1,004 stories by "Judith Mackrell"
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Gary Avis & Friends | National Dance Company WalesIn the third programme for this company of fabulous dancers, Robert Battle's Awakening is programme…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe present moment breathes through every pore as the long-established US dance troupe begin their UK tour with superb and energetic confidenceNo company in the world h…
Candoco Dance Company | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | StompDance plays a key role in the annual Unlimited festival for disabled artists and performers (Tue to 11 Sep), with this compa…
The artistic director of the American dance-theatre company explains why they are taking on Wayne McGregor's speedy, scribbling moves and Hofesh Shechter's bleak and brutal Uprising"I relish…
Akram Khan unleashes a radical Giselle, the Alvin Ailey company bring a hip-hop battle and secret choreographers keep audiences guessing at Dance UmbrellaJig your memory: the dance marathon …
Staged amid sharp rocks and tin cans on a desolate wasteland, Raw asks its young performers to rip up parental rules, evoking the resilience of those who survive on the margins of societyThe…
Sole Rebel Tap kicks back at Han Christian Andersen's misogyny, a former Riverdance principal bares his soul in Lïnger, and more from the fringeOn the shouty, competitive platform of the …
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre | Taiwan Season | Barrowland BalletDiva ballerina Irina Kolesnikova stars in Her Name Was Carmen, an updated setting of the Bizet score relocated to a European r…
Assembly Hall, EdinburghBased on the songs and dances of traditional Korean funeral rites, this charming show conjures an astonishing atmosphere of beauty, grace and peaceWhen a traditional …
Zoo Southside, EdinburghCharting a gay love affair from erotically charged beginnings to curdled passion, this expressive dance show covers thrilling new terrainHip-hop has progressed a long…
Scottish Ballet | Akram Khan Company | Dance at the fringeA superb double bill, pairing Crystal Pite's monumental work Emergence with Angelin Preljoçaj's hymn to male dancing, MC 14/22 (C…
The choreographed portraits in a video series featuring Zenaida Yanowsky, Robert Cohan and Jonzi D create an impressionistic portrait of the professionTwo years ago, the choreographer Jonath…
Natalia Osipova And Guests | Bolshoi Ballet | MonumentalThe outstanding Russian ballerina performs with partner Sergei Polunin in a series of new contemporary works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, …
Royal Opera House, London Shakespeare's problematic play has tripped up choreographers in the past, but Jean-Christophe Maillot's interpretation is bold and fast-wittedThe Taming of the Shre…
Bolshoi Ballet | Ballet National De Marseille | Dance BaseThere's a more contemporary feel to the Bolshoi's second week, with Jean-Christophe Maillot's playful adaptation of Shakespeare's Th…
Sadler's Wells, LondonNilda Guerra's feeble attempt to portray the spirit of her country reduces the vibrant history of Cuban dance to a parade of tourist stereotypesCuba raises more home-gr…
Royal Opera House LondonWith a flourish of capes and a clicking of castanets, the company match the richness of their material in this visually stunning new production When the Bolshoi perfo…
Coliseum, LondonWatching this kung fu spectacle, which claims to be China's longest-running show, you rapidly get used to the feel of your jaw going slack, to the sound of yourself yelping c…
The Bolshoi Ballet | Wild Space | Vamos Cuba!This new company was created by Canadian choreographer Robert Binet. He works with a fine international cast on an immersive dance piece titled T…
Influential choreographer and teacher who used improvisation in both the creation and performance of her worksWhen new Place prize for choreography was launched in 2004, the most surprising …
Cinderella | In-Nocentes | Paco Peña Flamenco Dance CompanyThe Australian Ballet shines in Alexei Ratmansky's version of Cinderella, which puts a contemporary Russian spin on the familiar…
Coliseum, LondonChoreographer Graeme Murphy gives his characters a more contemporary edge and it's the principals, especially Amber Scott, who carry the eveningWhen Australian Ballet first b…
Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company | The Creation | Swan LakeRambert joins forces with Garsington Opera in this staging of Haydn's epic choral work. Mark Baldwin choreographs and the design…
David LaChapelle captures the Ukrainian dancer's battle to make peace with his talent " and in another viral video, Baryshnikov partners Lil BuckWhen Take Me to Church was released in 2013, …
Sadler's Wells, LondonBallet's golden couple move into contemporary dance with a world premiere that will leave you hungry for more Related: Osipova and Polunin: backstage with ballet's most…
