Sunday, October 1, 2023
Royal Opera House, LondonWith its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta’s revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical dance
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:55AMThursday, September 28, 2023
Birmingham HippodromeThree choreographers use inspiringly orchestrated tracks from the city’s heavy metal legends to spring some surprises
What on earth does a Black Sabbath ballet look li…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:04AMWednesday, September 27, 2023
In showbiz since the age of six, and still high-kicking at 59, the screen and stage sensation looks back on her biggest moments – from Cats to Doctor Who to the ‘madness’ of The Masked…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:19AMFriday, September 22, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonDancers in flight exist in a different realm in an absorbing Les Noces, reimagined as a sequel to The Rite of Spring, in this triple bill from a company really pushin…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMTuesday, September 19, 2023
Created 100 years ago, Nijinska’s ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky’s music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hail…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:25PMTuesday, September 12, 2023
The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rulesThe South Africa…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:33PMSunday, September 10, 2023
Stanley & Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsIntimate Pages, the newest piece by the US dance star turned choreographer, is the inventive highlight of an adventurous triple bill
New York City B…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:49AMSunday, August 27, 2023
Our series on regional dance scenes continues with a visit to Hebden Bridge, where a range of left-field choreographers have put on work
Donna Summer’s I Feel Love kicks in and everybody�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:25PMFriday, August 25, 2023
When the Ukrainian invasion began, the ballet great left a show at the Bolshoi in protest. Here he reconsiders his past ties with Russia and the silence of the cultural elite in the country …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:07PMThursday, August 24, 2023
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe American company brought Ailey’s legendary Revelations, still hugely powerful after 65 years, alongside modern pieces of precision and fire
The thing about …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:55AMWednesday, August 23, 2023
Assembly @ Dance Base, EdinburghBobak Champion is a storyteller who dances from one character to another in these travels between Bristol and Tehran
There is a fragrant scent when you walk i…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43PMPatsy Ferran takes on Eliza in Pygmalion, Andrew Scott plays multiple characters from Uncle Vanya and Mlima’s Tale tells a powerful tale of the ivory trade. Here’s what’s in store on s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:55AMMonday, August 21, 2023
The festival’s Dance Base hosts eclectic performances involving a wondrous paper sculpture, an examination of duality and Bach reimagined
There are more shows at the fringe than you could …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:04AMSunday, August 20, 2023
Summerhall, EdinburghThis life-affirming show from the Danish company Himherandit Productions moves from HIIT class to bacchanale
We’re two minutes in and already those of us sitting down …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:43PMZoo Southside, EdinburghMikel Murfi and Finola Cronin have laughs, despair and arresting moments of connection in a dance-theatre show about the realities of ageing
The flub, that’s what …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:19AMSaturday, August 19, 2023
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghMezzo soprano Christine Rice is compelling in the first half while dancers in the dreamlike second part are a revelation in Deborah Warner’s simply staged show
A ter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:19AMFriday, August 18, 2023
Summerhall, EdinburghThe three dancers portray arrestingly clear images of women on high alert, but a potent performance is marred at times by scrappiness and muddy rhythms
The choreographer…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:49PMAssembly @ Dance Base, EdinburghMushroom coffins, organic wool shrouds and funeral re-enactments pepper Solène Weinachter’s light touch but poignant show
Sinatra, T Rex, pan pipe muzak: w…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:43PMThursday, August 3, 2023
George Balanchine’s choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur
It’s 35 years since the Australian Ballet …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:13AMThursday, July 27, 2023
Royal Opera House, London Of course Acosta has lost a little bounce after half a century, but the Cuban master still dances with care, specificity and dramatic flair
When Carlos Acosta stage…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:55AMTuesday, July 18, 2023
The Channel island now has a professional ballet outfit, run by Canadian former dancer Carolyn Rose Ramsay. She remembers rehearsals in a potato warehouse and shares ambitious plans
‘I’v…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:13AMSunday, July 16, 2023
Manchester AcademyThree dancers are photographed by Reid in real time – and the beautiful still moments he extracts from their choreography form into a striking visual narrative before you…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMNew Century Hall, ManchesterLace-clad dancers writhe and prowl across a packed dancefloor, titillating close-up audience members with their supreme confidence and awesome muscular control
Fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:43AMThursday, July 13, 2023
Two shows at Sadler’s Wells reveal the range of influences and restless experimentation that are key to the ever-progressing art form
Since the annual flamenco festival was first staged at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:37PMWednesday, July 12, 2023
New novels combine romance and raunchy trysts with body politics and an exploration of the industry’s power dynamics
Where would you expect to read the latest on the politics of the ballet…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:04AMWednesday, July 5, 2023
He danced with ballet’s legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an actio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:25PMCracking comedy, an eclectic mix of theatre – and aerial dance in an ice rink. Our critics share their picks for the August arts extravaganza
Rhod Gilbert: Work in Progress Gilded Balloon …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:07AMFriday, June 16, 2023
Our series on regional dance scenes continues in the Scottish city where a close-knit group of artists with a DIY spirit have found a willing audience open to cutting-edge work
Saturday nigh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMRoyal Albert Hall, LondonElena Takahashi’s finely tuned grace is framed by visual and design flair in Christopher Wheeldon’s conventional show in-the-round
Fairytale ballets are great fo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:19AMWednesday, June 14, 2023
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThis classic song-and-dancer directed by Jonathan Church has a tight ensemble cast and sunny vibes throughout
There’s a seam of bright positivity running through 42…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:25PMLatifa Khamessi’s parents prohibited her from dancing. Now, after years apart, she and her son Mohamed Toukabri share the stage for a duet
As a teenager in 1970s Tunis, Latifa Khamessi use…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:19AM 
