Memories, energy, feelings. Shanghai-based Xie Xin on choreography, Ripple and the BalletBoyz
“I want the audience to see themselves. Sometimes memories hit us…creating ripples.” It’s the heart that makes a piece come alive, she adds.
Features
The Rural Touring Dance Initiative proves a gateway to new dance audiences
An in-depth survey shows touring dance to small local venues is alive and well, and loved by practitioners and audiences alike.
Royal Ballet School Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme
Maggie Foyer attended the launch of the new Affiliate Training and Assessment Programme in mid-February and now casts her eye over it.
Wondrous Stories, a spectacular show set to open Birmingham 2022
It’s impossible not to miss the energy and enthusiasm as the 250-plus participants rehearse the spectacular, free opening show of the festival
Dance that’s transformative, playful and cathartic: A conversation with choreographer Richard Chappell
Richard Chappell’s Infinite Ways Home resumes touring in March. David Mead caught up with him to discuss the piece, and his approach to dance
“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
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
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
Exploring the possibilities: dance and new technologies
The European Dance Hackathon: about thinking about the dance of tomorrow; to imagine the future of dance by combining it with new technologies
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.