Reading Time: 2 minutesThe type of show you pray will never end. Dewey Dell’s The Rite of Spring is sensational. A visual wonder, the performance explores the never-ending cycle of life and death against the backdrop of Igor Stravinsky’s dramatic…
Reading Time: 2 minutesBotis Seva and his company ‘Far from the Norm’ have burst onto the contemporary dance scene with their hip-hop, free form, theatrically infused dance pieces.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down for a chat with David Ottone, the artistic director of TRASH! What sparked the idea to turn everyday waste into musical instruments and create an entire show around it? Was there a specific “aha”…
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has acquired the Kenneth MacMillan Archive, a significant collection showcasing the life and career of the influential choreographer. Gifted by Lady MacMillan, it features diverse materials from over seven decades, highlighting MacMillan's contributions to British ballet. The archive will be accessible for educational research after cataloguing in 2025.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMichael Keegan-Dolan's "Nobodaddy" is an avant-garde interpretation of William Blake's poem, blending dance and folk-rock music into a mesmerizing performance. The choreography is distinctive, highlighting each dancer's individuality amidst a playful atmosphere. With effective staging and haunting vocals, the show delivers an uncanny experience filled with delightful oddities and emotional depth.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Eva Recacha has created a world that is at once grotesque and beautiful, unsettling and deeply moving—a dream worth stepping into.” When I first heard about Eva Recacha’s The Picnic, inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of…
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerhaps one of the most truthful pieces on any London stage today, GIGENIS: The Generation of the Earth is a testament to the importance of artistic tradition, particularly in its immense power to resonate deeply in our contemporary consciousness. Legendary choreographer, director, and dancer Akram Khan gifts us a piece of extraordinary texture - an epic tapestry woven from the strengths of a kaleidoscope of artists, all trained in different threads of classical Indian dance, theatre, and music.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBelgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has made a definitive name for herself in the contemporary dance scene since the inception of her dance company Rosas in 1983, which is now an International Associate Company of Sadler’s Wells, where Exit Above was staged.
Reading Time: 2 minutesChunky Move: 4/4, performed at the Southbank centre was an absolute sensation in every possible way. Directed and conceptualised by Antony Hamilton, this performance piece strung from rhythms, timing and memory to create the most wonderful and, what felt to me, organised performance art I have ever seen.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStories - The Tap Dance Sensation, is a show by the acclaimed RB Dance Company. The show initially premiered back in 2019 in St. Witz France, before opening in Paris in 2020 and winning a slew of awards in 2022 at the Trophees de la Comedie Musicale ceremony. There have been over a hundred performances of this show in Paris, and it is now in London. It tells the story of a young actor starring in a film, while dealing with an oppressive director as the line between fact and fiction becomes increasingly blurred. The show also just so happens to contain some of the best dancers that France has to offer.