Acosta Danza breeds irresistible life into uneven material in its latest triple bill, Folclor, at the Linbury Theatre Cuba has a wealth of excellent dancers and by virtue of its very name Acosta Danza has the pick of the best. …
Hofesh Shechter’s disquieting dances impart heft to a strangely muted adaptation of Oedipus Rex at The Old Vic The decision to bring choreographer Hofesh Shechter’s frenzied dances into an adaptation of the tragedy of Oedipus was inspired. Part Greek…
The inaugural Rose Prize for Dance picked its winners but raised questions about the nature of dance today The suspense is over: the winner of the main £40,000 Rose Prize for an established choreographer is Christos Papadopoulos from Greece for…
Sadler’s Wells East, the newest theatre in London purpose built for dance, got going with Our Mighty Groove, hip hop for all Sadler’s Wells East has opened if not with a bang, then with a jolly club night entitled Our…
Ancient Greek myth comes powerfully alive in Phaedra + Minotaur, which pairs Britten and Brandstrup at the Linbury… Taken individually, Benjamin Britten’s cantata Phaedra and Kim Brandstrup’s ballet Minotaur each packs a powerful punch. Together, though, they inform and mirror…
Tight choreographies knit together magic and juggling in Gandini Juggling’s latest show, Heka, part of the MimeLondon festival Sean Gandini, co-founder of Gandini Juggling with his wife Kati Ylä-Hokkala, has an insatiably curious mind and an ever expanding range of…
Northern Ballet brings a rare but hugely enjoyable triple bill, Three Short Ballets, to the ROH Linbury Theatre The dancers of Northern Ballet are a pleasure to watch and this wide-ranging triple bill, Three Short Ballets, which had its London…
Choreographers from around the world compete for the brand new Rose International Dance Prize at Sadler’s Wells, London Dance making is a special craft. True, anybody can string together a few steps, link a series of movements; but few can…
The Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward shines in her debut as Tatiana, the compelling heroine of Cranko’s Onegin John Cranko’s ballet Onegin is so concise and intelligently crafted that every step carries meaning, acquiring nuance with each repetition and development,…
Transporting performances by English National Ballet bring Mary Skeaping’s Romantic Giselle to vibrant life at the London Coliseum At its best Giselle is one of the most emotionally involving ballets in the repertoire; and the version danced by English National…
London’s last Nutcracker of 2024, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production at the Royal Albert Hall, is an unalloyed delight Birmingham Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker has many virtues, chief among them as far as London is concerned the way in which it…
English National Ballet’s eye-catching and immensely entertaining new Nutcracker delighted a packed Coliseum on opening night Fresh, lively and very sweet – English National Ballet’s new Nutcracker is definitely a vast and much needed improvement on the company’s previous production.…