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2024 - The Year in Dance

JanuaryFebruaryMarchThe Sleeping Beauty | Birmingham Royal Ballet | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 7-9 MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

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Manchester - So much to answer for

February:Northern Ballet - newly controversial since their decision to forgo the Northern Sinfonia due to cost and to only perform to recorded music henceforth - have announced the 2024 touring...

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2025 - The Year in Dance

JanuaryNutcracker in Havana | Acosta Danza | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 27-28 JanuaryThe Nutcracker, set in Havana, choreographed by Carlos Acosta, to a new version of the Tchaikovsky score....

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Olivier Awards 2024: dance nominations

Best theatre choreographerFabian Aloise for Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy TheatreEllen Kane and Hannes Langolf for Dear England at  the National Theatre – Olivier & Prince Edward TheatreArlene...

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Matthew William Robinson to leave National Dance Company Wales for ŻfinMalta...

Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales, Matthew William Robinson, will leave the Company in December 2024 to lead ZfinMalta, the national dance company of Malta from January 2025.Matthew...

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The return of the London City Ballet

The original London City Ballet company closed in 1996 having formerly been the resident company of Sadler’s Wells, and internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading dance collectives, with...

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National Dance Awards 2024 Nominations

 The shortlist of nominations have been announced by the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle for their annual National Dance Awards.Billed as the 2023 awards, although announced in 2024, the...

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Shortlist unveiled for dance’s answer to the Turner prize

Choreographers from the US, Brazil, Greece and Portugal in the running for the £40,000 inaugural Rose international dance prize.Four choreographers are in the running for the inaugural £40,000 Rose...

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Welcoming the Royal Ballet and Opera...

 The Royal Opera House have announced their new 2024/25 season and announced a new organisation name change - the Royal Ballet and Opera - to make it clearer that the venue is home to both...

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The Lowry's New Contemporary Season

 [The Lowry] are thrilled to announce [their] Autumn Contemporary Season!"Featuring dance, comedy, drama and circus think of this as The Lowry's fringe. It's cool, it's fresh and it's different; with a...

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Sir Wayne McGregor

I'm a bit slow off the mark in reporting this - the day job has presented a few challenging weeks in June and July - but it is a pleasure to announce that Resident Choreographer at the Royal Ballet...

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Sky Launches the Sky Arts Awards

Sky launches the Sky Arts Awards to celebrate the best of British and Irish arts and cultureSky is proud to announce the inaugural Sky Arts Awards, taking place on 17th September at The Roundhouse. The...

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Sadler's Wells East

The first performance programme and opening timetable for Sadler's Wells new, fourth, theatre – Sadler’s Wells East have now been announced. Tickets will go on public sale on 25 September 2024.Based in...

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Winter Is Coming

 The Lowry announced their Winter Dance Season this week.I know it's entirely a reflection of the parlous state of dance in Manchester / Salford - and the UK more widely - but at this point it feels...

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LOWRY

(The) LOWRY have launched a significant rebrand and refresh of their website.Everything looks bolder, cleaner punchier and more modern. But they also don't seem to have tampered too much with the...

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The Best Dance of 2024 (The Guardian)

 DanceAstonishingly for The Guardian I saw three of the shows below (Shechter II, Michael Keegan-Dolan/Teaċ Daṁsa and Rendez-Vous Dance) and had tickets for Ockham's Razor'Tess, which I couldn't...

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Review of the Year 2024 (Methods of Dance)

I could honestly only conjure up a Top 10 dance shows of the year for 2024 (based on my own attendance) by including shows I thought were ok or mostly ok.My dance viewing is still only just about 2/3...

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New Year MBE for Company Chameleon's Kevin Edward Turner

Company Chameleon Co-Artistic Director Kevin Edward Turner has been appointed an MBE in the New Year Honours list, for his services to dance and mental health.

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2026 - The Year in Dance

JanuaryHidden | Motionhouse | LOWRY [Lyric Theatre] | 30 JanuaryMotionhouse are terrific but  the Lyric Theatre is a bold move. But not unrealistic with good marketing.

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Repertoire - Sharon Eyal

Not pretending this is about dance in Manchester or the north west (something that is virtually dead in any case, so far as one can tell). This is obsession. AISHA AND ABHAYA (2020) (RAMBERT/ROYAL...

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Olivier Awards 2025 (Dance Nominations)

The nominations for the Olivier Awards 2025 with Mastercard, British theatre’s most prestigious honours, have been announced. The annual awards will take place on Sunday 6 April at the iconic Royal...

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Nominees for National Dance Awards 2024

 The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA25).The qualifying period for performances was between 1st January and...

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From Shechter II with Love

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King's Birthday Honours for the dance world

A number of leading figures from the world of dance have been recognised in the King's Birthday Honours.Alexander Beard, chief executive of the Royal Ballet and Opera, is knighted for services to the...

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Loss of a Chameleon

Company Chameleon have announced that co-founder Anthony Missen is leaving the company and moving to DanceEast in the role of Chief Executive & Creative Director.Since being established in 2007,...

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