Reading Time: 2 minutes As a lifetime fan of Strictly Come Dancing, I was excited about seeing two of its most beloved stars, Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice, live with “more fun, more dance, more song, and even more entertainment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is our first encounter with Carlos's brand new, now two-act adaptation of Carmen, which he developed from his one-act production in 2015, based on Bizet's opera score.
Reading Time: 3 minutesHow do we move against the tides of ourselves and others? When a body changes and bodily tissue shifts, are we the same person at the end?
Reading Time: 2 minutesDance Revolutionaries offers audiences the opportunity to envelope themselves into the world of renowned choreographers Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA gorgeous double bill of new work ushered in the 30th anniversary of the Festival Theatre this week. Ballet Black graced the stage with two exceptional and vastly different pieces If At First and The Waiting Game in its new show, HEROES. This small but mighty company of nine showcased the best of dance for the modern age without skimping on technical prowess.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with English National Ballet to understand the work they're doing with Dance for Parkinson’s - PD-Ballet® ahead of a symposium on Thurs 27th June.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn Show Pony we explore what it means to grow older in a very physically demanding industry. We want to start a conversation, and think it is time to question prejudices towards age and femininity - on stage and off.
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 1997, a group of young Argentians calling themselves De La Guarda were touring an exhilarating but almost totally unclassifiable theatre show called Villa Villa throughout North America. Twenty-seven-years later, company co-founder Diqui James recalls that they were in Montreal when they discovered that they were on the front cover of Time Out London.
Reading Time: 2 minutesSwan Lake in-the-round at the Royal Albert Hall, choreographed by Derek Deane, involves 60 swans and is divided into four acts. Though initially skeptical at quite this many sections to the performance, they each feel the perfect length, with a short pause following act one and intervals after the second and third acts. As each act concludes the audience is left marveling at the beautiful choreography and phenomenal dancers, but every section is more mesmerising than the last, with new costumes and featured dancers bringing exciting perspectives and storytelling. Performing in the round allows the audience to watch each individual dancer whilst also seeing them flawlessly come together to create an ensemble.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSacha Copland of Java Dance Theatre presents
ANATOMY FOR ACCOUNTANTS
Summerhall - Anatomy