Sydney Dance Company‘s highly-anticipated triple bill, Ascent, opened with a spectacular performance at the iconic…
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Miami City Ballet returns to the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts with George…
There’s nothing like experiencing a live dance performance to put the spring back in our…
Oh to be back at the ballet! Even with masks and social distanced seating, it…
After seven months, The Royal Ballet returned with Back on Stage, bringing much-needed joy to…
Ballet Florida presented its latest performance, VISION, just days before the theatre closed due to…
Over Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th March, Richard Alston Dance Company performed Final Edition, the…
It is rare these days to see genuinely new forms dance, or performances that are…
Since presenting his first solo show in 2008, Manuel Liñán quickly took the flamenco world…
It was cold, wet and windy and the train was late again. The foyer was…
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan has been one of my favourite dance companies for…
Viviana Durante Company – Isadora Now is a soul-enriching exploration of feminine strength and power…
The Jerez Festival of Flamenco and Spanish Dance in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain kicked…
Inspired by Akram Khan’s full-length solo XENOS Chotto ( meaning ‘little’) Xenos ( meaning ‘stranger’)…
Born to Manifest – its title implying a kind of destiny of strength, growth and…
On February 12, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet premiered a quintuple bill program for the third instalment…
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch’s Bluebeard. While listening to a Tape Recording of Bela Bartok’s Opera…
The Coronet Theatre with its cozy and quirky bar and hallways decorated with deconstructed chairs…
So many unspoken words hung in the air last night. The night that we as…
The great thing about Sadler’s Wells Sampled is the diverse dance, artists and companies showcasing…
Ballet Icons Gala presented an awe-inspiring programme of 26 world-famous dancers, 13 ballets, 2 world…
English National Ballet’s spectacular 70th Anniversary at the London Coliseum showcased the history, the people,…
With Christmas lights strung across London making the capital twinkle on a cold winter’s night,…
A Thrilling Triple Bill At The London Coliseum presented three works from acclaimed choreographers, performed…
Ballet, Fashion, Bolshoi, Chanel and Zakharova, literally everything I love on the stunning London Coliseum…
On a cold night in London at the contemporary dance house The Place, devoted Richard…
If postmodern means something and something good, that is what Hélène Blackburn’s Les Beaux Dormants…
The Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre gave London audiences an opportunity to…
Muntu Dance Theatre and Nunufatima Dance, both Chicago-based African and African American dance companies, joined…
The final performance of the Finnish National Ballet’s The Snow Queen, on November 11, saw…
My day began with the diffuse light of early morning fog rolling over the river,…
Miami City Ballet opened its 2019-2020 season with iconic works by George Balanchine and Paul…
The premise of Dada Masilo’s Giselle re-work (at The Lowry) is one of assigning the…
The theatre was hot. I felt squashed in my seat sandwiched between two men, their…
On October 16, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet kicked off its 19/20 season with the Chicago premiere…
Entering the intimate studio theatre for the opening of Igor and Moreno’s Andante feels like…
As Wayne McGregor, the director and choreographer of ENO’s new production of Gluck’s opera Orpheus…
What is it about train journeys that makes me think about the stories of people’s…
The first night of the two day Danse Élargie: Dance Expanded at Sadler’s Wells Theatre showcased winners…
“I’m gonna live forever…” say the lyrics from Fame, the Oscar-winning theme song written by…
Joseph Toonga’s Born to Manifest is an extraordinary piece of work, set to an original…
Down by the water’s edge (created by an image projected onto the stage) we meet…
Autumnal skies threatening rain and clouds in palest ochre accompany me on my journey to…
Breakin’ Convention is the powerhouse behind UK hip hop dance-theatre. The festival showcases the finest…
Akram Khan’s version of the classic ballet transports Giselle from her village to a migrant garment factory.…
What’s in a name? For Slanjayvah Danza, everything. The Scottish company’s name is the perfect…
Belgian choreographer, director and visual artist Isabella Soupart, in her ongoing “reflection on the question…
Danish physical theatre and dance company DON GNU has become, not just a staple, but…
The Nigerian musician and activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti fused jazz and African music throughout the…
The Vail Dance Festival (VDF) is an incubator of creation. A tiny town, sweeping views,…
Working with Ludwig van Beethoven’s music had been a desire of Hélène Blackburn’s for some…
The Crucible, a Scottish Ballet adaptation of American playwright Arthur Miller’s most widely produced play…
Company Chordelia’s The Chosen opens with a strong audiovisual premise. The sound of waves surging…
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, is one of Miami’s foremost and newest dance companies. They…
What could be better than a lie-in on a Sunday morning? A workshop with Mercedes…
Flamenco continues to evolve – even within the traditional style. And just when you think…
Taking a flamenco workshop from Maria Jesús Garcia and Charo Pedraja, members of the Sara…
To truly understand flamenco in all its nuances, you either have to be born into…
Like standing on a platform and watching a train pass at full speed. You can…
With the imminent departure of David Bintley from Birmingham Royal Ballet, the [Un]leashed triple bill…
My train journey is disrupted by the loud mobile call of a nearby passenger. Unable…
Wild card series at Sadler’s Wells aims to support and show experimental and multidisciplinary work.…
On June 6, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago premiered its 2019 Summer Series at the Harris…
English National Ballet‘s Cinderella at the Royal Albert Hall is a grand, sparkling spectacular, full…
In the Netflix-style dance bonanza that San Francisco Ballet is gifting the London crowd over…
BalletBoyz Them/Us opened with a short behind the scenes video of the six dancers in…
Sergei Polunin chose to present the story of the mysterious Russian character Rasputin, for his…
The San Francisco Ballet is pulling all the stops on its London tour with not…
When the bad boy of ballet Sergei Polunin famously walked out of the Royal Ballet…
After another tumultuous day in the Government, I caught the train from the tranquillity of…
True to the title, Hofesh Shechter delivers a cinematically loud and emotionally rallying spectacle. In…
With R.OSA, 10 esercizi per nuovi virtuosismi, Silvia Gribaudi brings to the stage the expressivity…
Rambert is a pulsating hub of experiment and modernity in dance. Independent and fearless, committed to…
I was excited to take my (almost) 5-year-old niece to her very first ‘proper’ ballet…
Sarasota Ballet decided to end its 2018-2019 season with a jewel of a ballet, Giselle.…
Pulcinella, presented by Nuovo Balletto di Toscana, is the new work by Arianna Benedetti, created…
“Dionisio – La Vid I Mil Noches” (“Dionisio – the Vines and 1000 Nights”) is…
If you haven’t yet heard the name Yuki Hasegawa, remember it, because hopefully so, it…
Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre returned to Miami after four years with “Carne VIva” which is…
French-Belgium choreographer Damien Jalet and Japanese sculpture Kohei Nawa’s Vessel is an unforgettable visual metamorphosis…
Between April 11 – 14, American Ballet Theatre (ABT) presented the Chicago premiere of Whipped…
Lanre Malaolu sparks an important and increasingly relevant dialogue with Elephant in the Room. You might expect…
Only the work of Merce Cunningham can make someone feel they have travelled decades through…
After announcing their only tour date to Tampa, Les Ballets de Trockedero (or “The Trocks,”…
Bermudas by Compagnia MK is “a spectacular example of dynamic interaction and astounding virtuosity”
Bermudas is a cleverly-constructed choreography designed for a variable number of interpreters who interact with…
English National Ballet’s She Persisted is an outstanding triple bill full of emotion, creativity and…
When hearing of Ballet Hispánico, an assumption of classical ballet could be the first thing…
Paul Taylor Dance Company appeared at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday…
When was the last time you went to a performance event and most names in…
To mark Ballet Black‘s 18th season, Artistic Director Cassa Pancho presents an exciting triple bill: a…
One of the most visionary choreographers, Moses Pendleton, has decided to adventure down the rabbit…
Flamenco is an art form in continuous evolution, and while some artists are happy to…
Audiences attending the Jerez Festival on Monday, March 4, 2019 walked out of the Sala…
Resulting from an artistic residence in Trentino, Avalanche investigates themes of archiving and cataloguing. In…
Tesseract is an absolute experience. From the first half, (Tesseract □), which is a film…
The XXIII edition of the Jerez Festival – the de rigueur annual event for flamenco…
It is perhaps one of the great thrills of live performances that you know the…
You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You…
Miami City Ballet presents a program which includes a cornucopia of flavours: George Balanchine’s neoclassical…
On the last day of January 2019, with only about two weeks to left until…
HOST 2019 was one of DanceEast’s 10 special events marking 10 years since the opening…
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is the amalgamation of the theatrical, comic and tragic in perfect doses.
