1,004 stories by "Judith Mackrell"
English National Ballet: Romeo & Juliet | Rock The BalletENB's Albert Hall season has become one of the company's key showcases, its popular in-the-round productions of the ballet classi…
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonChoreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple makes the most of limited resources, but key parts of the ballet sag and lose focusBallet Ireland is a fledgling institution …
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeltrão's innovative use of technology is an interesting attempt to add theatricality to hip-hop, but it's the old toprocking crowd-pleasers that really hit the spot…
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's neuroscience-themed work holds its own against revivals of The Concert and The Dream Continue reading...
Royal Ballet Mixed Bill | Bruno Beltrão: CrackzComedy is the dominant key of this new triple bill, with revivals of two 20th-century classics, Frederick Ashton's The Dream and Jerome Robb…
In the right hands, repeated phrases and movements can work a bewitching alchemy but when choreographers get it wrong, they risk sparking a scramble for the exitLucinda Childs is one of tho…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa De Keersmaeker doesn't so much interpret Grisey's score through dance as mash it all together into a relationship all of her own fearless imaginationWhen we…
She is a maverick of modern dance, still bagging awards in her 50s. Wendy Houstoun talks about her latest work a tribute to choreographer Nigel Charnock, a man so full of life that even ter…
Rosas: Vortext Temporum | Dublin Dance FestivalThe extraordinary Belgian company returns with the UK premiere of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's Vortex Temporum. The work reflects De Keersmaeke…
Lilian Baylis studio, LondonAdopting the alter egos of movie and comic-book characters, the performance artist shapeshifts with delicious dexterity Hetain Patel: 'I'm 33 should I still want…
Experimental ice-dance at Alexandra Palace, RocÃo Molina outside her 'flamenco' niche, hip-hop's Harlem history and fresh, child-friendly choreography: Emma Gladstone has Dance Umbrella m…
Sadler's Wells, LondonRambert's programme of revivals is full of rich pickings from Merce Cunningham to Christopher Bruce's take on the StonesWhen Marie Rambert founded her company in 1926,…
Linbury Studio, LondonWhitley's creativity is seen best in his piece for dancers of the Royal Ballet, where the focus remains tautAlexander Whitley is the second choreographer to appear at t…
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev's new project is further proof that the ballet world is increasingly relying on contemporary choreographersIt started off as a novelty and now it's becoming…
Rambert | Birmingham Royal BalletChristopher Bruce choreographed Rooster back in 1991 and even then this Rolling Stones tribute came with a brooding dollop of rock'n'roll nostalgia. Now the…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal's engaging mixed programme spans work by Liam Scarlett, George Balanchine and Christopher Wheeldon, with music by Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky and Michael Nyma…
Linbury studio, LondonHans van Manen's Concertante is the mesmerising highlight of Northern's programme of short, mixed balletsAs ballet companies become smooshed into an increasingly global…
Brighton festival | Royal Ballet: Mixed BillUnder guest director Hofesh Shechter, Brighton festival has a strong dance element this year. Highlights include Belgian dance-theatre veteran Wim…
Sadler's Wells, LondonStamina-sapping repetition mars a piece that falls just short of saying something interesting about the human conditionOlivier Dubois describes his 2012 work Trag&eacut…
Kathak-flamenco fusion, dancing on ice and a Scandinavian season are the highlights in new programmeOne of the headlining events of the Sadler's Wells autumn-winter season was actually annou…
The Danish photographer's interactive ibook The Essence of Ballet showcases the possibilities of the digital future of dance photography Ingrid Bugge's The Essence of Ballet in picturesBack…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe indoor hip-hop block party is so disciplined, so exhilarating it could stand comparison to any classical corps de balletIt's 11 years since Breakin' Convention was …
Stratford Circus, LondonThis aerial-dance collaboration by Darshan Bhuller and Lindsey Butcher about soldiers then and now has too few high pointsDance has already made its mark on the first…
Breakin' Convention | Northern Ballet: Mixed BillNow in its 11th year, the Wells' annual festival of hip-hop dance-theatre has become one of the key fixtures of the calendar, one that embrac…
Linbury Studio, LondonMayuri Boonham brings together Hindu holy texts and Cern recordings to evoke the big bang, and there is playful eroticism in the dance of the goddess SatiSouth Asian ch…
