McNicol Ballet Collective presents Awakenings
The new Awakenings programme features four works by McNicol himself, all inspired by music, among them a brand-new, reimagined version of Firebird.
David Mead
Dimitris Papaioannou’s Transverse Orientation
Scenes are variously dream-like, surreal, absurd and disturbing, but always beautiful and eye-catching
What is love? New Art Club consider the eternal question in Cupid’s Revenge
An original, beautifully judged, sometimes funny but sometimes deeply heartfelt show… It left me feeling quite warm inside.
A Shakespeare classic collides with modernity as Carlos Curates: R&J Reimagined
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rosie Kay Dance Company. Indie rock and ballet. In Brum. And it was absolutely riveting.
Dance for young people: Children & their Grown-Ups Showcase
A look at the showcase that aimed to stimulate interest in dance shows for children and families, and to learn about, find and develop new work
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
With Momoko Horata and César Morales. BRB did the ballet proud, dancing finely and making the spine tingle in all the right places.
World Ballet Day includes the largest ever global dance challenge, Jump for Joy
With close to 50 global companies taking part (see below for the latest list), World Ballet Day 2021 on Tuesday October 19 will be the biggest yet
Colour and action aplenty in Northern Ballet’s new Merlin
Magical special effects, super designs, and a dragon everyone will love. Following the story is a little tricky though
Jeffrey Cirio mesmerises in Akram Khan’s dark and chilling Creature for English National Ballet
Pathetic one minute, powerful and determined the next, his Creature is a tortured soul, but one still with feelings
Dark days, inner voices and coming through: Nobody by Motionhouse
With its digital imagery, shape-shifting set and athletic, highly physical choreography, Nobody is spectacular
Carlos Pons Guerra’s Mariposa, an inclusive reimagining of an opera classic, finally gets its premiere
Eighteen months on from the original planned first night, David Mead talks to the very happy choreographer as Mariposa finally reaches the stage