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.”
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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.
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
Tamara Rojo to leave ENB for San Francisco Ballet
Tamara Rojo to join San Francisco Ballet, where she will be its first new artistic director in nearly four decades and first woman to lead the company
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.
Dance for young people: Children & their Grown-Ups Showcase
A look at the showcase that aimed to stimulate interest in dance shows for children and families, and to learn about, find and develop new work
Carlos Pons Guerra’s Mariposa, an inclusive reimagining of an opera classic, finally gets its premiere
Eighteen months on from the original planned first night, David Mead talks to the very happy choreographer as Mariposa finally reaches the stage
Viewing the human condition through the lens of recent events: a look ahead to Motionhouse’s new show, Nobody
A show driven by the raw emotion of recent experiences but with an upliftng end. Kevin Finnan promises audiences will relate to what they see and be moved by it
Revealing ballet’s forgotten diva: Ida Rubinstein: The Final Act
A look ahead with former ABT ballerina Naomi Sorkin, who stars as the Russian dancer and impressario in a new play that opens in September