The Place, the leading centre for contemporary dance development in the UK, is now accepting applications for Resolution! 2015, the annual platform for new choreography. This open showcase is a festival of short live dance works by emerging choreographers. It has been a starting point for artists such as Wayne McGregor, Eva Recacha, Jasmin Vardimon, Katie Prince…
With the majority of ballet choreographers being male, The Breaking Glass Project in New York is an important platform for female choreographers to show their work. This year English National Ballet Artist Stina Quagebeur applied for The Breaking Glass Project and out of 120 pieces submitted, her work Vera from Choreographics 2014 featuring Nancy Osbaldeston and Guillherme…
English National Ballet Soloist, Shiori Kase took the gold medal at the prestigious USA International Ballet Competition, held last month.After two weeks of intense competition, Shiori was crowned Women’s Senior Gold Medalist. The USA International Ballet Competition provides a unique opportunity for dancers to test themselves against recognised international standards of dance excellence and showcase…
Tamara Rojo, Artistic Director of English National Ballet, has announced promotions within the Company and new joiners: Yonah Acosta has been promoted to Principal. Shiori Kase, who last month won the gold medal at the USA International Ballet Competition, has been promoted to First Soloist. Yonah and Shiori recently debuted in the lead roles in…
Dance scholarships are essential for supporting talented dancers who, without the financial and academic support, would not be able to achieve their full potential. The new recipients of London Contemporary Dance School’s prestigious scholarships were announced on Friday 11 July at The Place. London Contemporary Dance School – a world-class conservatoire in the heart of London, based at…
Every year the English National Ballet looks within its Company in search of future ballet stars through the annual Emerging Dancer Competition. In its sixth year, the competition aims to recognise and nurture talent and to encourage excellence in the Company. The competition will see six finalists perform two solos in front of an eminent…
Calling all vocational and university dance students! English National Ballet is offering a unique opportunity to explore Russell Maliphant’s Second Breath: a new work created for English National Ballet’s Lest We Forget, commemorating the centenary of the First World War. Artists from Russell Maliphant Company and English National Ballet are offering a one-off workshop opportunity…
Spring Loaded is a season of work specially curated by The Place which is jam-packed with ideas about contemporary dance and movement based performance that challenge boundaries and preconceptions about what dance is. With 3 premieres, 17 nights and 24 choreographers the programme showcases a diverse mix of UK and international dance makers. Each choreographer has…
At the age of six Vitali Safronkine began his training in Russia and studied for four years at the Rudolf Nureyev Ballet School. In 2000, with the scholarship of the Rudolf Nureyev, he was invited to ballet school in the Swiss Zurich, where he was trained two years under the direction of Alexander Ursuliak. In 2001…
Dame Margot Fonteyn; almost no introduction is needed for the most famous ballet dancer of our time who brought audiences to tears and commanded numerous curtain-calls. British dance would not be where it is today if it was not for the great performers who made it all possible. One of the most well known names,…
Alexander Whitley Dance Company’s Anti-Body is an exploration of movement…
Cathy Marston, internationally renowned, award winning British Choreographer and Artistic…
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