Matsena reimagines the first recorded murder in human history in the intense two-hander KABEL at Sadler’s Wells East Why did Cain kill his brother Abel? The Bible doesn’t exactly give chapter and verse on the reasons behind the first human…
Breakin’ Convention, the annual hip hop festival, brings crews from the UK and continental Europe to Sadler’s Wells Breakin’ Convention is a three-day jamboree of everything that falls under the loose hip hop umbrella: dancing and creative workshops, demonstrations, DJ…
London Sinfonietta and Sasha Waltz and Guests joined forces in In C, part of the Southbank Multitudes Festival The American composer Terry Riley’s In C is made up of 53 musical phrases to be played in a system of collective…
Ballet Position goes behind the scenes at London Children’s Ballet to witness the creation of its new show I sense a buzz of excitement as I approach a squat, nondescript building tucked away in a South London side street on…
BalletLORENT tours Snow White: The Sacrifice, a visceral, hard-hitting, strictly for grown-ups treatment of the famous fairy tale We tend to think of fairy tales as pretty, cosy stories well suited to the imagination and sensitivities of children, their endings…
An ideal Easter outing for families, English National Ballet’s My First Ballet: Swan Lake is at the Peacock There were babes in arms and toddlers in strollers. There were little girls in sequinned tulle skirts – pink, naturally. Amazingly well-behaved…
English National Ballet’s The Forsythe Programme brings superb artistry, virtuoso dancing and unalloyed joy to Sadler’s Wells Theatre Who says ballet can’t be fun? Certainly not the exhilarated Sadler’s Wells audience who rose as one to cheer and applaud the…
National and international choreographic talent featured in the 2025 edition of International Draft Works at the RBO Linbury It’s not meant as a collection of definitive finished works. Rather, International Draft Works, a Royal Ballet initiative that brings together budding…
McNicol Ballet Collective marks its fifth anniversary with a programme of old and new choreography by Andrew McNicol The choreographer Andrew McNicol is unequivocal about the role of classical ballet in his work. It’s in his DNA, he says, and…
Dances new and old by Pam Tanowitz and Balanchine elevated week 3 of Dance Reflections to new heights A premiere from the New York choreographer Pam Tanowitz and a cross-section of work by George Balanchine, the third giant of 20th…