Well, just to keep things interesting - and because nothing has changed (arguably) - I am revisiting my Manchester? No, sorry news update for 2017.
Find out what's the story with Manchester? No, sorry...
Basically it is a list of companies that announce touring activity in 2017 but do not include any Manchester or Salford venues in the schedule.
BalletBoyz - venturing out on tour again in the autumn on 2017 with the Fourteen Days tour. Not visiting Manchester, although they did in the spring with the Life tour. Maybe the second wave of touring in 2018 will revisit The Lowry, where they definitely have an audience.
Dance Touring Partnership - supported Mark Murphy's V-TOL disappointing Out of the World in Spring 2017 including a visit to The Lowry. Their autumn 2017 endeavour is a smaller tour of The Farm's interesting-looking Cockfight, which is not visiting the city.
National Dance Company Wales - not visited the Manchester area since 2011. Have been appearing fairly regularly at Huddersfield's Lawrence Batley Theatre, but their 2017 Spring Tour only visits venues in Wales - which is fair enough - plus Newcastle and Dundee.
Mark Bruce Company - who didn't tour their most recent production The Odyssey as widely as their award-winning Dracula - are starting 2017 back in the studio working on a new full-length work which will première in early 2018.
Ballet Central are embarking on a 20+ date national tour from March to July 2017 but not visiting Manchester for a second year.
Lea Anderson, who was forced to mothball her ground-breaking twin companies The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs a few year ago due to ACE funding issues, has announced a 9-date autumn 2017 tour for her new work Ladies & Gentlemen. Not visiting Manchester though.
Protein Dance - taking their Border Tales to the Edinburgh Fringe and for an autumn 2017 tour. Not coming to Manchester though.
Find out what's the story with Manchester? No, sorry...
Basically it is a list of companies that announce touring activity in 2017 but do not include any Manchester or Salford venues in the schedule.
BalletBoyz - venturing out on tour again in the autumn on 2017 with the Fourteen Days tour. Not visiting Manchester, although they did in the spring with the Life tour. Maybe the second wave of touring in 2018 will revisit The Lowry, where they definitely have an audience.
Dance Touring Partnership - supported Mark Murphy's V-TOL disappointing Out of the World in Spring 2017 including a visit to The Lowry. Their autumn 2017 endeavour is a smaller tour of The Farm's interesting-looking Cockfight, which is not visiting the city.
National Dance Company Wales - not visited the Manchester area since 2011. Have been appearing fairly regularly at Huddersfield's Lawrence Batley Theatre, but their 2017 Spring Tour only visits venues in Wales - which is fair enough - plus Newcastle and Dundee.
Mark Bruce Company - who didn't tour their most recent production The Odyssey as widely as their award-winning Dracula - are starting 2017 back in the studio working on a new full-length work which will première in early 2018.
Ballet Central are embarking on a 20+ date national tour from March to July 2017 but not visiting Manchester for a second year.
Lea Anderson, who was forced to mothball her ground-breaking twin companies The Cholmondeleys & The Featherstonehaughs a few year ago due to ACE funding issues, has announced a 9-date autumn 2017 tour for her new work Ladies & Gentlemen. Not visiting Manchester though.
Protein Dance - taking their Border Tales to the Edinburgh Fringe and for an autumn 2017 tour. Not coming to Manchester though.