Federico Bonelli to be the new Artistic Director of Northern Ballet
“Northern Ballet has rightly been renowned for its bold approach to narrative ballet, and it is an honour to build on this legacy.”
Month: January 2022
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Looking ahead to Lost Dog’s new A Tale of Two Cities
“I wanted to get underneath everything; to get into Lucie, the central female character, and ask what is going on for her.”
The Royal Ballet School moves into recreational ballet training with a new Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme
The new Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme gives dance teachers responsibility for guiding and assessing their own students’ learning
Pardon My French – It’s the Language of Ballet: The Adventures of Lilly Nilly
A children’s book? Yes. But ‘Pardon My French’ and Lilly Nilly will equally delight adults too. I think I laughed or smiled knowingly on every page.
Fine pictures and outstanding dance, but where is the drama? English National Ballet’s new Raymonda
It’s full of very appealing pictures but is in many ways an old-fashioned ballet in that most of the dance is incidental rather than integral to the story
Showcasing Asian American dance
AAPI Dance and Choreographers ShowcaseOnline, part of the Imagine Dance Festival 2022, presented by the Dance Managers’ CollectiveJanuary 13, 2022 That there has been a lack of representation of Asian American dance work historically is undeniable. To help raise the profile of artists, the Asian American Arts Alliance, Final Bow for YellowFace/Gold Standard Arts Foundation … Read more
“By Order of the Peaky Blinders.” Rambert to create Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Following on from the hit TV programme, Rambert are to create a new dance theatre work, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby.
LIFE: A love letter to Merce Cunningham from Gandini Juggling
As if the juggling wasn’t skilful enough, fiendish ports de bras and footwork are built up ball by ball. I can’t help thinking Merce would have approved.
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Dance Track celebrates 25 years
A look at BRB’s Dance Track as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, events to include a celebratory performance in Birmingham in May
Tamara Rojo to leave ENB for San Francisco Ballet
Tamara Rojo to join San Francisco Ballet, where she will be its first new artistic director in nearly four decades and first woman to lead the company
Mark Bruce Company returns with a triple bill of cinematic dance theatre
The show’s title work is a dance theatre tale of love, tragedy and revenge, set in a place where our phantoms roam free