Dada Masilo’s Hamlet
While interesting, and despite one striking solo for Ophelia, this is a Hamlet that only very occasionally gets close to the depth of the original
A masterclass in building humour through movement. The Royal Ballet in La Fille mal gardée
A masterclass in building humour through movement… Sunny, innocent, orderly, and just absurd enough to keep it from becoming sentimental.
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Open Call Programme
A look at six works in the Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表) Open Call Program, which takes place across multiple venues simultaneously
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Curator Programme
Contemporary dance, tango, circus, and butoh meets wrestling. All in the Curator Program at the 2026 Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表)
Going for it. Laurent Hilaire on being a director and leading the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Hilaire recently talked to Jeannette Andersen about his achievements with the Bayerisches Staatsballett, his role as director and next season’s repertoire.
Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre: Weaving It Together
Built around a theme of threads, a work in five sections that brings together dance and live improvisational performance by Saha World Band
Limonada Dance Company in Enrique Gasa Valga’s Dorian Gray
It is a complex story to put into dance, but Valga successfully reduces the action to the essentials: sex, drugs, two murders and an array of music…
Estonian National Ballet: La Fille mal gardée
Estonian National Opera, TallinnMay 9, 2026 La Fille mal gardée is just too good a story not to be reused. Apparently, Jean Dauberval, who created the original version of the ballet in Bordeaux in 1789, was inspired by an engraving at a printing house. It showed a fierce mother scolding her tearful daughter while a … Read more
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Exchange Program
The Exchange Program of Taipei’s Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表), curated by Shinehouse Theatre saw two very mixed programmes
Northern Ballet: Gentleman Jack
A triumph in every respect… Compelling… A masterful piece of storytelling in the true Northern Ballet tradition
Tulsa Ballet: Made in America
Demonstrated lots of quality in an excellent triple bill of diverse influences that also showed the versatility of the dancers.