Sunday, October 13, 2019
The Place, LondonLucy Guerin’s show features two dancers – one clothed and one nude – and explores identity and the public and private self
Shame, power, money: so many issues and expe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:03AMFriday, October 11, 2019
Royal Opera House, LondonPam Tanowitz’s gloriously rich Everyone Keeps Me is performed alongside bracing and serene revivals from Merce Cunningham and Frederick Ashton
It’s a tough call …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:48AMTuesday, October 8, 2019
South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo’s Giselle is an enjoyable but uneven reworking of the classic Romantic ballet. Masilo transposes the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:07PMWasteland is a truly wonderful piece of dance-theatre: humane, politically charged, by turns funny and sad. Gary Clarke’s follow-up to his acclaimed
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:42AMFriday, October 4, 2019
An eloquently expressive piece about depression, Boy Blue’s Redd is a fittingly subdued follow-up to the company’s blistering 2017 show Blak Whyte
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:44AMWednesday, September 25, 2019
Stoke, a Love Story is a richly allusive and playfully intelligent drama from writer Kat Boon and director Kat Hughes of Potboiler
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:30AMTuesday, September 24, 2019
David Hare’s 1995 play Skylight concerns the clash of world views between Tom – a wealthy restauranteur and unabashed Thatcherite in his
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 04:34AMMonday, September 23, 2019
The supernatural story of love, betrayal and death can be seen in three wildly different versions in the UK this autumn
There’s something special about Giselle. Ever since its gas-lit pre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMThursday, September 12, 2019
Heartbeat of Home, a gaudy extravaganza from the producers of Riverdance, attempts to mix international flavour into the latter’s familiar formula. While
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:52AMMonday, September 9, 2019
The theme of destiny runs through the second mixed programme presented by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Sadler’s Wells. It’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:50PMThursday, September 5, 2019
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens the first of its three programmes at Sadler’s Wells with Rennie Harris’ Lazarus. Created for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:47AMTuesday, August 27, 2019
Matthew Bourne’s new take on Shakespeare’s tale of doomed teenage love dispenses with the Montague/Capulet family feud and recasts its protagonists as
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMThe festival is over for another year but plenty of its theatre, comedy and dance hits have announced dates around the UK
CollapsibleBreffni Holahan gives a searing performance as Essie in M…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMThursday, August 22, 2019
Lyceum, EdinburghOona Doherty’s empathetic embodiment of machismo and feminine swagger makes visible the violence and vulnerability of her hometown
Dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty’…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMWednesday, August 21, 2019
In Ritualia and Learning from the Future, Colette Sadler poses questions about the human body. But does she find answers?
It’s a bold move for any contemporary choreographer to reimagine B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMTuesday, August 20, 2019
Zoo Southside, EdinburghLina Limosani and Seeta Patel target the whitewashing of colonial history in a punchy, pertinent piece of dance theatre
Australian choreographer Lina Limosani and Bri…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMMonday, August 12, 2019
Plan your schedule with our roundup of top shows, ordered by start time. This page will be updated daily throughout the festival
BoutSummerhall, 10.20am, until 25 AugustAn exploration of bro…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:12PMTuesday, August 6, 2019
Dance Base, EdinburghCompany Chordelia’s show confronts the certainty of non-existence and evokes the brevity of a dancer’s onstage life
The weighty issue of mortality informs Kally Lloy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMSunday, August 4, 2019
Edinburgh PlayhouseMomentous dance and strong performances make Helen Pickett’s canny reworking of the story a gift of a show
Choreographer Helen Pickett’s clever reinvention of The Cruc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMThursday, July 18, 2019
Ukrainian Cultural Centre, ManchesterThe King’s unique physicality is the source for Claire Cunningham’s compelling and illuminating show
The world of Elvis tribute artists proves far mo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMWednesday, July 10, 2019
Flamenco maverick Rocio Molina deconstructs the norms of her form with an antic energy in Fallen From Heaven. As the title suggests,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:42AMWednesday, June 26, 2019
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Unleashed is a gripping mixed bill of works by established and emerging female choreographers. Like English National Ballet’s recent
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 01:03PMTuesday, June 18, 2019
New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeThis nimble company has scaled Shakespeare back to suit its 12 dancers, and in Danila Marzilli they have a knockout Juliet
Ballet Cymru’s energetic Romeo a Jul…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:48PMWednesday, June 5, 2019
Principal dancer Yasmine Naghdi makes a blazing debut in The Firebird in the Royal Ballet’s latest triple bill. Against the mysterious glimmer
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:22AMTuesday, June 4, 2019
San Francisco Ballet continues to dish up delectable European premieres in the second of its four mixed programmes. The only narrative piece
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:06PMSince joining the Royal Ballet in 2002, the principal dancer has developed an impressively varied repertoire that includes leading roles in works
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:30AMWednesday, May 29, 2019
Strap yourself in for some hollow sentiment and hubris – ballet’s enfant terrible Sergei Polunin is back in town. The Ukrainian dancer’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMFriday, May 17, 2019
Rambert’s new artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer has made a bold but dubious statement of intent with his initial programme, bringing in
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:48AMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Ballet’s reputation for requiring hard work, long hours and physical pain is not without merit, but there is fun to be had
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMDramaturgs are not common in ballet. Uzma Hameed, the co-creator of Northern Ballet’s Victoria and Wayne McGregor collaborator, tells Anna Winter how
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMonday, May 13, 2019
Making ballerinas’ footwear is a mix of physical labour and nuanced expertise. Anna Winter speaks to shoe experts and principals about the
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