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Review: EMPOWER IN MOTION: A BALLET INCLUSIVE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 08, 2024

The entire evening was a poignant reminder of the power of dance. How it feels to do, and to watch, with all the work exuding expression, joy and freedom, which shouldn't be underestimated ...

Review: The National Ballet of Canada's EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS' ATLAS at the National Arts Centre
by Courtney Castelino - February 02, 2024

What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?...

Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - February 02, 2024

Filled with a couple of operas’ worth of tragedy, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles is not the likeliest source of inspiration for a dramatic circus show but Ockham's Razor are here to prove us wrong. ...

Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - January 30, 2024

What did our critic think of MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the world premiere of 'Mere Mortals' at San Francisco Ballet, a wildly ambitious collaboration between much in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Sam Shepherd....

Review: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum
by Miranda Stuck - January 23, 2024

What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum?...

Review: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at The Joyce Theater Through 2/21
by Marina Kennedy - January 18, 2024

Strong, somber notes from a piano fill the The Joyce Theater as the curtain rises on the annual home season of Brooklyn-based fusion dance company, EVIDENCE. Four spotlights light up each corner of the stage, illuminating the evening’s most heavily featured dancers, Demetrius Burns, Joyce Edwards, G...

Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum
by Vikki Jane Vile - January 13, 2024

Fresh from no fewer than 40 performances of Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker (a production which now seems to thankfully be going into retirement) English National Ballet, are back less than a week later to round off their Coliseum season, this time it’s Mary Skeaping’s Giselle which they last performed s...

Review: Alvin Ailey Wants You to Feel Something Again
by Lora Strum - December 26, 2023

What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY WANTS YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING AGAIN at New York City Center?...

Review: MOMIX At The Joyce Theater Is A Spectacular Must-See Dance Event
by Marina Kennedy - December 22, 2023

New Yorkers and guests of the city are fortunate to have the opportunity to see MOMIX at The Joyce Theater through January 7th. ...

Review: NUTCRACKER at San Francisco Ballet Casts an Enchanting Spell for the Holidays
by Jim Munson - December 18, 2023

What did our critic think of NUTCRACKER at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's magical production of the Tchaikovsky perennial running through December 30th at the War Memorial Opera House...

Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - December 14, 2023

No Sugarplum Fairy at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas…they've got Edward Scissorhands instead! Specifically Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures production running until 20 January. ...

Album Review: CHRISTMAS Is A Time To CHER!
by Bobby Patrick - December 08, 2023

Taking on the 1967 Stevie Wonder hit WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME, who else could our queen sing with but the R&B king himself...

Review: THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM WORKS & PROCESS PRESENTS 'DANCE IS LIFE'
by Miranda Stuck - December 06, 2023

What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM WORKS & PROCESS PRESENTS ‘DANCE IS LIFE’ at Https://www.guggenheim.org/initiatives/works-process?...

Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Opera House
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 07, 2023

The world can often seem so grey at the moment, so any opportunity to step into the light is most welcome. There can be few festive shows that ignite such a sense of wonder and delight as the Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker. If the festive season is all about tradition, then Peter Wright’s 1984 produc...

Review: DORRANCE DANCE: NUTCRACKER SUITE at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - December 04, 2023

The New York City based tap ensemble Dorrance Dance roared into Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre this past weekend with their take on Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn. For those of you not familiar with this recording, do yourself a favor and look it up. You have n...

Review: LUNAR HALO, CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - December 01, 2023

I’ve never seen a lunar halo – a sparkling ring around the moon – so the fact that Cheng Tsung-lung’s work of the same name uses it as a premise is indeed intriguing. Cheng as both choreographer and Artistic Director, presents Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (of Taiwan) at Sadler’s Wells....

Review: YOUNG ASSOCIATES MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - November 24, 2023

Sadler’s Wells is a busy old place, with numerous performance spaces, departments and associated initiatives. One being the very worthwhile Young Associates programme which helps “talented dance artists aged 18-24 giving them a crucial first step into their careers as choreographers”....

Review: RAMBERT / BEN DUKE - DEATH TRAP, Sadler's Wells
by Alice Cope - November 24, 2023

Two very different performances, Cerberus and Goat, from Rambert, deliver a meta dance comedy exploring life, death and performance....

Review: RHIANNON FAITH COMPANY: LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS, Barbican
by Matthew Paluch - November 23, 2023

Rhiannon Faith Company premieres Lay Down Your Burdens at the Barbican Centre, another “socially conscious” work to add to their ever-growing portfolio...

Review: THE DANTE PROJECT, Royal Opera House
by Louise Penn - November 20, 2023

With a potent and varied score from Thomas Adès, vibrant choreography from Wayne McGregor, and intruguing design from Tacita Dean, The Dante Project captures the attention despite the assumption audiences know who's who in this revered Italian narrative poem. The Dante Project is fierce yet tender,...

Review: 'The Jungle Book Reimagined' Takes a Dark Look at Humankind
by Lora Strum - November 17, 2023

The beloved children’s classic gets a beautifully bleak update that compels audiences to confront our climate disaster and our predatory nature....

Review: LOVETRAIN2020, EMANUEL GAT, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - November 18, 2023

LOVETRAIN2020 by Emanuel Gat started promisingly: atmospheric lighting, shafts of layered space and glimpses of new romantic courtiers bedecked in asymmetrical, louche garbs....

Review: PIONEERS, BALLET BLACK, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - November 17, 2023

Ballet Black return to the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre with their double bill Pioneers. Then Or Now takes the poetry of American Feminist, Adrienne Rich and uses it as a foundation to discuss the current period of political and social change....

Review: RE:BIRTH, VAN HUYNH COMPANY, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - November 15, 2023

It seems unfathomable that a dance company has been based in London for 15 years and I've never seen their work before. However, such is the case with the Van Huynh Company who presented Re:birth (2022) at The Place on November 14. ...

Review: MALAVIKA SARUKKAI: ANUBANDH – CONNECTEDNESS at The Kennedy Center
by Rachael F. Goldberg - November 11, 2023

'Malavika Sarukkai: Anubandh – Connectedness' explores a narrative with a universalized touch – one that helped build the connections central to the piece itself. The added elements of poetry, music, and chanting create an ethereal and somehow familiar feeling to the overall performance....