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News: ENB's She Said - they speak
During her career as a ballerina, Tamara Rojo realised that she had never once performed in a work created by a woman. Most of the world’s ballet repertory is choreographed by men. Now that Rojo is artistic di… Continue Reading
News: The Royal Ballet's new season to include a Crystal Pite commission
- alongside three other new works, including a new work by Wayne McGregor with a score commissioned from Steve Reich - and a celebration of his tenth anniversary as Resident Choreographer... Continue Reading
News: Matthew Bourne's new production - The Red Shoes
“It was probably my first introduction to the weird and wonderful world of ballet when I was a teenager,” Matthew Bourne said at a press conference this morning... Continue Reading
News: Continued funding - and a new Guest Artistic Director for NYDC
As the current cohort of young dancers prepare for the premiere of a work created with them by Michael Keegan-Dolan, it's announced that funding of £450k has been awarded for the coming year... Continue Reading
News: New AQA Dance GCSE syllabus announced
Choreographers Lucy Bennett (Stopgap), James Cousins, Wayne McGregor and Kenrick 'H2O' Sandy (Boy Blue) are included in the set works... Continue Reading
News: Jill Tookey, founder of National Youth Ballet, RIP
She was awarded the CBE for services to Dance and Young People in the New Year's Honours List, 2016. Many former company members have gone on to dance professionally... Continue Reading
News: Video games and superheroes turn boys onto ballet
The Royal Academy of Dance seems to have solved the problem of persuading boys to take ballet lessons by using superheroes and video game characters as role models. “Instead of classes based on the classic… Continue Reading
News: Sergei Polunin and Natalia Osipova
Sergei Polunin and Natalia Osipova are stars of the ballet world and a couple in real life. Sarah Crompton discovers the chemistry that binds them at work and play. Polunin arrived at the Royal Ballet School at … Continue Reading
News: Grayson Perry commissioned by English National Ballet
In his first work for theatre, the Turner Prize winning artist will design a front cloth for the Company's upcoming 'She Said' programme, which opens at Sadler's Wells next month... Continue Reading
News: A Sissy's Progress: the dangerous power of an effeminate man
After being attacked on the street outside his home, Brazilian performance artist Nando Messias created a one-man carnival to take a stand for men like him Continue Reading
News: Dancing The Winter's Tale
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon talks about adapting Shakespeare’s problem play as a ballet – including how to interpret theatre’s most famous stage direction ‘Exit, pursued by a bear’. R… Continue Reading
News: Rambert launches new Choreography Fellowship
A new three-year fellowship starting this September is aimed at professional dancers who are interested in making a transition to become full-time working choreographers. Open for applications now.. Continue Reading
News: The French dancers for whom age is no barrier
Passing the age of 40 once meant it was time to quit, but many performers now continue to dance well into later life Continue Reading
News: British Dance Edition - in Wales this week
If you can't be there, check out the live streaming from the UK dance industry's show case, from Tuesday to Thursday this week Continue Reading
News: Sylvie Guillem presented with De Valois Award
Graham Watts, Chair of the Dance Section of the Critics' Circle and the National Dance Awards, presented the Award for Outstanding Achievement to Sylvie Guillem when she visited London recently... Continue Reading