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Dance

  • Tuesday, 1 October, 2024
    Review
    Royal Ballet opens season with richly fruited Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    A clutch of terrific debuts breathes new life into Christopher Wheeldon’s production

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Review
    Nigerian troupe QDance blend street dance and ritual at London’s Southbank Centre — review

    Also reviewed: hip-hop company ZooNation revive their first-rate Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

    A group of colourfully dressed dancers perform on stage, led by a smiling young man
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Interview
    Choreographer Akram Khan is ‘exploring my own language’ through Indian classical dance

    With his new Indian-inspired ‘Gigenis’ and a ‘Giselle’ revival, the dancer draws on his heritage and the western ballet tradition

    A man in classical Indian attire strikes a combative dance pose in the centre of a dark stage. Behind him is a bare-chested man, in front another male dancer and to the left a female dance in green
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Review
    Scottish Dance Theatre takes flight in gleeful take on bird migration

    The group’s programme at London’s The Place features two contemporary pieces — ‘The Flock’ and ‘Moving Cloud’

    A group of dancers hold themselves horizontally, supported by one hand on the floor, extending their legs and reaching out with their free arms
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Review
    Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker debuts Four Seasons dance after allegations of ‘dictatorial leadership’

    ‘Il Cimento dell’Armonia e dell’Inventione’, created with Radouan Mriziga, comes in the wake of a newspaper investigation

    A man in basketball shorts and a gauzy hoodie leaps with knees bent and arms outspread
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Review
    London City Ballet rises again with Resurgence

    Programme from the reborn company at Sadler’s Wells, London, was a flavoursome blend of old and new

    A male dancer carries a female dancer; her legs are extended upwards and she leans back in his arms
  • Wednesday, 28 August, 2024
    HTSI
    Guillaume Diop is dancing with joy 

    The first Black étoile at the Paris Opera Ballet talks racism, regimens and recognition

    Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello silk satin high-neck blouse, £1,460, silk crepe trousers, £1,640, and patent-leather Derby shoes, £820. Calzedonia cashmere-mix tights, £19.99
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    Interview
    Choreographer Crystal Pite: ‘I have to work fast — I don’t have time to overthink’

    The in-demand dance-maker brings the colossal and the contemporary into genre-crossing work

    A woman in a black singlet and black slacks and trainers standing against ballet barres
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    ReviewTheatre
    A Chorus Line, Sadler’s Wells — theatrical magic turns hoofers into stars

    Michael Bennett and Marvin Hamlisch’s audition musical looks behind the scenes at Broadway’s hard-knock life

    A long row of dancers in gold top hats and gold leotards or suits high-kick as golden confetti pours down on them under bright stage lights
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    Venice Dance Biennale puts AI and humanity at its heart

    Artistic director Wayne McGregor has chosen choreographers from around the world, including Trajal Harrell and Cristina Caprioli

    Dancers in blue tops and trousers move around the stage as one flings herself over the shoulder of another
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Review
    Choreographer Rachid Ouramdane takes to the air for the Cultural Olympiad

    The double bill of ‘Outsider’ and ‘Möbius Morphosis’ involves plenty of high-wire spectacle, yet doesn’t quite take off

    Dancers wearing dark blue T-shirts and shorts jump up in the air against a black background
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    ReviewTheatre
    Fuerza Bruta’s Aven — dazzling stunts that ask you to be ecstatic

    At London’s Roundhouse, the Argentinian group’s latest circus-clubbing crossover has a party atmosphere

    Several figures fly on wires across a theatre stage in dramatic lighting
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    Review
    Five stars for Kim Brandstrup’s Echo and Narcissus — myth magically brought to life in dance

    The Ustinov Studio in Bath hosted the final instalment of the choreographer’s project based on Ovid’s ‘Metamorphoses’

    A man in black T-shirt and trousers on his knees bends forward looking at his reflection in a metallic floor
  • Wednesday, 3 July, 2024
    Review
    Carlos Acosta’s Carmen wastes Laura Rodríguez’s dazzling footwork

    The dancer-choreographer updates his 2015 production at Sadler’s Wells but its flaws remain

  • Monday, 24 June, 2024
    Review
    Wayne McGregor’s Deepstaria — extreme feats in unfathomable darkness

    The British choreographer offers a world premiere at the Montpellier Danse festival. Also reviewed: Saburo Teshigawara

    A woman in skintight clothing picked out in red light appears to be doing a backwards flip against a pitch-black background
  • Monday, 17 June, 2024
    Review
    Swan Lake brings Busby Berkeley-like magic to the Royal Albert Hall — review

    Derek Deane’s in-the-round staging for English National Ballet features fine soloists and supersized ensembles

    A male and female ballet dancer perform together; he reaches out to her hand while she stands on one foot, her other leg extended behind her, one arm extended in front of her
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Review
    Eva Yerbabuena defies gravity in new flamenco show

    ‘Yerbagüena’ at Sadler’s Wells highlights the star’s remarkable skills

    A female flamenco dancer in a long dress performs with her arms raised, in front of a group of singers, a seated acoustic guitarist and a percussionist
  • Monday, 10 June, 2024
    Review
    Sarasota Ballet and Royal Ballet are outstanding in Frederick Ashton favourites and rarities — review

    The two companies were part of a month-long celebration at London’s Royal Opera House

    Five men in white bodysuits and silvery jackets hold a woman in the same costume aloft
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    Interview
    Dancer Rocío Molina: ‘I’ve detached from flamenco many times, but I always return more in love’

    The Spaniard, known for her subversive takes on the genre, is performing one of her most exhilarating but unsettling works in London

    Flamenco dancer with arms outstretched and head thrown back
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Review
    Marianela Núñez’s Paris Opera debut is a Giselle for the ages

    A rare visitor from the Royal Ballet proved invigorating while the last dance from the retiring Myriam Ould-Braham brought tenderness

    A ballerina in a bright white tutu delicately leaps with her feet crossed and her arms wide
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Review
    Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo take Japan by storm

    The company’s mixture of camp satire and bravura technique arrived in Yokohama to loud applause

    A man dressed as a female classical ballet dancer on stage in traditional white tutu
  • Sunday, 26 May, 2024
    English National Ballet heads a summer flock of Swan Lakes to London

    The company’s big-corps version at the Albert Hall adds to a rich mix of alternatives from Georgia, China and the Royal Ballet

    Multiple exposures of ballerina dancing
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Review
    The Winter’s Tale — Christopher Wheeldon’s ballet breathes life into the story’s passions

    The Royal Ballet’s staging features a splendid cast who get their teeth into chewy roles

    A male dancer kneels before a female dancer who is wearing a long gown, standing on one foot on pointe, an arm and a leg extended, a hand resting on the man’s shoulder
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Review
    New York City Ballet review — athleticism and accomplishment in two world premieres

    Spring gala at Lincoln Center featured new works by Justin Peck and Amy Hall Garner

    Two male dancers and a female dancer jump with their feet tucked in and their arms outstretched
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Review
    Boy Blue’s hip-hop dancers are masters of time and space

    The premiere of ‘Cycles’ at London’s Barbican lacked shape but not spectacle

    A complex arrangement of four dancers in upmarket streetwear
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