The lights dim to the opening tones of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Theme. A projection of an…
Ballet de L’Opéra de Lyon kicked off a three-night run at the Teatros del Canal…
“There is only now,” Balanchine said. Choreographer Justin Peck seems to be living in the…
The beautiful Walt Disney Theatre at the Dr Phillips Center right at Central Orlando, FL opened…
A nearly sold out Asolo Repertory Theatre in the FSU Center for the Performing Arts…
On February 13, 2019, the Joffrey Ballet presented the world premiere of choreographer Yuri Possokhov’s…
New York City Ballet’s Saturday evening performance presented a program by a variety of choreographers,…
Undoubtedly the highlight of the evening is BDblaq Dance, who blaze on with swagger. A swirly-written…
Tamae Yoneda’s work presents an autobiographical account of Tamae’s father and his bond with the light that governs…
Under a projected full moon, a group of dancers nest together, swelling and contracting like…
Resolution goes to sea with a triple bill that evokes an eerie marine world as…
New York city in February can be a challenge, even for those accustomed to the…
There is an expectant air as we take our seats tonight, for this is a…
A collaboration between the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) and the School of the…
by Anna Mortimer The train is late, the platform exposed and cold. The few who…
A wonderful treat for lovers of dance took place on Friday 8th February 2019 at…
The annual Association of Performing Arts Professionals’ (APAP) national conference, which takes place every January…
Panos Malactos’ 4YEARS, a bizarre and outrageously fun piece, mocks the experimental and eccentric side of…
“There’s something about sticky situations…sticking to you and sticking to me..” said one of The…
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Putzi Kamionka sneaks onto the stage in a pair of mismatched socks and sandals, carrying her…
I found myself laughing quite a lot throughout the piece. However, somehow this laughter was…
Putzi Kamionka sneaks onto the stage in a pair of mismatched socks and sandals, carrying her…
A trapeze hangs over an austere set, a series of statements flashing up on the…
The Sarasota Ballet celebrated the start of their Winter-Spring Season by presenting a varied program…
In I Only Laugh to Keep From Weeping José Tomás and Valerie Ebuwa haughtily face the audience, dressed identically in…
Miami City Ballet celebrated their second program in their 2018/2019 season, with two ballets that…
What an evening of contrasts! We are swung from the alienation of Sara Green’s BURNT OUT, to Dani Harris…
Yet more Schlemmer creations graced the stage of Akademie der Künste on the final night…
Gramophone crackles, or is it the fireplace where the shadow of one dancer mimics another?…
In a playroom seemingly designed by Leon Bakst two girls compete over a piano. Dressed…
On Tuesday, January 22, 2019, the remnants of a heavy snowfall and blistering temperatures saw…
Few pieces of dance choreography have taken on such iconic status that they can be…
Bridget Lappin began with her solo; a chair, table and tape recorder inhabited the space. The…
Were there techno DJs at the Bauhaus’s famous parties? No of course not. But BAUHAUSCLUB…
Fawn – a young deer, or the hyperbolic display of flattery as a form of protection? Lizzie…
She Holds Me Up performed by female duo Vidal-Hall and Cook, revolves around a rope and a pole, placed…
Rowena Gander is a woman moving on a silver pole. Far from sexualised, she is a…
100 Jahre Bauhaus: Das Totale Tanz Theater 360°- “a virtual reality experience for man and machine.”
One of the aspects of Bauhaus that makes it most relevant to the 21st Century…
As you enter the auditorium, a solitary ‘soul’ (guarded by unnervingly cult-ish hooded figures) possesses…
The explicit question “Who are you?” is impossible to answer, but experimental choreographer Si Rawlinson puts it…
1969 was a watershed year for Jerome Robbins, he came home to New York City…
Inncercide is as much a trio as a duet if you include the musician who assumes…
One lone figure holds centre stage in a portrayal of mental anguish and entrapment. A…
Walking through the auditorium doors, into the great Roundhouse theatre, I feel as though I…
The English National Ballet kicks off the new year at the London Coliseum with enduring…
The third and final American Dance Platform showcase at the Joyce Theatre highlighted modern dance…
The second American Dance Platform showcase of 2019, presented at the Joyce Theater as part…
New York’s countless theaters and clubs make the city a performing arts mecca, featuring as…
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto is designed in all light…
There Is a growing excitement in Pavilion Dance Theatre with real Christmas trees adorning the…
The magic of Snow begins as soon as the audience start to queue for their…
Choreographer Vicki Igbokwe retells the classic story of Hansel & Gretel, amalgamating house, waacking, vogue and…
Amidst the copious performances of The Nutcracker that Berlin’s Staatsballet are churning out over the…
The magic begins as soon as the overture starts and the projections of a winter…
The Nutcracker certainly possesses its own dose of Christmas magic, annually drawing large crowds (including…
Outside of its regular season, the Joffrey Ballet annually celebrates the winter holidays with a…
I still remember the first time I saw Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake on TV in…