Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
Siobhan Davies Studios: Living Image: Chapter 1
SeeingDance brings you the best news, reviews and features about dance and movement arts.
Follow us
Recent Articles
ImPulsTanz: My Fierce Ignorant Step by Christos Papadopoulos
July 11, 2026
From an almost bleak start, the work increasingly gains a drive, sense of freedom, joy and lust for life that totally captures the viewer.
Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
July 11, 2026
Ballet Black brought its 25th anniversary double-bill to the very English summer setting, plus a short appearance from M22 Collective.
Staatsballett Berlin: Symphony in C, Fearful Symmetries
July 9, 2026
The formal beauty, purity and technical virtuosity of Balanchine, and the constant state of flux and harmonious chaos of Christian Spuck’s new creation
Luck/Unluck with Gauthier Dance
July 8, 2026
In new works by Hofesh Shechter and Aszure Barton, the company’s dancers were fabulous and mesmerising, and sucked us into two strange worlds almost devoid of references to reality, but full of emotion
Siobhan Davies Studios: Living Image: Chapter 1
July 7, 2026
The first of four chapters over which a total of twenty artists will spend five days with Siobhan Davies’ 1977 work Sphinx, and craft their own responses
London Children’s Ballet: Anne of Green Gables
July 7, 2026
At the centre was Amelie French as Anne Shirley. Hers was a performance of remarkable grace, warmth and dramatic presence… She understood how to make movement speak
More Reviews
Ahoi: an evening of swing, acrobatics and 1930s glamour
July 6, 2026
Ahoi is built around the concept of being on a cruise and takes the audience on an immersive journey aboard a luxury liner of the 1930s
Still Pointless. BalletBoyz at 25
July 6, 2026
Still Pointless emphasises the ensemble. The one exception to that is exceptional and turns out to be the highlight of the show. Christopher Wheeldon’s Us…
Next Generation Festival 2026: English National Ballet School & John Cranko School
July 5, 2026
The highlight of the evening was All Long Dem Day from Marco Goecke by students from the Cranko School… The dancers were magnificent giving their all in a fully professional showing.
Next Generation Festival: Just Us Dance Theatre Apprenticeship Company
July 5, 2026
The five performers showed strong technical ability, energy and stage presence. They filled the Linbury with ease, not through scale of numbers or theatrical effects, but through concentration and sheer enjoyment in performance.
The sincerity of excess: Hideki Noda’s −320°F
July 3, 2026
The production’s apparent excess is never random. As the evening progresses, bodies begin to carry more and more of the meaning
A ‘lost’ Bausch plus van Manen, Volpi and Peck: Hamburg Ballet in The Times Are Racing
June 30, 2026
Pina Bausch’s ‘Adagio’, reconstructed only in 2024 having not been performed for 50 years, plus Hans van Manen’s ‘Variations for Two Couples’, Demis Volpi’s ‘The thing with feathers’, and Justin Peck’s title work
More News & Features
Scotland and Japan triumph at the 2025 National Dance Awards
June 15, 2026
As they celebrate their 40th anniversary, Scottish Dance Theatre won Best Mid-Scale Company, while Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots picked up two awards
Breaking boundaries: 25 years of Ballet Black
June 9, 2026
As Ballet Black marks 25 years of pushing at barriers and making innovative new work, David Mead talks to founder and artistic director, Cassa Pancho
Going for it. Laurent Hilaire on being a director and leading the Bayerisches Staatsballett
May 22, 2026
Hilaire recently talked to Jeannette Andersen about his achievements with the Bayerisches Staatsballett, his role as director and next season’s repertoire.
National Dance Awards nominations announced
April 10, 2026
Once again, The Royal Ballet has most nominations with 14 on the short-list. English National Ballet and London City Ballet have four…
Let’s Dance International Frontiers 26 festival launched
March 17, 2026
Opening on April 29, International Dance Day, this year’s headline visitors are Shamel Pitts|TRIBE, who will close the festival with Marks of RED
Scottish Dance Theatre celebrates 40 years of community and creativity
March 9, 2026
David Mead talks with artistic director Joan Clévillé about the company’s continued success and plans for the year