet next year. Previously … Continue Reading
News: Carlos Acosta to retire from classical ballet
Speaking at the Hay on Wye Festival, the ballet superstar said he'll carry on for another two years, ending with a production of 'Carmen' for the Royal Ballet... Continue Reading
News: Dance Umbrella - new directions in 2014
The first programme under new Artistic Director Emma Gladstone includes ice skating, flamenco, hip hop & new work for babies... Continue Reading
News: ENB's Emerging Dancer winners
For the first time the award is shared by two dancers - Alison McWhinney and Junor Souza. Continue Reading
News: Wendy Houstoun - Pact with Pointlessness
Wendy Houstoun talks about the making of her new work Pact with Pointlessness with the Guardian's Judith Mackrell. Continue Reading
News: Marina Abramovic - 512 Hours at the Serpentine Gallery
Radical performance artist, Marina Abramovic presents a new endurance work that tests her physical and mental limits at the Serpentine Gallery this summer. Continue Reading
News: A look at the Autumn Season at Sadler's Wells
Judith Mackrell's run down on what she thinks of the new season for Sadler's Wells Continue Reading
News: Nowhere and Everywhere... and in Brighton
William Forsythe's installation of hundreds of delicate swinging pendulums in a derelict market building is a Brighton Festival highlight... Continue Reading