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A major new dance & music production for the Tower of London in 2018
East London Dance, Hofesh Shechter Company, Historic Royal Palaces and LIFT announce plans for 'East Wall' - a long-term talent development project and spectacular performance.... Continue Reading
Royal Academy of Dance award for Sir Matthew Bourne
Sir Matthew Bourne made his second visit to Buckingham Palace this year - to be presented by with the Royal Academy of Dance's Queen Elizabeth II Coronation (QEII) Award... Continue Reading
Wayne McGregor on working with The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet's Resident Choreographer talks to Rachel Beaumont about the modern dancer and confounding expectations. Continue Reading
Benjamin Millepied on his LA 'love story'
The Guardian's Judith Mackrell interviews Benjamin Millepied in advance of his company LA Project's performances at Sadler's Wells next week . . . Continue Reading
Transfer Laban - part of London Festival of Architecture
Over the next ten days (13 – 23 June) a full-scale replica of the façade of the Laban Building will be constructed & deconstructed in Canary Wharf’s Montgomery Square, with performances by… Continue Reading
BBC Young Dancer 2017 - the search is on...
Applications are now being accepted for the BBC's competition which seeks out the next generation of dance talent.... Continue Reading
Dance UK's Caroline Miller to lead Orlando Ballet
Caroline Miller is to become Executive Director of Orlando Ballet. She will take up the role in August... Continue Reading
Rambert's first Choreography Fellow appointed
Julie Cunningham, winner of a National Dance Award in 2014 for her work with the Michael Clark Company, will be the inaugural recipient of the Leverhulme Choreography Fellowship... Continue Reading
Wheeldon's An American in Paris comes to London
The award winning production will be at the Dominion next Spring, after opening in Paris and transferring to Broadway... Continue Reading
New Programme Director for Siobhan Davies Dance
Visual arts curator and researcher Lauren A Wright is to join Southwark based Siobhan Davies Dance in the new post of Programme Director next month Continue Reading
Crystal Pite interview
Crystal Pite discusses dancing with William Forysthe, motherhood and why there are so few women at the top of her profession Continue Reading
Plans to create new dance hub in East London announced
A new home for a hip hop school, three major dance organisations and Studio Wayne McGregor are moving east to transform Stratford Continue Reading
2Faced Dance Company to host The BENCH equality event
The first year of the company’s ground-breaking programme for female choreographers, The BENCH, is to culminate in a special one-off event hosted by 2Faced Dance Company in partnership with International Da… Continue Reading
Frame Film Festival - programme announced
The full programme has been announced for the first FRAME London Dance Film Festival, taking place in Kingston-upon-Thames (9 - 12 June), organised by locally based BalletBoyz, in association with dancescreen... Continue Reading
Dance Umbrella 2016 programme announced
The programme for Dance Umbrella 2016 has just been unwrapped. This year’s edition of the annual festival which champions 21st century choreography takes place across London from 7 – 22 October... Continue Reading