REVIEW: Maiden | Mother | Whore
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn experiential piece of dance with plenty of room to develop and grow The stage is, for the most part, bare. A white square in the middle and a backdrop of red fabrics and postcards. As the…
Category Dance
REVIEW: These Violent Delights
Reading Time: 3 minutesThese Violent Delights will be released in UK cinemas from 21st October.
REVIEW: Tether @ Summerhall
Reading Time: 2 minutesA wonderful show that blends ceilidh dancing with the coming together of Scottish and South Korean cultures.
REVIEW: Flesh @ Zoo Southside
Reading Time: < 1 minuteBelgian theatre company ‘Still Life’ offer four stunning vignettes of modern embodiment in their experimental new piece, FLESH.
REVIEW: The Car Man
Reading Time: 2 minutesHarmony, population 375, is the kind of town where everyone knows everyone's business, until a stranger disrupts their usual routines. Matthew Bourne's The Car Man is Grease meets Carmen, in 1950s varsity jackets, cigarette smoke, girls-versus-boys posturing where the toxic masculinity is the engine block. With a stranger blowing into town and a marriage already curdling on the vine, Harmony is one Man Wanted sign away from combustion.
REVIEW: Supernova with Nikita Kuzmin
Reading Time: 3 minutesWith BAFTA award-winning choreographer Jason Gilkison at the helm of this explosively dynamic show, Nikita Kuzmin's Supernova tour is an unmissable dance extravaganza.
REVIEW: SWAN LAKE, State Ballet of Georgia
Reading Time: 2 minutesAn unapologetically traditional production that celebrates skill, discipline and beauty. Few ballets carry the weight of expectation quite like Swan Lake. More than 145 years after its premiere, Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece remains the benchmark against which classical companies…
REVIEW: Searching Blue (寻蓝)
Reading Time: 2 minutesengaging, enchanting and vibrant” Created and directed by Kuik Swee Boon, founder of Singapore’s T.H.E Dance Company, in collaboration with Malaysian sound artist Kent Lee, Searching Blue is a site-specific physical performance exploring spirituality, community, the relationship between human…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: The Great Chevalier
Reading Time: 3 minutesMr Chevalier, the flamboyant new director of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg, presents an exceptional moment of dance. Ticket link here: How do you combine classical ballet, rock music, and haute couture; tradition and innovation,…
REVIEW: Our Mighty Groove
Reading Time: 2 minutesVicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu, choreographer of Our Mighty Groove and co-founder of Uchenna Dance, describes her work as falling in the intersection of dance, empowerment and transformation.