Dance Me - 2023 - West End Articles Page 2

“A lot of dance is Disneyfied. But art has to be challenging.' These are the wise, and provocative words of choreographer Pam Tanowitz. Tanowitz returns to the Barbican with her latest work Pastoral. Premiered in June 2025, the piece uses Beethoven's 6th Symphony as inspiration, specifically ideas of the natural world and changing rhythms.

In an unusual opening to DanceCleveland’s 70th Anniversary Season, the organization took to the outdoors at Akron’s Cascade Valley Metro Park over the past two weekends for the world premiere of dancer-choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson’s site-specific dance-theater piece, Black by Nature. 

WhyHunger announced its annual Amplified Hungerthon benefit concert featuring Lucy Dacus, Infinity Song, and special guest Julio Torres at Webster Hall in New York City, with 100% of proceeds supporting the nonprofit's food justice work.

HE.SHE.THEY Records marks five years with their first compilation album featuring Floyd Lavine's 'Bold' and tracks from Maya Jane Coles, SYREETA, Nikki Nair, and other underground artists.

Choreographer Melanie Lane will assume the role of Artistic Director and Co-CEO at Lucy Guerin Inc., succeeding founder Lucy Guerin after 25 years leading the Australian dance company.

54 Below will present performers from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and entertainment, including artists in October, including Jenn Colella, Ali Ewoldt, Christine Ebersole and more.

Theatrical costume designer and artist Beaver Bauer presents a fifty-year retrospective at the San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, displaying five decades of artistic work. The free exhibition runs in the Jewett Gallery and Koret Lobby.

Here’s my interview with Katherine Chou on directing a rare revival of The Dance and the Railroad, an early play by David Henry Hwang, why its message will still ring true to modern audiences, and how she handles representing the intersection of art and labor in its storyline.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will present nightly performances throughout October, featuring The Hot Sardines, Ron Carter, and birthday celebrations for Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk.

Roger Waters will present an all-new live production featuring a 10-piece band led by his son Harry Waters, performing selections from Pink Floyd's 1971-1979 catalog.

the cell in Chelsea will present 22 new projects from over 27 resident playwrights, composers, designers, and interdisciplinary artists developing new work through readings, workshops, and staged productions.

SWEDISH HOUSE MAFIA and Lykke Li released an official music video for their single "Happiness Is So Sad," shot on approximately 25 phones at a house party in Guadalajara, Mexico. Directed by Theo Lindquist and Jorge G. Camarena, the video captures multiple perspectives of the same night through different characters.

Costume designer Susan Hilferty – who amassed a mantel-full of awards, including the Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, for the musical “Wicked,” being presented by Broadway In Boston at the Citizens Opera House through November 15 – got an early start on a career that so far includes 27 Broadway shows, including the Tony Award-nominated revivals of “Parade” (2023), “Funny Girl” (2022), and “Present Laughter” (2017) as well as 2005’s “Into the Woods” and 2006’s “Spring Awakening.”

What did our critic think of FOOTLOOSE at The Garden Theatre On Plant?

Janis Siegel, 10x Grammy-winning founder of THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER, released her new album THE ART OF VOCALESE on Origin Records, featuring jazz musicians including pianist John Di Martino, bassist Lonnie Plaxico, and vocalists Lea DeLaria and Raul Midón.

What did our critic think of SOME LIKE IT HOT at Olney Theatre Center? Traditionally, I would start with some kind of introduction that would quickly preview Olney Theatre Center’s regional premiere of SOME LIKE IT HOT. I’d like to do something different and start by pulling focus to the fact that this is the long-standing theatre’s first production in the “radically renovated” Bernard Family Theatre.

Country singer-songwriter Jordan Davis released the new single 'What Do I Do If You Don't,' written with Jacob Davis and Greylan James. The track arrives as Davis continues work on his next full-length studio project.

Michelle Branch and Maren Morris released a duet version of Goodbye To You with an official music video featuring Kristin Cavallari recreating iconic Laguna Beach moments.

Australian-Filipino artist VITA released her debut album OPIA via Interscope Records, a 12-track record exploring vulnerability, self-discovery and identity through electronic textures, pop, R&B and avant-garde production.

Berlin-based multi-instrumentalist Uche Yara released her debut album BODYSCANNER via goldendays FM. The record explores embodiment and connection through post-club sonics and visceral performance.

DELERIUM teams with avant-garde vocalist Diamanda Galás on the downtempo electronic single INTO THE LIGHT, the first track from the Canadian duo's 16th album EXAUDIRE, due via Metropolis Records.

The Performance Project@University Settlement will present original theater, dance, and performance art created by six fellows at Speyer Hall on the Lower East Side.

Electronic artist Leena Punks has remixed the 2006 Electro House classic YEAH YEAH by Bodyrox ft. Luciana, infusing it with punk attitude and UK rave energy.

Composer Alyssa Weinberg's world premiere recording of PIECES OF LIGHT, a suite for solo and layered cello performed by Gabriel Cabezas, releases on MASS MoCA Records. The work draws inspiration from visual artist James Turrell's light installations.

Samuel Slater's Restaurant will present a lineup of tribute bands honoring classic rock acts including Styx, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, and Journey, along with an Elvis Presley tribute show.