Dance
There are more theatre-goers than football-goers - arts awards defiantMonday, 29 October 2012
Henry Goodman, Imelda Staunton and Aidan McArdle won the big acting prizes while Akram Khan and Opera North carried off the dance and opera gongs at the annual Theatrical Management Association awards - now called Theatre Awards UK. Held yesterday... Read more... |
Birmingham Royal Ballet, The Grand Tour/ Faster/ The Dream, Sadler's WellsSaturday, 27 October 2012
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s second triple bill at Sadler’s Wells this week is aptly titled "Autumn Celebration", acknowledging the season’s diverse weather through eclectic, light-hearted programming.Joe Layton’s The Grand Tour is a nostalgic 1971... Read more... |
Swan Lake in world's cinemas tonight launches new offensive on elitismTuesday, 23 October 2012
Tonight the Royal Ballet's live Swan Lake opens the most extensive season yet of live screenings to cinemas worldwide of the Royal Opera House's productions. Zenaida Yanowsky and Nehemiah Kish, in the leading roles of the Swan Queen and her evil... Read more... |
Jonzi D, Lyrikal Fearta Redux, Lilian Baylis StudioSunday, 21 October 2012
Jonzi D has been integral in defining British hip hop since it first filtered over from the States in the early 1980s – and has further managed to keep his finger firmly on the pulse. His two-week residency in Sadler’s Wells Theatre’s studio sees... Read more... |
Rambert Dance, Sadler's Wells/ Michael Clark Company, Barbican TheatreFriday, 19 October 2012
Waves of modern dance history beat upon the shore this week with Rambert at Sadler’s Wells offering four works going back nearly 40 years, and Michael Clark’s newest Britdance creation at the Barbican. The hip people will be at the Barbican, of... Read more... |
The Sleeping Beauty, English National Ballet, Milton Keynes TheatreThursday, 18 October 2012
Has the great ballerina Tamara Rojo ever done a more nerveracking performance than she did last night in Milton Keynes? On her first night as player-manager of English National Ballet, both its new artistic director and its chief ballerina,... Read more... |
Swan Lake, Royal BalletThursday, 11 October 2012
The Royal Ballet’s autumn season began on Monday, but this was the eagerly awaited Swan Lake. Natalia Osipova, ex-Bolshoi, now principal with American Ballet Theater and the Mikhailovsky in St Petersburg, was making her debut as a guest with the... Read more... |
Love Tomorrow, Raindance Film FestivalMonday, 08 October 2012
For Darcey Bussell it’s Baryshnikov in The Turning Point; for Carlos Acosta it’s The Red Shoes. No one at last week's starry premiere of Love Tomorrow at the Raindance Film Festival, when I asked them for their favourite dance film, mentioned Black... Read more... |
Akram Khan's Desh, Sadler's WellsThursday, 04 October 2012
I’ve seen Akram Khan’s Desh twice. The first time I sat in my favourite spot – the front row – close enough to smell the sweat drenching his shirt as the demanding physicality of this ambitious solo work became evident. But I could also see him... Read more... |
Continu, Sasha Waltz & Guests, Sadler's WellsSaturday, 29 September 2012
When she broke through in the mid-1990s, with her preposterously appropriate surname, Berlin-based Sasha Waltz was all about cheek and chutzpah. Her choreography in pieces such as Twenty to eight and Allee der Kosmonauten was often a satirical take... Read more... |
San Francisco Ballet, Balanchine/ Liang/ Wheeldon, Sadler's Wells TheatreSunday, 16 September 2012
It's been eight years since San Francisco Ballet were last here, charming us with their finesse and their smiles - welcome back. They offer a boost of spirit to the gloomsters of ballet over here. This small city which punches many times above its... Read more... |
Opinion: Bazalgette is welcome at the Arts CouncilWednesday, 05 September 2012
So the chairman of Big Brother TV becomes chairman of the Arts Council. Is it good or bad that Sir Peter Bazalgette will now hold the purse-strings for our publicly supported arts, the most debated, the most fragile, the most ephemeral elements of... Read more... |
