Stratford Circus, London This aerial-dance collaboration by Darshan Bhuller and Lindsey Butcher about soldiers then and now has too few high points Dance has already made its mark on the first world war centenary, with English National Ballet's powerful new programme, Lest We Forget . Now comes this new collaboration between choreographer Darshan Singh Bhuller and aerial dance-maker Lindsey Butcher...
The Washington Ballet's Annual Gala - The Jazz Ball - May 16, 2014 Ballet News Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights About the Editor of Ballet News Advertisers Testimonials Contact Me Subscribe: Posts Comments Email Ballet News Straight from the stage – bringing you ballet insights Ballet News delivered to you Ballet News Breaking Ballet News Ballet Business Backstage Ballet News...
Next Wave festival, Arts House, Melbourne A dancer and a bodybuilder run in circles around a stage in a show about the pleasure and pain of physical exertion Dancer Natalie Abbott and bodybuilder Donny Henderson-Smith run in a large circle in opposite directions on the stark white stage. Their feet hit the ground in unison, a soft thud, thud, thud as they move through the space. Henderson-Smith's...
Rambert's Rooster struts back on stage, the Libertines cash in at Hyde Park, and get in line a year early for Daniel Barenboim Rambert Continue reading... ...
We sent architecture, film and comedy critics to review the hip-hop festival at Sadler's Wells . Ryan Gilbey found traces of Jacques Tati among the powerhouse performances Read architecture critic Oliver Wainwright's review here Thirty years ago, I was one of the first in line to see Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo . I shouldn't brag. The years have not been kind to that picture but it still has something...
Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy, practitioners of the classical Indian dance form Odissi, performed the program “Songs of Love and Longing” at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. ...
Breakin' Convention is back and this year we've sent architecture, film and comedy critics to see what they make of it all Whipping their elbows, popping their groins and stomping their Caterpillar boots with such force that the house lights appear to shudder, the members of Street Kingdom explode on to the stage at Sadler's Wells in a jolting frenzy of testosterone. Kings of krump , the aggressive...
Theatre Royal, Plymouth; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, London Matthew Bourne brings little savages indoors as Mayuri Boonham invokes Hindu deities Lord of the Flies was originally set on a desert island, but Matthew Bourne sets his version of William Golding's dystopian novel in an abandoned theatre, giving the work's title new resonance (in this production, Piggy, affectingly danced by Sam...
Here’s some more great plysie shots… this one is from NZ where physie girl Fiona learns her routines by correspondence from her teacher in Sydney. (Love the kiwi in the background doing a trunk forward bend). Click on any pic to launch gallery…...
HOUSTON BALLET SHOWCASES THREE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY’S GREATEST CHOREOGRAPHERS IN MODERN MASTERS Ballet News Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights About the Editor of Ballet News Advertisers Testimonials Contact Me Subscribe: Posts Comments Email Ballet News Straight from the stage – bringing you ballet insights Ballet News delivered to you Ballet News Breaking Ballet News Ballet...
The Limón Dance Company brings two of its signature works and two new pieces to the Joyce Theater. ...
Since its founding in 1961 by Ellen Stewart, La MaMa has been a home to, and champion of, brash and venturesome artists. ...
Bounce Ballroom in Brooklyn, part of the Red Bull Music Academy festival, blurred the lines between professional and amateur, while recalling an illicit rave. ...
New York City Ballet’s 21st-century choreographers festival continued on Thursday with works by Liam Scarlett, Benjamin Millepied, Mauro Bigonzetti and Richard Tanner. ...
We posted last week that Westcoast physie had a surprise visit from a Sydney teacher and, soon after, received this update from teacher Chloe… “Westcoast Physie is off to a great start. My junior numbers are slowing growing and I even have a ladies class and a senior class. Awesome! I enjoy watching all my […]...
Danse: A French-American Festival of Performance and Ideas features talks, publications and dance around New York. ...
Roy Kaiser rose through the ranks from the corps de ballet to principal to artistic director. ...
New York City Ballet’s 21st-century festival presented works by Justin Peck, Angelin Preljocaj, Christopher Wheeldon and the artist J R on Wednesday night. ...
In New York we are lucky to see quite a bit of Indian classical dance. The local crowd has developed a taste for it, and thus has been spoiled with some memorable performances......
Breakin' Convention Northern Ballet: Mixed Bill Now in its 11th year, the Wells' annual festival of hip-hop dance-theatre has become one of the key fixtures of the calendar, one that embraces both local and international talent. Programmed by choreographer and performer Jonzi D, this year's lineup includes the ILL-Abilities crew, an international B-boy ensemble that integrates able-bodied and differently...