1,004 stories by "Judith Mackrell"
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn a magisterial triple bill, Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker let us hear, see and feel the composer's classic in exhilarating ways'A confusi…
Royal Opera House, LondonAll five of the UK's leading classical companies collaborate for the first time in a heartfelt celebration of the choreographer who changed the course of balletThe R…
Barbican, LondonThe riveting Spanish dancer plays goddess, burlesque seducer, sex kitten and more for her raw and ritualistic new show' RocÃo Molina: flamenco and beyondThere's not a cafe…
Some say she's killing 'real' flamenco " but RocÃo Molina has no time for conservatism. She's teaming up with a Korean hip-hop dancer and takes her inspiration from Nietzsche and Brueghel…
Barbican, London The reckless dance marvel writhes on the floor, dresses as a dominatrix and rides a phallic broomstick as she delivers an exhilarating, high-voltage showThere are very few f…
Sadler's Wells, London Working to a tight deadline, Javier De Frutos, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon and Craig Revel Horwood respond to the theme of balance in new pieces, presented al…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeginning by sequencing his own genome, the maverick choreographer has fashioned a show that is mysteriously beautiful and curiously frustratingWayne McGregor's titles …
Sadler's Wells, London The dancer's debut as a director is a potent, at times mesmerising show performed by a versatile company " with an appearance by the great man himselfIt's a remarkable…
For Edward Watson they're terrifying and exhilarating. Sarah Lamb struggles to return to reality after performing them. Twenty-five years after Macmillan's death, his visceral works have mad…
The Place, LondonThe performers morph from party kids to Victorians to hipsters in Requardt & Rosenberg's subversive, surreal spectacle of death and the afterlifeChoreographer Frauke Req…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe choreographer squares up to our political anxieties " and his own demons " with grace and the defiant spirit of the band who played on the TitanicGrand Finale is as…
With its locally auditioned young dancers, Matthew Bourne's touring production vividly displays the children's descent from innocence to savageryTwo tribes: Matthew Bourne's Lord of the Flie…
Pleasance Courtyard, EdinburghDespite past form in translating complex emotion into dance, 201 Dance Company's attempt to navigate gender-reassignment intricacies feels too tidyThere was a t…
Dance Base, EdinburghBy breaking Lady Macbeth's psyche down into three roles danced by men, Kally Lloyd-Jones fascinatingly fleshes out Shakespeare's underwritten antiheroineWhat kind of a p…
The most exciting dance is on the fringe this year, dealing with epic themes and a common inspiration of being lost or set adrift in strange placesDance has had an uneven history at the Edin…
From the runway strut to the hoochie koochie, choreographer Trajal Harrell is turning outlaw dance forms into radical, booty-shaking spectacleThe voguing balls of Harlem, the hoochie koochie…
Mayfield Depot, ManchesterWith capoeira kicks, pirouettes and the odd buttock scratch, Boris Charmatz's show tests the limits of how we experience danceBoris Charmatz's 10,000 Gestures can b…
In ETM: Double Down, the choreographer gathers breakdancers, musicians and giant electronic drum pads to hint at a thrilling future for the ever-evolving formMichelle Dorrance has been accla…
Palace theatre, ManchesterThis exhilarating revival reignites the alchemy that the choreographer and the composer found with Frank GehryThe last time that Lucinda Childs' Available Light app…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBrazilian beats steal the show in this eco-fairytale about a water sprite battling human greed in the AmazonSisters Grimm, the young production company formed by compos…
Marie Chouinard's sexually charged debut programme sees dancers locked up like zoo animals then unleashed, while Vladimir Putin is taunted with whips " and made to dance with a Nubian QueenA…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAlexander Whitley's poetic and playful creation captures the alien unknowableness of the universe, as well as its visual magicEight minutes is the time it takes for the…
Tap thunders into new territory, 25 performers make 10,000 moves, Lady Macbeth is laid bare and a young boy goes on a journey through gender transition' Summer arts preview 2017: TV | Comedy…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAlston's new work, Chacony, is a charged homage to Benjamin Britten's wartime experiences, while Gypsy Mixture succumbs joyfully to its Balkan fusion soundtrack and Tan…
The world's biggest ballet star collaborated with an Indian art student in 1923 " and set a major dance career in motionReading on mobile? Click to view Continue reading...