The Asian-American choreographic voice: 2021 CrossCurrent Contemporary Dance Virtual Festival
The mix of screendance and film of stage performances certainly evidence the increasing Asian-American choreographic voice
David Mead
Modern, exciting and about their city: Birmingham Royal Ballet in Curated by Carlos
A programme, that is very much of today; classically rooted but with a distinct contemporary edge and energy grafted on
Flatpack Collaboration at the Birmingham International Dance Festival
A look at six dance films including the subtly beautiful but strongly-messaged In Plain Sight by Tanin Torabi
Levantes Dance Theatre: The Band
A delightful fifty minutes of super physical theatre that sends you have with a warm feeling inside.
Three new works and a revival in a fine evening by mapdance 2021
A fine evening from the University of Chichester MA touring company, full of ensemble dance but that also lets us to see the performers as individuals
On choreography and Chacona: a conversation with Goyo Montero
The Spanish choreographer and director of Nuremberg Ballet talks choreography and his forthcoming UK premiere with Birmingham Royal Ballet
A trip into the darkness of emotional loneliness and frustration: B.DANCE in Rage
Superbly danced and full of atmosphere. A beautiful, dark, work that journeys into the depths of the human soul
Micaela Taylor’s darkly delicious Home lights up Rambert2
Home is a brilliantly danced, juicy piece of dance theatre that grabs you from its opening dark tableau to its unresolved end
David Nixon to step down at Northern Ballet
After twenty years in the role, David Nixon is to step down as Northern Ballet’s Artistic Director in December 2021
Shadows: Alexander Whitley Dance Company in Overflow
Overflow was made in collaboration with Dutch light artists Children of the Light, and it is their powerful contribution that sticks in the memory.
A jolly good evening! Live dance returns with English National Ballet’s Reunion
From Yuri Possokhov’s Senseless Kindness to Arielle Smith’s Jolly Folly, the five works all transfer well from film to stage, giving some in particular the chance to truly breathe