Breaking Bach, soon to premiere at the Edinburgh Festival, is Kim Brandstrup’s marriage of Bach and Hip Hop The sophisticated Baroque music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and hip hop, the gritty street dance born of the disaffection of contemporary urban…
For its London debut, National Ballet of Japan brought a compelling, beautifully danced production of Giselle to RBO This article was first published on London Unattached (london-unattached.com) Giselle is the quintessential Romantic ballet. Premiered in at the Paris Opera in…
Making Moves is a project aimed at giving youngsters in England a chance to choreograph their own dances At a time when many schools up and down the country are drastically reducing their arts provision, Making Moves, a Sadler’s Wells…
National Youth Dance Company teamed up with Boy Blue to create Gravity, an immensely enjoyable hip hop show Rarely has such raw energy been unleashed on stage at Sadler’s Wells, untamed but harnessed at the service of a performance that…
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance was a dazzling show of technique, professionalism and sheer joy of dancing “Talent, grit and determination” – according to Royal Ballet School director Iain MacKay, now coming to the end of his first year…
English National Ballet School Summer Performance showcased the talent of its students in a varied and enjoyable programme A school summer performance is meant to show off the students’ progress during the year just ending, and at the same time…
London City Ballet Artistic Director Christopher Marney on his New York accolade and the company’s current season, Momentum The news was welcome, but not surprising: Christopher Marney, artistic director of London City Ballet, is to become Artist in Residence at…
Ella’s Big Chance, subtitled A Jazz-Age Cinderella, is this year’s production showcasing the kids of London Children’s Ballet Ever since I belatedly discovered London Children’s Ballet, I’ve been a keen regular at their shows. And they never disappoint –…
First came the novel, then the film, now Christopher Isherwood’s gay novel A Single Man becomes a ballet Grief fractures you. And if it’s grief you can’t share with those around you, it becomes even more corrosive. Such is…
ZooNation Youth Company brought the Next Generation Festival to a blistering end with an explosion of hip hop ZooNation Youth Company claims to include some of the best young hip hop dancers in the country – and on this showing…
English National Ballet School and Rambert School showed off their students in a shared programme at the Linbury English National Ballet School and Rambert School have similar structures and missions: both run three-year graduation programmes for dance students, and both…
Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet based on The Who’s eponymous rock opera arrived at Sadler’s Wells amid much hype Two full pages of credits attest to the amount of creative effort that went into turning The Who’s celebrated 1973 rock opera…