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News: Help decide who gets Olivier Awards for dance
SOLT - the Society of London Theatres is looking for audience members to join its dance panel. Continue Reading
News: Resolution! 2015
Eighty four companies are preparing to kick start the new year in The Place's annual showcase for new dance makers, which runs from 8 January - 21 February Continue Reading
News: Meet the third collective of Future Innovators: East London Dance (Fi.ELD)
Since the project began in January 2013, Fi.ELD has worked with some of the top industry leaders, developing their skills and themselves as producing artists to make their ideas happen. Continue Reading
News: The Royal Ballet's Natalia Osipova to perform in charity gala in aid of Ukraine
The Bolshoi Theatre stages politically sensitive gala in support of young dancers in Kiev. Continue Reading
News: Get into London Theatre
Theatres all over the capital will welcome in the new year by offering discounted tickets as part of Get Into London Theatre, the annual promotion that allows the public to see some of the best-loved shows in Lo… Continue Reading
News: Research to explore role of traditional dance in 'New Rwanda'
New research on the role of traditional dance in creating a ‘new Rwanda’, as the country recovers from the impact of the 1994 genocide Continue Reading
News: The NY street dancer who became English National Opera's surprise Christmas Star
The identity of the ENO's unknown star who became a twitter sensation after his first performance has been revealed as 25-year-old street dancer James Davis. Continue Reading
News: Tamara Rojo: The importance of dance in schools and The Nutcracker
Tamara Rojo has criticised the decision of former education secretary Michael Gove to cut dance from the school curriculum, and talks about the importance of The Nutcracker as a 'gateway' ballet Continue Reading
News: Men, your Christmas party dance moves sorted
... it's all very scientific! A study conducted by Northumbria University in Newcastle has taken the guess work out of your next big night on the town Continue Reading
News: The Future: New Ideas, New Inspirations - the UK's first ever industry wide conference
From 9 - 12 April 2015 at venues across London, a major conference will take place, with contributions from some of the most prominent figures in the international dance world and a programme of performances... Continue Reading
News: Will Tuckett and Andrew Motion on making The Wind in the Willows
Inspired by Kenneth Grahame's melancholy depiction of a gentler England that was about to disappear into a war, choreographer Will Tuckett and poet Andrew Motion tell the Guardian how they adapted the classi… Continue Reading
News: What should a dancer look like?
Australian choreographer Kate Champion and artist and 'fat-activist' Kelli Jean Drinkwater have made waves by advertising for 'Fat Dancers' for a new work to premiere in the Sydney Festival ne… Continue Reading
News: New dance space for London in 'Olympicopolis'
Sadler's Wells will create a new venue with a 600 seat dance theatre, flexible ‘making’ spaces for research, development & production, facilities for a Choreographic School and a Hip Hop Academy... Continue Reading
News: Dancing Away - photos by Mikhail Baryshnikov
"I wanted the audience to see, to be able to imagine, the movement before and after, not just the frozen moment" - a new London gallery shows photos by a legendary dancer. Continue Reading
News: Judith Mackrell : Do choreographers need editors?
Throughout history, countless authors can attribute a great chunk of their success to the ruthless pen strokes of a trusted editor. So why not choreographers? “In the world of theatre, at least in tradi… Continue Reading