IN CONVERSATION WITH: Jennifer Jennings and Phillip McMahon
Reading Time: 2 minutesWake is an electrifying Irish variety phenomenon that remixes traditions in a high-octane, heart-thumping celebration of life and connection.
Category Dance
REVIEW: Join, Sadler’s Wells
Reading Time: 2 minutesSurprising, exhilarating, and breathtakingly beautiful at every turn
REVIEW: We Wear Our Wheels With Pride
Reading Time: 2 minutesA powerful tribute to the Rickshaw drivers of apartheid South Africa.
REVIEW: Close Up
Reading Time: < 1 minute"Close Up" by Noé Soulier is now showing at the Royal Opera House as part of the London Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels festival. Featuring six dancers and five musicians from the baroque ensemble Il Convito, the piece delves into the intricate
relationship between movement and live music.
REVIEW: Merce Cunningham Forever (BIPED and Beach Birds)
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresented as part of the Dance Reflections Festival, Lyon Opera Ballet boldly paired two of Cunningham’s major works: Beach Birds and BIPED.
REVIEW: Gr oo ve
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, gr oo ve arrived at Sadler’s Wells as one of the more quietly intense pieces in the programme—a stark, slow-burning solo that left a lasting imprint.
REVIEW: Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me)
Reading Time: 2 minutesCrafted by Ben Duke with his award-winning dance company Lost Dog, this original performance is brought back to life after ten years to take the Battersea Arts Centre’s Council Chambers by storm in a flurry of hellfire.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Andrew McNicol
Reading Time: 3 minutesCelebrating the 5th anniversary of McNicol Ballet Collective, Here & Now will feature 8 dancers who will perform highlights from the company’s previous dance works, including the critically acclaimed Of Silence, Moonbend, and Bates Beats, alongside the world premiere of a new work, choreographed by artistic director Andrew McNicol and set to a new score performed live. A Youngish Perspective holds this exclusive conversation with Andrew McNicol.
REVIEW: Giselle…
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently staged by English National Ballet, Giselle is considered the highest achievement in romantic ballet, remaining a popular fixture in repertoire lists of dance companies worldwide.
REVIEW: Age of Content
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, Sadler’s Wells invites (LA)HORDE / Ballet National de Marseille to their newest venue in Stratford with a rip-roaring piece that feels straight out of Grand Theft Auto.