BalletBoyz announce major UK tour (but skip Manchester again)
When BalletBoyz announce a 19-venue UK tour for 2022 and book Storyhouse in Chester and the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield but yet again miss Manchester/Salford one has to start asking...
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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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2021 - The Year in Dance: the Review (after a fashion)
In recent ‘normal’ years I have identified my top ten dance performances of the year but this swiftly unravelled in 2020 when everything closed in March – I was six shows into the year – five of which...
View ArticleDane Hurst Steps Away From Phoenix Dance Theatre After Less Than a Year
"Phoenix Dance Theatre today announced that Artistic Director, Dane Hurst, will step away from his role at the end of November 2021 after a period of extraordinary artistic leadership."Read the full...
View ArticleManchester is Repulsive (and Salford)
OK, so I'm being deliberately provocative.I have been expecting the dance sector to be slow to fully recover from Covid - which, as I write is showing itself to be far from over and still full of...
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Tamara Rojo to leave English National Ballet
English National Ballet artistic director - and still one of their leading dancers - Tamara Rojo CBE has announced this week that she is to leave the company at the end of 2022 to take up the artistic...
View Article2023 - The Year in Dance
JanuaryFebruaryMarchPeaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby | Rambert | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 14-18 March AprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovember December
View ArticleThis Is Not A Love Show
This Is Not A Love Show, a series of dance performances by world-renowned choreographer Sharon Eyal and co-creator Gai Behar that brings highlights from their repertoire to Berlin, plunging the...
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Northern Ballet announce new Artistic Director
Northern Ballet has announced Federico Bonelli as the Company’s new Artistic Director.Federico is currently a Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet where he has enjoyed a career at the highest level,...
View ArticleDance Passion 2022
Dance Passion is back and it’s 'bigger and better than ever'. For 2022 BBC Arts and One Dance UK have pulled together talent from across all four nations to create five hour-long programmes, introduced...
View ArticleTime to Submerge
Submerge is a citywide festival of innovative performance, music and creative technology presented over two weekends in March.Submerge is a Manchester-based producing organisation, and international...
View ArticleOlivier Awards Nominations 2022 (Dance categories)
Outstanding Achievement in DanceAcosta Danza for De Punta A Cabo in 100% Cuban | Sadler’s WellsDancers for NDT2 Tour | Sadler’s WellsArielle Smith for her choreography of Jolly Folly in Reunion by...
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The Empty Auditorium 16 - 27 March 2022
16 March to 27 March 2022INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS IN ICONIC VENUES DURING LOCKDOWNOn 16 March 2020, The Lowry – alongside most theatres in the UK – closed its doors in the first Covid-19 lock-down....
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Sharon Eyal maintains her Bold Tendencies
Sharon Eyal is continuing her ongoing relationship with Peckham Rye art space Bold Tendencies and bring her company L-E-V back to their incredible former-multi-story car park home for another summer...
View ArticleWhinge whinge whinge...
The HOME website has always proved somewhat frustrating because you 1) Can't access a simple list of what's on in date order: you need to keep reloading the page and scrolling through (unless I'm doing...
View ArticleNational Dance Awards 2022
NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS 2022 #NDA22Full list of nominees: winners in bold. DANCING TIMES AWARD FOR BEST MALE DANCERJeffrey Cirio (English National Ballet)Francesco Gabriele Frola (English National...
View ArticleEssay questions
1. The aftermath of Brexit and the pandemic has left British dance - with a few notable exceptions - looking diminished and somewhat provincial. Discuss with examples.2. More than a decade of funding...
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English National Ballet announces Aaron Watkin as new artistic director
English National Ballet announces Aaron Watkin as new artistic director The 52-year-old Canadian will succeed Tamara Rojo in August 2023 and arrives after 16 years as artistic director of Semperoper...
View ArticleSOLD OUT
The Palace Theatre has SOLD OUT English National Ballet's Swan Lake - 5-8 October.I'm not completely sure of the significance of this but I can't remember the last time I saw dance at The Lowry in any...
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FACTORY INTERNATIONAL is coming
INVENT TOMORROW TOGETHERAt Factory International, we have a year-round programme of events for you. It could be theatre, dance, music, exhibition, performance or a combination. A twist on the familiar,...
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