2023 - The Year in Dance
JanuaryFebruaryMarchPeaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | Rambert | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 14-18 March AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovember December
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JanuaryFebruaryMarchThe Sleeping Beauty | Birmingham Royal Ballet | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 7-9 MarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
View ArticleNational Dance Awards 2023 | Nominations
The 23rd National Dance Awards#NDA23Announcement of NominationsThe Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA23).The...
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New Artistic Director for Phoenix Dance Theatre
Photo: Hugo GlendinningPhoenix Dance Theatre have announced the appointment of Texan dance and choreographer Marcus Jarrell Willis as their new Artistic Director. Delia Barker, Chair of the Board of...
View ArticleEx-dancers describe body-shaming at top ballet schools
Former dancers have said there is a long-running "toxic" culture of body-shaming and bullying at two of the UK's most prestigious ballet schools.The BBC has spoken to more than 50 ex-students of the...
View ArticleGreenwich Dance Announces Closure
It is with great sadness that Greenwich Dance today announces it has entered redundancy consultation with all staff as it prepares to cease operations ahead of its forthcoming closure on 31 December...
View ArticleManchester - 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...
View Article2025 - 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....
View ArticleOlivier 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleNational 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...
View ArticleShortlist 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...
View ArticleWelcoming 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleSky 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...
View ArticleWinter 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...
View ArticleLOWRY
(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...
View ArticleThe 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.
View Article2026 - 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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