Sadler’s Wells, LondonFascinating in its form, enigmatic in its meaning, this double bill is full of delights As a company of variously abled and disabled dancers, Candoco generally presen…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54PMGulbenkian theatre, CanterburyActions speak louder than words as a talented cast take a guided tour of our most intimate relations Didy Veldman’s @Home grew around the idea of being “at…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03PMBattersea Arts Centre, LondonSome 70 dancers reacquaint audiences with the BAC building in a sumptuous feast from James Cousins Company Though it features some 70 dancers, James Cousins’ W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12PMThe Place theatre, LondonThe Korean choreographer’s all-female re-working of this 2019 piece builds patterns and variations to an ecstatic finale Sung Im Her’s W.A.Y is a “re-work” �…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54PMSadler’s Wells, LondonHofesh Shechter presents two contrasting pieces: Clowns, which lambasts our seeming indifference to violence, and a tender antidote called The Fix The ringmaster tryi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:12AMBirmingham HippodromeTaking elements of contemporary, hip-hop, classical Indian and streetdance, Rosie Kay’s version of Shakespeare has a clamour of activity and ideas This autumn brings …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AMMilton Keynes international festivalInspired by formal portrait photography of black Victorian Britons, Jeanefer Jean-Charles’s sensual dance work restores life and humanity to its forgott…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:06AMLowry, SalfordThree androgynous, silver-clad dancers loop and glide through a retrofuturist sealed set in Requardt and Rosenberg’s spaced-out touring production Shows that are distributed …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:36PMBirmingham Repertory theatre The choreographer returns to the stage with a superb new work, Adult Female Dancer, part of a compelling evening of three solos Absolute Solo II is a sequel – …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:03AMRussell Maliphant places movement front and centre of A Christmas Carol and dance is also boosting screen successes like Lovers Rock and Giri/Haji Dance and cinema have a common source. The …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMAvailable onlineJawole Willa Jo Zollar’s three-decade-old piece on homelessness takes on potent new meaning during Covid crisis The best theatre and dance to watch online Some dances seem …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMIn Hoppla!, Achterland and Mitten, the Belgian dance legend manages a dynamic mix of composition and choreography The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has always been engross…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18PMAvailable onlineFrauke Requardt and Daniel Oliver reprise their brave, surreal 2019 show for the coronavirus age In autumn 2019, the married couple Frauke Requardt and Daniel Oliver toured a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:03PMDancers are taking tentative steps back to work, giving socially distanced performances outdoors in Germany, France and the Czech Republic Tamas Detrich, director of Germany’s Stuttgart Ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMThis is a moment of movement: as people gather to push for change, collective dancing has become activism in motion The protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd have spread across the…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:18AMGrand theatre, LeedsThis lavish production uses cinematic design to chilling effect and terrific choreography to drive the drama Kenneth Tindall’s Geisha for Northern Ballet echoes the arc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMSadler’s Wells, LondonChoreographer Crystal Pite and theatre-maker Jonathon Young combine their worlds for a riveting piece Actors speak, dancers move. In Revisor, choreographer Crystal Pi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMBarbican, LondonSweeping nostalgia meets occult menace in this three-part homage to dance pioneer Isadora Duncan Isadora Duncan was a founding figure of modern dance. Replacing ballet’s po…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMLeeds PlayhousePhoenix Dance Theatre’s new piece contains flashes of anguished brilliance but feels cut off from its subject matter In 2018, Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Windrush premiered ju…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:24AMTobacco Factory, BristolMark Bruce’s latest work is sensationally stimulating but perilously dizzying and hard to stomach Mark Bruce is a fascinating, highly distinctive choreographer, his…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMBarbican, LondonThis third part of Peeping Tom’s trilogy surreally explores the innocence and danger of childhood, but it’s definitely not for kids Having already graced the London inter…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:42AMSouthbank Centre, LondonThis devised drama about relationships between young men moves from grim violence to understanding Physical theatre company The PappyShow devises its material through…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMGreen Dragon hotel, Hereford2Faced Dance put on a reality-busting promenade performance featuring parkour, slapstick and a sit-down dinner ‘Come along, chop-chop!” say our minders, rathe…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:42AMA snogtastic Romeo and Juliet from Matthew Bourne and an international dance-a-thon celebrating Merce Cunningham join a mixed troupe of winners More on the best culture of 2019 Continue read…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03PMJerwood DanceHouse, IpswichPita’s adaptation of Mick Jackson’s splendigly lugubrious children’s book mixes mime, acting, song and dance to pleasingly twisted effect If you like a happy…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:36AMSadler’s Wells, LondonThe Temple of Fine Arts explode with energy and Nahid Siddiqui captivates with her lightness and gravity Initially a showcase for Indian classical music, since 2017 t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:03PMBarbican, LondonRhythms ricochet around an imaginary cell as the hip-hop partnership return with a darker, depression-themed piece In 2017, Boy Blue – the hip-hop partnership founded in 20…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:06PMBirmingham Hippodrome Three dancers explore the harmony between music and movement in a show that flirts with parody as it unleashes joy ‘Don’t Mickey Mouse!” It’s one of the most ba…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06AMRoyal Exchange theatre, ManchesterPhelim McDermott’s sublime collage of theatrical fragments is the fantastical, tearjerking fruition of a lifelong dream In his youth, the actor and direct…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:18AMThe Dancehouse, ManchesterCat on a Hot Tin Roof with voguing sounds interesting, but Trajal Harrell’s parade of dancers modelling soft-furnishings to free jazz is more vague than vogue Ame…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMDancers, actors and digital animation combine for a spectacle in an old railway depot, while Alphabus flexes its muscles at Manchester international festival The dance strand of the Manchest…
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