Back live, onstage and in person: Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2022
A look ahead to LDIF 2022 in Leicester, with Pawlet Brookes, CEO and Artistic Director of presenters Serendipity
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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.
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
Birmingham Royal Ballet 2022-2023 plans
Includes the UK premiere of Uwe Scholz’s best creations, his dramatic setting of Beethoven’s vibrant Seventh Symphony alongside world premieres and revivals
Federico Bonelli to be the new Artistic Director of Northern Ballet
“Northern Ballet has rightly been renowned for its bold approach to narrative ballet, and it is an honour to build on this legacy.”
“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
“By Order of the Peaky Blinders.” Rambert to create Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Following on from the hit TV programme, Rambert are to create a new dance theatre work, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby.