Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Masking up and working in bubbles are part of the routine as the company rehearse a dark but hopeful new piece by Wim Vandekeybus
Arriving at Rambert’s smart HQ on London’s South Bank, I…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:02AMMonday, September 7, 2020
Most people in dance work freelance on punishingly low pay – and now lockdown has made things even worse. No wonder they’re taking jobs elsewhere
When lockdown hit in March, it didn’t …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18PMThursday, August 27, 2020
Available onlineCommissioned by Sadler’s Wells, Jonzi D’s new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to black women who have suffered violence
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMAvailable online The familiar story of transformation, in the company’s 2010 production, is given a free video outing two months before a new live ballet is set to debut
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMFriday, August 21, 2020
Hip-hop dance, optical illusions and pre-Tinder internet dating all feature in Zoo’s eclectic digital programme
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For those missing the Edinburgh f…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:36PMMonday, August 17, 2020
A canal in east London is not where you’d expect to watch Royal Ballet dancers but passersby have been overjoyed by pirouettes and acrobatics
The squeak of a jogger’s trainers and the ti…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:42PMThursday, August 13, 2020
Available online The choreographer goes back to barracks to portray how intense army training moulds raw recruits into a fighting team, with the mental and physical battles that ensue
To pre…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24PMTuesday, August 11, 2020
Available onlineFrom the carefree romantic opening to the confused carnage of the battlefield, Akademi’s production is full of emotional detail
It’s 1888 when Lehna and Leela meet in an …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMMonday, August 10, 2020
Available onlineMoving Edinburgh’s international festival online, this selection of dance works shows a forward-thinking ballet company
As a gallant effort to keep the show on the road (or…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:06AMFriday, July 31, 2020
Available onlinePaul Lightfoot and Sol León bow out with two pieces, Standby and She Remembers, bringing dancers out of lockdown
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, July 29, 2020
The Rooster choreographer recalls the genius and cruelty of Marie Rambert and the demands on young dance talent today
Christopher Bruce’s dance career started in a Scarborough pub. One nig…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMThursday, July 23, 2020
Available onlineInspired by Bach, Mussorgsky and Ravel, works from Opera Ballet Vlaanderen’s archive reveal deep classical instincts
No matter how experimental dance gets, there remains a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMFriday, July 10, 2020
With venues closed, choreographers including Mark Morris have been creating increasingly inventive work at home
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Choreographer Core…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AMWednesday, July 8, 2020
Conservatoires adapted quickly to our new normal. What sort of industry will students graduate into – and how far have we come since UK-trained dancers were said to be ‘outclassed’?
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:42PMMonday, July 6, 2020
Powerful political dance from Brooklyn’s FlexN and the spectacle of the Helicopter String Quartet are part of British artistic director’s programme
Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet reope…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54PMTuesday, June 23, 2020
They flew to Senegal to create an electrifying version of the Pina Bausch classic with her son. Then coronavirus struck. Would they have time to dance the horrifying masterpiece for a film c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSunday, June 14, 2020
When her tour was axed by coronavirus, the dancer set up an online festival with karaoke aerobics. She talks about her Bronx childhood, the pressure of Strictly and life beyond lockdown
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:48PMFriday, June 12, 2020
With arts venues closed, ballerinas and b-boys are expressing themselves online. Here are some of the stunning results Continue reading...
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:42AMMonday, June 8, 2020
Available onlineBBC Young Dancer winners Connor Scott and Vidya Patel bring together two different styles in a compelling collaboration
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12AMThursday, June 4, 2020
Available onlineStopgap Dance Company’s disabled and non-disabled dancers create a mood of quiet suspension in an abandoned shopping centre
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54PMSunday, May 31, 2020
Available onlineAnna Tsygankova is utterly graceful as the exotic dancer in Ted Brandsen’s fine ballet for Dutch National Ballet
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, May 26, 2020
Beauty, strength and bags of energy: BBC Four’s Men at the Barre documentary gets up close and personal with the Royal Ballet dancers on the rise
‘It’s a golden era of male ballet danc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMSunday, May 24, 2020
Sadler’s Wells Digital StagePart dance performance, part film, this solo show is a note-perfect portrayal of the all-consuming nature of loneliness
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMWednesday, May 20, 2020
The award-winning Within Her Eyes and two more experimental dance works reveal the storytelling strengths of this talented choreographer
Her feet never touch the ground. That’s the premise…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMTuesday, May 12, 2020
Available onlineThese short works, which include performances by a dream lineup of choreographers, are an array of innovation
Screendance – that is, dance created specifically for camera, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMSunday, May 10, 2020
Here/Not Here, a new film by Bim Ajadi, is aiming to bring the visual vernacular art form in to the mainstream
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Addressing the camera, …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:42AMWednesday, May 6, 2020
Available onlineDust and Light, Triangle of the Squinches and Scheherazade showcase the elegant nature of King’s work, which pushes beyond classical ballet
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:18AMMonday, April 27, 2020
Available onlineTwo dance works by the Swedish choreographer are visually stunning, meshing movement, theatre, design and music
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AMTuesday, April 21, 2020
From Robbie Fairchild’s electric escape to Francesca Hayward’s head-spinning pirouettes, here are five joyful homemade clips
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32AMThursday, April 16, 2020
Available onlinePaintings are given elastic life in this energetic showcase, which reimagines the collection’s extraordinary wartime evacuation to a Welsh slate mine
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03AMWednesday, April 15, 2020
Available onlineShechter’s work begins in Regency-esque civility and ends in an orgy of highly choreographed violence
The best arts and entertainment during self-isolation
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AM 
