Review: MAUD LE PLADEC-TWENTY-SEVEN PERSPECTIVES, Sadler's Wells
I wonder why London has had to wait five whole years to see this extremely worthwhile piece?
UK / West End Dance News Coverage — Page 7
The latest news on performances of Dance in UK / West End.
London City Ballet Returns Under The Artistic Direction Of Christopher Marney
After a hiatus of almost 30 years, the London City Ballet will return to the stage again under the direction of Christopher Marney, former dancer, and director of the Joffrey Ballet Studio Company of Chicago.
Royal Academy Of Dance Reveals Winners Of The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023
The Royal Academy of Dance has announced the medallists of the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2023 final at His Majesty's Theatre in London.
Review: THE LIMIT, Royal Opera House
A play about the limits of language ought to easily translate into a ballet.
Greenwich Dance Announces Closure Due To Funding Issues
Greenwich Dance has announced it will close at the end of the year, due to a withdrawal of funding from the Royal Borough of Greenwich and an unsuccessful National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) application to Arts Council England in 2022.
Review: ANEMOI/THE CELLIST, Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet presents revivals of two contrasting yet sublime one act ballets.
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for the Royal Opera House Live's THE NUTCRACKER
Watch the trailer for the Royal Opera House's The Nutcracker in cinemas from Tuesday 12 December 2023 at 7.
Review: BLACK SABBATH - THE BALLET, Sadler's Wells
A stunning celebration of the music of Birmingham legends Black Sabbath performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Review: POCKETART COLLECTIVE/LOUISE ORWIN DOUBLE BILL, The Place
Autumn at The Place continues with a double bill featuring the Prague-based Pocketart Collective with The Lion’s Den and Louise Orwin's Famehungry.
Academy Breakin' Convention Reveals Head Of School and Callout For Applications
Applications open today for Academy Breakin' Convention, the new hip hop theatre school that's one of the major initiatives at Sadler's Wells' fourth London venue, Sadler's Wells East, due to open next year as part of the East Bank development in Stratford's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Review: MOS, IOANNA PARASKEVOPOULOU, Barbican Centre
Foley artists don’t often get moments to shine - step forward Athens based dancer and choreographer Ioanna Paraskevopoulou with her work MOS presented by Dance Umbrella.
Review: SONG OF SONGS, PAM TANOWITZ, Barbican Theatre
Song of Songs premiered in 2022 and now has its London opening at the Barbican Centre.
Review: SEA OF TROUBLES, Screening, Royal Opera House
Kenneth MacMillan was renowned for being a major film buff, so we can assume he’d revel in his 1988 work Sea of Troubles being transferred to the big screen
Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, Peacock Theatre
If using the relaxing music of dinner party favourite Sting as the basis for a wild and inventive hip hop dance show isn’t an act of iconoclastic bravado, then what is?
Review: CHANGE TEMPO, DANCE UMBRELLA, The Place
Dance Umbrella present their international double-bill Change Tempo with SU PinWen and Alexandre Fandard.
Review: MÁM, MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN, Sadler's Wells
A mega night at the theatre.
The Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet and San Francisco Ballet Celebrate #WorldBalletDay With 60 Companies Around the World
On Wednesday 1 November, The Royal Ballet, The Australian Ballet and San Francisco Ballet celebrate a decade of #WorldBalletDay.
Review: CAN THIS PLACE BE A TEMPLE? AKSHAY SHARMA, The Place
Everyone loves a thinker, and Akshay Sharma definitely seems to be one.
Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Opera House
Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov sizzle in a crowdpleasing revival of the Royal Ballet's 2013 production
Guest Blog: 'Dance is a Very Queer Space': Dancer Zinzi Minott on her New Solo Show BLACK ON BLACK at Sadler's Wells
Black on Black is my solo dance performance that explores queerness, Blackness and the body as an archive.
Review: THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, The Coronet Theatre
Stephanie Mohr’s new production of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist novella The Yellow Wallpaper is described as a “genre-defying production blending theatre, dance, live video and sound” - no pressure then!
