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    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Review
      Black Sabbath: The Ballet tests mettle of dancers in Birmingham — review

      Birmingham Royal Ballet is on cracking form in a show that celebrates one of the city’s greatest musical exports

      A group of dancers wearing ‘Black Sabbath’ T-shirts kneel on stage; behind them an effigy of a winged, horned demon rises from the body of a silvery car
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Review
      Lyon Dance Biennale has an experimental and inclusive year

      Audience participation and a new work from Tanztheater Wuppertal featured in this year’s event

      A group of dancers form a cluster, extending their arms and twisting their bodies
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Bold new programmes from Northern Ballet and English National Ballet — review

      Triple bills in Leeds and London ranged from fresh work by Tiler Peck to a glittering Balanchine classic

      Against a background resembling a sunset, a group of female dancers cluster around a male dancer who stands upright
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Ambiguous Dance Company’s Rhythm of Human — virtuosity and physical comedy

      The South Korean group performed with unwavering stamina at London’s Coronet Theatre

      Five male dancers wearing smart white shirts, grey trousers and sunglasses stand in a line in various poses, with their hands covering their own or someone else’s genitals
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Review
      Théâtre de la Ville gears up for reopening with outdoor dance festival

      The venue took its celebrations to the streets of Paris with work by Hofesh Shechter and others

      A group of colourfully dressed dancers perform on an outdoor stage
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Kizomba culture is a life-enhancing expression of Angola’s diaspora

      The Kizomba Design Museum festival in São Paulo celebrated the dance, music and more created in Portugal’s former colonies

      Two women dance together in a street; behind them other couples are dancing
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Interview
      Bandaloop to scale new heights at St Paul’s Cathedral

      ‘Resurgam’, the latest project from the abseiling performers, will showcase vertical choreography across the historic London landmark

      Two people in yellow outfits hang from a building
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Review
      Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells — a tragedy reimagined

      Plus: The Australian Ballet celebrates its 60th anniversary at London’s Royal Opera House

      A young woman and man wearing white clothes sit close together holding each other, looking anguished, in a clinical-looking white-tiled room
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Review
      The Australian Ballet bring charm and sass to Balanchine’s Jewels — review

      The company have chosen a challenging work for their visit to London’s Royal Opera House

      A male and a female dancer dressed predominantly in red join hands; she is standing with an arm stretched out, he crouches with a leg extended
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Review
      Carlos Acosta at 50 — a showcase of stamina and stylistic range

      The Cuban-British dancer gives a polished performance at London’s Royal Opera House despite hit-and-miss choices

      A male dancer leaps with his arms outstretched
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Review
      Paris l’Été festival — dance keeps the French capital alive

      Three pieces were performed at the Lycée Jacques-Decour as part of this offbeat season of shows

      On stage, a naked man leaps high, while behind him another naked man stands twirling a metal implement
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Review
      Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker finds fresh life at Avignon Festival — review

      A twerking, breakdancing young cast animate a new tribute to Shakespeare’s Tempest, while the landmark ‘En Atendant’ is successfully revived

      Two dancers wearing colourful costumes lunge forward
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      Radical flavours in contemporary flamenco

      Transgressive, feminist and queer artists are shattering the form’s conventions in a return to its anti-establishment origins

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Review
      Saving Face is a witty dance-drama of sex and misery in the workplace

      Si Rawlinson’s piece uses text and movement to look inside the secret lives of four wage slaves

      Four dancers - two male and two female - wearing regular clothing stand in a close group, two of them leaning at an angle
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Review
      Christopher Wheeldon’s well-rounded Cinderella returns to the Royal Albert Hall

      Erina Takahashi leads a staging that is elegant and fast-moving

      A man in red military costume and woman in gold chiffon dress dance together
    • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
      Review
      Dutch National Ballet goes for broke with exhilarating Forsythe triple bill

      William Forsythe’s works were performed impressively, despite injuries to a number of principals

      A line of female dancers in vivid green disc-like tutus stand on one foot and extend their arms and their other leg
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Review
      Wayne McGregor’s new Royal Ballet work is energised by a terrific cast

      Triple bill also includes Christopher Wheeldon’s exhilarating ‘Corybantic Games’ and Kenneth MacMillan’s ‘Anastasia’

      Dancers in green and white unitards hold aloft a dancer, while another dancer stands some distance away, all against a white and green backdrop
    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
      ReviewMusic
      Wiener Festwochen’s Lulu is profoundly unsettling

      Vienna festival’s retelling of Berg’s work expertly combines dance and opera

      A woman and a man wearing black and white clothing and blue trainers sit on benches on a largely white stage
    • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
      Review
      Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels dance review — queer identities and wild bodies

      Pieces inspired by transgender people in west Africa and hair-braiding feature in this experimental festival

      A person on their knees reaches their arms out, all in blue light
    • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
      Review
      Wayne McGregor’s UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey — superb dancing and fantastical imagery

      The choreographer’s apocalyptic adaptation of Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal premiered in London

      On a darkened stage, a male dancer leans forward and supports a female dancer as she falls backwards; both are wearing patterned unitards
    • Monday, 15 May, 2023
      Review
      Sliding dancers and murderous mythical heroines — reviews

      GöteborgsOperans Danskompani tumbles at Sadler’s Wells and Trajal Harrell’s ‘Porca Miseria’ overstays its welcome at the Barbican

      A group of dancers stand in various positions on a large steeply tilting platform; the lighting casts long downward shadows
    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Review
      Russell Maliphant embraces abstract expressionism in Vortex at Sadler’s Wells

      The movement in the choreographer’s new piece is in danger of being upstaged by the gorgeous imagery

      A male dancer stands in a spotlight swirling his arms amid a shower of fine sand
    • Tuesday, 2 May, 2023
      Review
      Breakin’ Convention review — hip-hop dance festival fields uncomplicated delights

      Highlights of the annual event at Sadler’s Wells included South Korean flashdancing and Dutch soft-shoe slip-sliding

      A group of young male and female dancers perform in a seemingly casual group, while another male dancer off to one side leans backwards
    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Review
      Maurice Béjart triple bill, Paris Opera Ballet — choreographer’s works make welcome return

      ‘The Firebird’ was revolutionary while ‘Song of a Wayfarer’ brought forth a new star dancer

    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      ObituaryPierre Lacotte
      Pierre Lacotte, ballet archaeologist, 1932-2023

      The dancer and choreographer had a passion for history and reconstructing lost works

      Pierre Lacotte dances with Josette Clavier in 1955. Lacotte would later aid the defection of the Soviet-born Rudolf Nureyev at Le Bourget airport in France
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