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Planning Permission Granted for Factory
From Manchester International Festival -We have great news to share today – Manchester City Council has granted planning permission for Factory, an exceptional new arts and culture centre for...
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2017 - The Year in Dance
January O - Project O - Royal Exchange Studio - 21 January FebruaryBlak Whyte Gray – A Hip Hop Dance Triple Bill - HOME - 9-11 FebruarySwan Lake - Moscow City Ballet - Palace Theatre - 9-11 FebruaryAn...
View ArticleCuring Albrecht - an original dance film from English National Ballet
Curing Albrechtshows a young man who checks into a bespoke institution, hoping to be cured of his inability to stop dancing.An original dance film inspired by the iconic ballet Giselle, directed and...
View ArticleWINNERS OF THE 17TH NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the winners of the 17th National Dance Awards, which are as follows:Veteran ballet dancer Beryl Grey won the De Valois award for...
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Things To Watch Out For in 2017
A rolling list of dance events that I am hoping will come to a Manchester area theatre when dates are announced or I am expecting to be coming but haven't yet - with an especial focus on things that...
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Welcoming choreographer Ben Wright back to the UK [from: South East Dance]
Welcoming choreographer Ben Wright back to the UKAfter three years as the Associate Artistic Director of Skanes Dansteater in Malmo Sweden, former South East Dance Associate Ben Wright is returning to...
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Grand Finale - new from Hofesh Shechter
Grand FinaleChoreography & Music by Hofesh ShechterPerformed by Hofesh Shechter CompanySet & Costumes designed by Tom ScuttLighting designed by Tom VisserMusic Collaborators: Nell Catchpole and...
View Article2018 - The Year in Dance
It feels early to be creating the 2018 page, but the first date has been announced:JanuaryFebruaryMarchMatthew Bourne's Cinderella | The Lowry [Lyric Theatre] | 13-17...
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Behind the scenes at the ballet [BBC]
Behind the scenes at the balletPhotographer Justin Slee goes backstage with the Leeds-based Northern Ballet company as the dancers prepare for their new production based on the life of Giacomo...
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Service Interruption
Dear Methods of Dance readers,Apologies if the content of the site - and especially the review content - drops off markedly in March. I am now appearing in The Suppliant Women at the Royal Exchange...
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Olivier Awards 2017
Dance related nominations...Best new dance productionBetroffenheit by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler’s WellsBlak Whyte Gray by Boy Blue Entertainment at Barbican theatreGiselle by Akram Khan...
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Trisha Brown 1936-2017
Trisha Brown (November 25, 1936 – March 18, 2017) was an American choreographer and dancer.Brown was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, the informal group that pioneered postmodern dance in...
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Kenneth MacMillan: a National Celebration
Six British dance companies come together on the Royal Opera House stages to celebrate MacMillan’s extraordinary legacy.Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Northern Ballet, The Royal...
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Olivier Awards 2017 - the dance winners
Best New Dance ProductionBetroffenheit by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young at Sadler’s WellsOutstanding Achievement in DanceEnglish National Ballet for expanding the variety of their repertoire with...
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Siobhan Davies Dance: material / rearranged / to / be - the Whitworth
Siobhan Davies Dance: material / rearranged / to / beExploring our bodies' capacity to communicate, the work includes performance, film projection, and sculptural objects that are presented as an...
View ArticleTurn 2017 A whirlwind night of new northern dance.
Presented by Word of Warning + ContactFriday 28 April 2017, 7.30pmAll the energy of this annual whirlwind of new northern dance condensed.Twelve works, twelve articulations of human expression.One...
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Studio Wayne McGregor: Now Open
Studio Wayne McGregor has opened a creative arts space for making. It is the new home for multi-award winning choreographer Wayne McGregor CBE and his company of dancers, Company Wayne McGregor, and...
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A New Venue for Sadler's Wells - Olympicopolis
Not a new story but something I have recently been reminded of...In the coming years, a world class education and cultural district on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is being created that will bring...
View ArticleTHIS BRIGHT FIELD | THEO CLINKARD
The strikingly impressive trailer for THIS BRIGHT FIELD, THEO CLINKARD's new full-length work - his most ambitious show to date. WORLD PREMIEREBRIGHTON FESTIVALMAY 25TH, 2017BRIGHTON DOME CONCERT HALL...
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