Royal Academy Of Dance Acquires Dancing Times Photographic Archive
Leading dance and teaching organisation Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has acquired Dancing Times' photographic archive.
Sao Paulo Dance Company Will Make its UK and Ireland Premiere and Embark on Spring 2024 Tour
Next spring sees São Paulo Dance Company's UK and Irish debut with a rich and varied programme of work from three choreographers rooted in Latin American or Spanish culture.
Participants Revealed for Making Moves Choreographic Project
Sadler’s Wells’ Making Moves, a choreographic project for schools and youth groups to engage young people across England in dance, announces its first participants.
New English Ballet Theatre Presents THE GENESIS DANCE PROJECT Tour In Essex and London
NEW ENGLISH BALLET THEATRE presents THE GENESIS DANCE PROJECT, featuring music by prog-rock legends GENESIS and new works by contemporary choreographers.
Review: RHYTHM OF HUMAN, Coronet Theatre
Ambiguous present the UK premiere of Rhythm of Human, choreographed by Kim at The Coronet Theatre.
Former Students Allege 'Toxic' Culture at Top Ballet Schools
Two of the UK's most prestigious ballet schools have been accused of 'toxic' culture of body-shaming and bullying, according to the BBC.
Cast and Further Dates Set For UK Tour of EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
The full cast and additional tour dates for EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, devised, directed and choreographed by Matthew Bourne.
Review: THE REVENGE OF POPPERFACE, The Place
The Revenge of Popperface by Gareth Chambers invites the audience to muse over 'an experimental exploration of masculinity' through the occult and opera no less.
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: CONTEMPORARY VOICES, Sadler's Wells
As the most widely seen modern dance work in the world, Alvin Ailey's Revelations has become part of the DNA of contemporary and popular dance, and it is a privilege to finally experience it on a live stage, alongside its more modern yet complementary 21st century cousins from Kyle Abraham and Rob
Tickets from £18 for OUR VOICES from English National Ballet
English National Ballet presents three works celebrating classical, contemporary and neo-classical dance-tickets from just £18
UK Premiere of MALEVO Comes to Sadler's Wells in October
In a blistering and exhilarating take on the traditional Argentine Malambo, Malevo brings its blazing raw talent to the UK for the very first time.
Royal Academy of Dance and Rambert Grades Expand Collaboration Globally
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and Rambert Grades have announced the expansion of their collaboration globally.
The Royal Ballet Reveals Initial Details of Choreographers and New Works in The Festival of New Choreography
The Festival of New Choreography is a series of performances, events and activities taking place on the Main Stage, in the Linbury Theatre, Paul Hamlyn Hall and Clore Studio, that aim to embrace and champion new, diverse voices in choreography.
Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO & JULIET, Sadler's Wells
In Matthew Bourne’s dystopian take on the classic love story, there are leaps aplenty - and not just in the physical sense.
Review: THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET: 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Royal Opera House
All good things come to an end, and to signify the culmination of their week-long residency at the Royal Opera House, The Australian Ballet offered a suitably wonderful Celebration Gala acknowledging their 60th anniversary.
Review: JEWELS, Royal Opera House
London welcomes The Australian Ballet to the Royal Opera House after 35 years, to celebrate their 60th anniversary, with six performances in total.
The Royal Ballet Opens the 2023/24 Season With Carlos Acosta's DON QUIXOTE
The Royal Ballet opens the 2023/24 Season with a revival of Carlos Acosta’s celebrated production of Don Quixote.
Review: CARLOS AT 50, Royal Opera House
How do mere mortals celebrate their 50th birthday? By having a midlife crisis? Not dance royalty Carlos Acosta, who seems to literally turn back time by making a return to the stage as a dancer - having retired from performing in 2016 - in Carlos at 50 at the Royal Opera House (with five, basically
Carlos Acosta Launches The Acosta Dance Centre in London
Legendary dancer Carlos Acosta and the Acosta Dance Foundation (ADF) have announced the launch of the Acosta Dance Centre, a new vibrant hub that will offer transformative dance classes, courses, performances, residencies and programmes for the local community of Greenwich and beyond.