Varna International Ballet takes Swan Lake back to its roots
Daniela Dimova talks about Varna International Ballet’s Swan Lake, now touring, that restores the score and dramaturgy to Tchaikovsky’s original.
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La Strada: bringing a film classic to the ballet stage
Cojocaru recalls being particularly attracted by Gelsomina’s way of thinking. “Her way of being, of seeing the world… so naive, innocent and simple…”
New Movement Collective reimagines Les Noces
Jordan Lian talks to Malgorzata Dzierzon about the creative process and inspirations behind New Movement Collective’s new Les Noces – The Departure
The Dance Locker: Alina Cojocaru
In the first of an occasional new series, Alina Cojocaru chooses seven works that have particular significance for her, saying a few words about each.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan return with a work that journeys into another realm
Artistic director and choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung talks about Lunar Halo, in which dancers become symbols of struggles, desires, hope, love
The Mongol Khan: a “quintessential Mongol drama”
A fusion of music, dance, song, dialogue and puppetry with over 70 performers and elaborate sets and costumes, it promises to be a real spectacle.
Cathy Marston opens her Ballett Zürich directorship with Walkways
In each ballet, the dancers literal cross from one side of the stage to the other, but their pathways also cross and open new beginnings.
London City Ballet is reborn
Directed by Christopher Marney, it will return to the stage in summer 2024, touring across the UK, including a week at Sadler’s Wells that autumn.
Ballet meets rock in New English Ballet Theatre’s Genesis Dance Project
Genesis Dance Project features six choreographies to tracks by the iconic band. David Mead talks to Ruth Brill, one of the choreographers.
Reflecting on female sexual desire. Aditi Mangaldas talks about Forbidden
The noted Indian choreographer-dancer talks about her solo show, which considers to often taboo subject of female sexual desire
Dance up close and personal: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence talks about Ballet Nights
David Mead talks to the artistic director of Ballet Nights, a new season of dance this autumn at Lanterns Studio Theatre in London’s Canary Wharf