The critically acclaimed, award winning, Russell Maliphant Dance Company is setting off on a major UK national tour for its brand new project Vortex, from esteemed director and choreographer Russell Maliphant. Inspired by masters of the twentieth-century, Russell Maliphant brings to audiences a new production influenced by the works of Jackson Pollock and abstract expressionism.…
Carlos Acosta’s thrilling ballet Don Quixote will be shown at almost 200 cinemas across the UK in a dazzling one-night event on 26 October 2022. Created by Carlos Acosta and performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet, starring award winning dancers Momoko Hirata and Brandon Lawrence. “Don Quixote is the best ballet to attend if you are not a ballet connoisseur,” Carlos Acosta…
Van Cleef & Arpels presents jewellery inspired by the movement of dance featuring ballerinas adorned with diamonds, rubies and emeralds that epitomise the intertwined history of dance and fine art. Dance and ballet lovers have a unique opportunity to view the exquisite collection, numerous archive documents and lender masterpieces at “The Art of Movement, Van…
As the dance world comes together to raise funds in aid of Ukraine, six of the UK’s top dance schools unite in support of young people who have been affected by the war with a special gala performance, Unite for Ukraine at London’s Sadler’s Wells on Sunday 15 May. Proceeds from the event will go to the Disasters Emergency Committee, Ukraine…
Dancers from some of the most prestigious theatres in the world come together to help raise funds for Ukraine at the San Carlo Theatre in Naples, Italy on 4 April. With the extraordinary presence of four principal dancers from the Kyiv Opera, who have just escaped from the war, the artists shared their talent and…
English National Ballet has today launched an international search for a new Artistic Director to succeed Tamara Rojo CBE who, as previously announced, steps down towards the end of this year. Sir Roger Carr, Chair of English National Ballet said: “This is an exciting moment for English National Ballet as we embark on a global search…
The exploration of any dance system is something that is quite unique and personal to the dancer. For numerous creatives, discovering novel ways of expressing their art remains central to their practice. Such significant moments of revelation, self-discovery, self-expression and self-development are in fact just some of the chief ingredients of the work of many…
Last weekend the foremost flamenco and Spanish dance festival in the world – the Festival de Jerez – may have lowered its curtains on its 26th edition, but aficionados from around the world still have a little time to enjoy five fantastically diverse flamenco productions filmed live in Jerez, Spain and streamed by the American…
Calvin Richardson in Dancing in Isolation: A Lockdown Series by Tom J. Johnson by ILARIA MARTELLO X SUHAIR KHAN Suhair: Ilaria manages the production of costumes at the Royal Opera House in London, and we first met in the spirit of connecting about new ideas for interdisciplinary design, a process I am exploring with a new…
Many terrible and many great things have been birthed during the past eighteen months. The initiative I would like to highlight is the rise of entrepreneurial artists. As an artist and founder myself, I can vouch for the void that the pandemic left many of us. The time it gifted, the closures it inflicted and…
120 dancers and musicians came together to perform in front…
As a result of the covid restrictions, the Royal Ballet…
Dutch National Ballet and fashion designer Iris van Herpen debut…
With the second wave of the covid pandemic sweeping across…
There’s nothing like experiencing a live dance performance to put…
