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Hofesh Schechter news for 2020
I have seen Hofesh Shechter Company more times than any other contemporary company since I first started watching dance so I am saddened to read of the departure of three of their longstanding dancers:...
View ArticleWeek 53 will return
Fri 23 April - Sun 3 May 2020The festival returns. WEEK 53– the Lowry’s biennial festival for the compulsively curious – is back. The Lowry will be announcing the full line-up over the coming months....
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2019 - Review of the Year
The best of 2019 -Distant Matter / Half Life | Staatsballett Berlin | Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin | JuneSharon Eyal & Gai Behar's Half Life Distant Matter by Chunky Move's Artistic Director Anouk...
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2019 | Review of the Year | the Top 10
1 | Distant Matter / Half Life | Staatsballett Berlin | Komische Oper Berlin, Berlin | June2 | R A K M D L G D | L-E-V | Bold Tendencies, Peckham Rye, London | August [part of: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar...
View ArticleWhats on Stage Awards 2020
About the WhatsOnStage AwardsEach year thousands of theatregoers up and down the country nominate their favourite performers and shows in a number of categories. Nominations open on Tuesday 29 October...
View ArticleDance in Manchester (and maybe everywhere else)
Manchester will never develop a stronger dance audience or community without a dedicated dance venue or centre and a robust regional dance development agency and a strong commitment, supported by...
View Article'Dance is not a museum': how ballet is reimagining problematic classics [The...
An interesting article in The Guardian on race, culture and context in classical ballet.'Dance is not a museum': how ballet is reimagining problematic classics [the Guardian]Historical ballets are rife...
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FEARGHUS Ó CONCHÚIR TO PASS THE BATON ON AT NDCWALES - Artistic Director will...
Fearghus Ó Conchúir and National Dance Company Wales have announced that he will be moving on from his role as Artistic Director at the end of the Spring 2020 tour, after more than two years with the...
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Choreographer Liam Scarlett suspended over sexual misconduct allegations
The Royal Ballet’s top choreographer has been suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct involving his students.Liam Scarlett, 33, has been banned from the ballet company while an inquiry is...
View Article2020 - The Year in Dance - The Rolling Review
JanuaryAisha and Abhaya | Rambert | Linbury Studio Theatre, ROH, London | 24 January *****I was never going to be able resist booking a new work in London choreographed by Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar...
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Siobhan Davies stepping down as Artistic Director of Siobhan Davies Dance
Siobhan Davies Studios is looking for an experienced Artistic Director/s to lead the organisation, bringing the wealth of independent dance practice to the widest and most diverse community of...
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Sharon Watson in move from Phoenix to NSCD
Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD) is delighted to announce Sharon Watson as its new Chief Executive and Principal.Watson, who is currently the longest standing Artistic Director of...
View ArticleCategories of Dance
Categories of DanceThis is a highly personal categorisation system for (and from) someone that has been watching dance for more than a decade, has a reasonable idea of what's 'good', what they like,...
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Wayne McGregor brings Margaret Atwood's work to the stage
A brand new ballet based on a trilogy of Margaret Atwood's novels will come to London.Acclaimed choreographer Wayne McGregor will be staging the show in a collaboration with the Royal Ballet and the...
View ArticleNational Dance Awards 2020 - The Winners
The London National Dance Awards, run by the dance branch of the Critics’ Circle, celebrate their 20th anniversary this year.The awards were held on February 19 in London.The winners in fullBest male...
View Article2021 - The Year in Dance
JanuaryFebruaryMarch Cinderella | Birmingham Royal Ballet | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 3-6 MarchDavid Bintley's Cinderella is a marvellous production but it feels depressing that a year in advance,...
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Richard Alston: Dark times ahead for dance – the survivors may be the tough...
As he retires his company the 'father' of British contemporary dance gives a brief history of the past and future: and it's as bleak as one fears. "When I first started out in 1967, the dance scene in...
View ArticleOlivier Awards 2020
The nominations for this year's Olivier Awards have been announced, with musical theatre productions leading the charge (obviously).The nominations for dance are below:BEST NEW DANCE PRODUCTIONLa...
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COVID19
How quickly the world changed.Now - as we face the global pandemic that always seemed more like science fiction until it actually happened - the world has completely changed and it's hard to see how...
View ArticleChoreographer Liam Scarlett to leave Royal Ballet [BBC]
Liam Scarlett, one of the UK's leading choreographers, will no longer be working with London's Royal Ballet, the company has announced.The move follows a disciplinary investigation over alleged...
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