Dancing city, dancing nation: Aberdeen’s DanceLive and dance in Scotland
“There has always been culture in Aberdeen – you’ve just had to look for it.”
Features
Yuri Grigorovich, master Russian choreographer, reaches his 90th birthday
As he celebrates his 90th birthday on January 2nd, Charlotte Kasner looks at the colossus of Russian choreographers that is Yuri Grigorovich, his times and his work. Yuri Nikolayevich Grigorovich was born in 1927 in Leningrad, ten years after the October revolution that swept imperialism away and just three years after the death of Lenin … Read more
As he celebrates his 90th birthday, three Yuri Grigorovich classic ballet productions come to the big screen
As Charlotte Kasner points out in her in-depth look at Yuri Grigorovich, if there is one choreographer who dominated Russian ballet during the second half of the 20th-century it is surely Yuri Grigorovich, who on January 2nd, 2017, celebrates his 90th birthday, an occasion being marked by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow with a season … Read more
Re:generations: The world of Dance of the African Diaspora comes to Birmingham
Major conference and performances, including premiere by ACE Dance and Music
Dance writers dancing! A Quintessential ‘ballet boot camp’
When the invitation dropped into the Inbox, it was impossible to turn down…
From Outer Space to Vegas: Quang Kien Van’s Lunar Shadows
A look ahead to a new work exploring the all too pertinent themes of migration and displacement, identity and belonging
Behind the Scenes: Communications and PR
Judy Lipsey, Associate Director at Premier, talks about dance and working in communications and PR
Irina Kolesnikova looks ahead to Her Name Was Carmen
Charlotte Kasner with Irina Kolesnikova on the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre’s latest production
A timeless love story: Patrick de Bana on Echoes of Eternity for Shanghai Ballet
“A wonderful adventure. I discovered a wonderful ancient China.”
Looking forward to dance on this year’s Edinburgh Fringe
Whatever your particular dance fix might be, you’re almost sure to find it somewhere on the Fringe