National Dance Awards 2023 nominations announced
In what is the best year yet for diversity, the nominations are spread across a record 29 separate companies
International Draft Works
A short evening with plenty of variety, as ten choreographers, mostly still dancers themselves, were given the space to experiment.
A symphony of young and old: ZooNation Youth and the Company of Elders
The sheer delight of the performers washed across the footlights, embracing the audience in a continuous hug
National Taiwan University of Sport, Dance Department Graduation Performance
The evening of largely student work consisted entirely of ensemble creations with lots of excellent committed dancing
Taiwan comes to the Coronet
A season presenting over 30 artists. In Second Body by Anarchy Dance Theatre, Chao Ting-ting was beautifully graceful and fluid
National Dance Theatre Company of Jamaica: celebrating who we are
A conversation with artistic director Marlon D. Simms about the company, and what Let’s Dance International Frontiers audiences can expect
Uncovering Taiwan’s lost dances – Palamal: Fire Festival
The ensemble sing as they dance. It’s a choir of voices that really is rather moving. It’s a hot iron that forges tribal strength and unity
balletLORENT in The Velveteen Rabbit
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s WellsApril 6, 2024 An audience comprised of the youngest theatre goers, is a very different playing experience, and companies that perform for this age group seem to fall into two categories. They either condescend, treating the young audience as a collective six-month-old, with little cognitive ability; or they perform as they … Read more
Andrew Skeels creates new work with Bayerisches Staatsballett
Despite knee-pads and sore muscles – the dancers said that Skeels’ style is hard on a ballet trained body – the studio at times reverberated with laughter.
A well of seething darkness: Mark Bruce Company’s Frankenstein
A “superb piece of dance theatre that comes with all the Gothic surrealness and cinematic qualities that Bruce is known for”
Focus Dance Company 2024
Six works by students alongside Self-Portrait by Hung Tsai-hsi and Hofesh Shechter’s powerful In Your Rooms. The dancing was top drawer