Taiwan students in two evenings of top-notch dance: Focus Dance Company 2023
Two fine programmes both featuring a reworking of Ihsan Rustem’s super, tongue-in-cheek Bolero and Tsai Po-cheng’s (蔡博丞) new Dreaminess
Two fine programmes both featuring a reworking of Ihsan Rustem’s super, tongue-in-cheek Bolero and Tsai Po-cheng’s (蔡博丞) new Dreaminess
“We are not treating them like kids. [They] have to put on a large-scale West End performance. We’re asking a lot of them, but they are so rising to it.”
She explains that the work explores the complex layering of the various forms of decay, fading and loss to which we are forever exposed…
One man. One light. A bare stage. In a way it’s as minimalist as it sounds. But in another, anything but
We talk to Ruth Brill artistic director of London Children’s Ballet ahead of its performances of Snow White at London’s Peacock Theatre
A feverish, pulsating, visceral dance in which salsa, voguing, rave and clubbing run up against balletic moments and more
ENB’s 2023-24 season will feature new ballets by Andrea Miller and David Dawson, plus the UK premiere of Johan Inger’s Carmen.
A look at a new initiative giving young dancers the experience of performing at a vocational level on stage, and to be seen by schools and directors
The staging may be a little thin, but Varna International Ballet have some fine dancers, including Briton Claire Gillard who took the lead in both shows
It is entertaining and undoubtedly Peaky. It will send most Peaky fans away very happy, even if it doesn’t teach us much that we didn’t already know.
Fifteen pieces, from familiar showpiece pas de deux to less well-known duets and solos… A celebratory showcase for all that is great about dance.