Scotland and Japan triumph at the 2025 National Dance Awards
As they celebrate their 40th anniversary, Scottish Dance Theatre won Best Mid-Scale Company, while Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots picked up two awards
New Adventures
National Dance Awards nominations announced
Once again, The Royal Ballet has most nominations with 14 on the short-list. English National Ballet and London City Ballet have four…
Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
There is a lot of dancing but it does feel like one big number after another at times. And the choreography within them is very busy
Love, desire, people: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell
There’s no overall plot. The focus is rather on creating a world, painting pictures, of time, place and people, all of which he does superbly
National Dance Awards nominations announced
The Royal Ballet tops the shortlists with eleven nominations, followed by seven for English National Ballet
American visitors lead the way in the National Dance Awards 2023
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
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
Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands
The fabulous cast are on a par with any West End musical as they give everything, dancing and projecting character for all they are worth
A Gothic delight: Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands
Trumps both The Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet’s traditional Christmas Nutcrackers… a Christmas fairytale like no other
Sir Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes on the big screen
Bourne manages to pull off the tricky challenge of being faithful to the original while giving his production an inner life all of its own
An absolute treat: Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet
Paris Fitzpatrick and Cordelia Braithwaite danced the title roles with a totality of emotional commitment that was, at times, almost overwhelming.