In its 86-year history, no-one had ever won all three top awards at the Royal Academy of Dance’s Genée International Ballet Competition – until September 16th, when Harris Beattie, final-year student at Central School of Ballet in London, did just that at the Teatro Camões in Lisbon. Harris, aged 18, won the Gold Medal, the … Read more
With just a week to go, David Mead looks ahead to the city’s autumn all-arts fest, coming September 22-24. Over 160 performances, 600+ artists, 26 new commissions. That’s Birmingham Weekender 2017, now almost upon us. The three-day festival features free performances and events from the city’s major arts organisations, independent artists and especially invited international … Read more
The first images released from the forthcoming new film
Hong Kong-born Chun Wing is not just an exception, but the first Chinese dancer at the Paris Opera.
David Mead looks ahead to Summer Variations, this year’s Elmhurst Ballet School’s summer shows with school artistic director, Robert Parker, and David Bintley, director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, who has created his first work for the students. In Birmingham, full-time dance training means Elmhurst Ballet School, Britain’s oldest vocational dance school, now fast approaching its … Read more
His lifelong passion for ballet and its music shines through
Let’s Dance International Frontiers often feels like one of those hidden away festivals…
The Hong Kong Dance Company is bringing the famous Chinese story to London’s Royal Festival Hall
They do just as much preparation, but don’t get to see the dance
Includes Kenneth MacMillan’s masterpiece, Song of the Earth and Frank Andersen’s La Sylphide
The first two new dx Associates and five dx Choreography Award recipients named