Madeline Hollander’s “Review” at Performa, in which performers will mark dances that have been canceled or postponed, seems an apt response to our moment.
Smoothies are fun and delicious, but they can also be good for you. Some smoothie shops, for example, advertise "boosts" of protein and vitamins at an additional cost. Homemade smoothies can also be a tasty way to incorporate healthy...
What happens when a feel-good dance competition is faced with the challenges of a pandemic? It pivots (pun-intended) and finds another way for dancers to keep doing what they love safely. For National Dance Showcase, that meant trading...
The up-and-coming company tried to deliver energy to an audience in Brooklyn with “Trapped,” but the last thing we need onstage is more screen time, our critic writes.
Birmingham Hippodrome Magical movement is weighed down by plot as the Rosie Kay Dance Company graft Shakespeare on to modern Midlands life I worry about the dominance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as a vehicle for dealing with the...
Dundee Rep John McCann’s imaginative play follows its characters’ search for answers to tough questions during lockdown – watched over by a pair of very unusual seagulls For the seagulls, the locked-down streets of Dundee offer slim...
Calling all dance pros, amateurs, dance families, and superfans…the official National Dance Day routine has dropped, and we're assigning you (fun!) weekend homework to learn it. Ariana Grande's resident choreographers, brothers Brian and...
Whether we're ready to admit it or not, summer is officially over. It's time to trade the hustle of summer intensive season for a different kind of busy—rehearsals! Whether you're prepping for football halftime shows or this year's...
Bush, London Humiliation meets humour as Mika Onyx Johnson tells of his hard-won transformation through rap, storytelling and dance From the moment Mika Onyx Johnson bounces on to the stage, twerking his booty and dry-humping the set,...
Moulin Rouge performed a full dress rehearsal two days ahead of the reopening of the cabaret following an 18-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Moulin Rouge and Le Lido, emblems of the crazy Parisian nights since 1889, will...
With theatre for an audience of one, a whirlwind set of Kevin Barry stories and sparky songs, the Irish festival is in fine form Adapting to Covid-19 restrictions with ingenuity, Galway international arts festival has embraced hybrid...
Katherine Barkman was born to be a ballerina. From living room performances as a toddler to beginning full-time professional training at 14 (under U.S.-based Russian teacher Nadia Pavlenko), the Pennsylvania native knew she...
The Russian star brings his take on Bach’s Goldberg Variations to the Proms, having recently torn the piece apart with choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. He explains his new, ‘tree-like’ twist “Like climbing an infinite stairway,...
Birmingham Hippodrome Taking elements of contemporary, hip-hop, classical Indian and streetdance, Rosie Kay’s version of Shakespeare has a clamour of activity and ideas This autumn brings a veritable harvest of Romeo and Juliets. Ben...
Dance Spirit and Limelight Teamwear are excited to announce our 2021 Future Star winners! Every year, DS partners with competitions to recognize dancers with stellar talent, stage presence, and ability, and this year's standouts...
The choreographer’s new show brings together lonely souls from the London novels of Patrick Hamilton. Expect regret, fumbling and a hint of mystery “Understanding a particular time, a code of manners, how people were in a different era...
Studio owners might just leave their first That's Entertainment Performing Arts competition feeling like they couldn't have planned the weekend better themselves. That's no accident: Director RoseMary Pontuck's family spent years running...
The choreographer JoAnn M. Hunter has quietly become an important figure in the world of musical theater, especially with her work for Andrew Lloyd Webber.
The surge of the Delta variant has prompted many dance companies to retool the holiday favorite. At New York City Ballet, there will be no performers under 12.
Pleasance, London Ayden Brouwers and Lizzie Morris’s insightful and emotional dance show features the thoughts of young trans and non-binary people “They say it’s trans people who are obsessed with gender, but it’s cis people who are.”...
Greenwich Peninsula, London Abseiling on pointe, snazzy suits and spinning geometry were eye-catching openers for the Greenwich and Docklands festival There’s a reason we normally trap audiences in dark theatres. There’s so much to...
Cush Jumbo tackles the troubled prince, Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne head for 30s Berlin, while standup favourites and dance spectaculars burst back on the stage Continue reading...
Constance Bailey, 13, offered a place at Hammond school but her mother could not afford the £90,000 needed A teenage ballerina with autism from one of the toughest housing estates in Leeds will be able to take up her place at one of the...
Whether we're prepared to admit it or not, summer is drawing to a close. The fall dance season is here, and with it comes new classes, choreography, and opportunities. So while you're buying new textbooks and pencils for your academics,...
Holyrood Park, Edinburgh This open-air performance brings together a multi-generational company celebrating release from pandemic confinement When your stage is the size of a football pitch and you’ve got all afternoon, you can afford to...
Constance Bailey, from the deprived Seacroft estate, has a place at The Hammond School in Chester but cannot afford the costs Before she was even accepted into one of the country’s most prestigious ballet schools, Constance Bailey’s...
Glasgow-based choreographer Mele Broomes’ intelligence stands out amid the cascade of online dance and circus offerings from this year’s festival Watching recorded dance on your laptop at home couldn’t be further from the Edinburgh...
Edinburgh international festival; available online Uplifting and full of hope, catch these four tremendous films by dance-makers from Rio, Soweto, Beirut and Edinburgh while you can The Edinburgh international festival has made a virtue...
Classically trained with a three-octave range, the genre-exploding performer dissolves her voice into astonishing gasps and stutters to confront the horror of colonial history Performing her piece Sweet Tooth, Elaine Mitchener’s hands...
When it comes to in-studio dancewear, the pros know that the right look, piece or material can mean the difference between a day feeling confident and comfortable or just plain out of sorts. With so much time spent honing their craft in...
The choreographer felt the urgent need to bring happiness and relentless fun to the weekender she has curated for the Southbank Centre’s Summer Reunion series ‘With the year we’ve had, we just needed people to have insanely, intensely...
MultiStory, Edinburgh Life moves fast in Matsena Productions’ piece, which charts boyhood and the clumsiness of adolescence Perfectly suited to the new outdoor stage of MultiStory , Rituel, from Matsena Productions , is a captivating...
If you're looking to stand out, make friends, and become an even more dazzling dancer, National Dance Honors has you covered. Since 2017, NDH has been the annual event to culminate comp season with a bang after its sister tours,...
The day I break into a sweat doing a waltz clog is some way off I was on board with Broadway Weekends – an online platform of classes that aims to connect theatre lovers to professional performers – even before I read its origin story....