A daring double bill from Opera North and Phoenix Dance Theatre pairs Jeanguy Saintus' new choreography for The Rite of Spring with a revival of Christopher Alden's production of Gianni Schicchi.
To Create a World creates a dystopian world that confuses as much as it answers. Miller's movement has a strong individual voice with constant movement and go-for-broke physicality.
As well as keeping the musical, choreographic and theatrical treasures of the Ballets Russes alive, En compagnie de Nijinsky reignites the company’s avant garde-ist vision.
Dawson impresses most where the dynamic between utter stillness and his lyrical movements is greatest, and Bryers has composed a beautiful and meditative series of compositions
What the young dancers lack in finesse they make up in boisterousness. Sidorova's dance vocabulary seems endless. Kuindersma's Mesmer radiates into the theatre.
The long-awaited first creation of the Franco-Albanian choreographer for La Scala Ballet Company inexplicably fails to resonate emotionally with Schubert's masterpiece.
Brazilian company Grupo Corpo celebrated its 44th anniversary this month with a trip to icy Montreal. True to their reputation, they burst onto the stage of Theatre Maisonneuve like a ball of sunshine, warm enough to thaw the blood and get the heart pumping again.
Among the standouts at the San Francisco Ballet gala evening performance were Ana Sophia Scheller in Rubies, Sasha De Sola in Études, Benjamin Freemantle in Agon, and Misa Kuranaga and Angelo Greco in Handel-A Celebration.
In a magical and widely-varied programme, the Zurich Ballet pays homage to the celebrated Czech choreographer Jiří Kylián by performing four of his extraordinary works together for the first time.
Three years after its première, Until the Lions returns to the Roundhouse, still an extraordinary theatrical experience: mesmerising, atmospheric, sensory and strangely sensual
Widely thought a pinnacle of 20th century dance, John Neumeier’s “Die Kameliendame” ballet recently celebrated its 100th performance at the Bayerisches Staatsoper in Munich.
Jurgita Dronina adds a slight Russian touch to Derek Deane's Swan Lake in an evening marked by intense interpretations of the leading roles and gleaming performances from young soloists.
After a long break from creations solely for dance, Sasha Waltz’s Kreatur is a step into a new aesthetic direction presenting the body as a living unit of microcells and anatomical fragments at the Radialsystem
A mixed bag from three titans of twentieth century ballet. of which Les Patineurs stands the test of time, best of all; the perfect winter dream: one that comes in a snooze after mulled wine in front of a roaring log fire.
Ballet companies around the world are in the thick of Nutcracker season right now, and many are grappling with some surprisingly meaty issues at the heart of this light, sugary ballet
This Nutcracker is past its sell-by date although Tchaikovsky's evergreen score, beautifully interpreted, and elegant performances do their best to keep it fresh
In Zurich, ballet director Christian Spuck recently launched the second season of the multi-layered ballet he choreographed to the great P.I. Tchaikovsky score.
Ballet National de España (BNE) celebrates its 40th anniversary with a vibrant gala that brings together old and new landmarks of its repertory. Madrid’s Teatro de la Zarzuela hosts the event.
A mesmerising catalogue of the body’s uses and abuses in our society, Sasha Waltz & Guest presents Körper an old-time favourite at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
The 2018 installment of Sydney Dance Company's annual showcase for new choreographers, New Breed, brings four diverse and experimental works to the stage.
A HAU am Hebel’s production, Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody) is surely a raw and direct, disturbingly grotesque, beautifully poetic and unwittingly explicit journey to an unfortunately unknown destination.
Slolem Aleichem's classic of Yiddish literature is familiar through the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”. Choreographer Richard Wherlock’s adaptation retells the story in vibrant, contemporary dance.
When Nitin Sawhney envisioned a theatrical realisation of his album Dystopian Dream, Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang were commissioned to bring it to life on stage. Joined by singer Eva Stone, the result is a hybrid production of dance and music performances.
Audio and film permeate Marriott's new work for the Royal Ballet, recounting the tale of Ted Feltham, a British Soldier uuring World War 1, and his fiancée, Florence Billington.
Minimal yet expressive, archaic mythology collides with the contemporary world in Kat Válastur’s Stellar Fauna at the HAU Hebel am Ufer highlighting the things upon which our survival depends.
An augmented reality app, film, photos, and a diverse live triple bill feature in Queensland Ballet's latest celebration of emerging and experimental choreographers and artists.
