1,004 stories by "Judith Mackrell"
Edward Watson calls himself a 'ginger freak'. But to everyone else, he is the Royal Ballet's hottest new star. Judith Mackrell meets him on the eve of his biggest role yetIt was Edward Watso…
He's the bad boy of ballet, she's the Royal's Russian superstar. Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin talk about fear, pain and falling in love on the dance floor "I'd heard about his reputat…
Charles Linehan Company | Rambert | New ShootsDance at the Brighton festival opens with this double bill, featuring a duet for original BalletBoyz Michael Nunn and William Trevitt that riffs…
Sadler's Wells and Dance Umbrella have announced their autumn seasons and here are the highlights, including naked duets, ordinary Londoners and PinocchioContemporary dance audiences have ge…
Royal Opera House, LondonMcRae is superb as the Creature at the centre of Liam Scarlett's ambitious production, but surgery is needed to bring his strange story to the foreFor Liam Scarlett,…
Power couple Osipova and Polunin burn up the stage, the Windsors do Swan Lake, Jane Eyre becomes a Brontë ballet, and Pinocchio shows what it's like to be humanCathy Marston's new ballet …
Last week a Bolshoi dancer confessed to ordering a vicious attack on the company's director. His colleagues aren't convinced. Judith Mackrell reports from St Petersburg on the in-fighting an…
Breakin' Convention | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Of Taiwan: Songs Of The Wanderers | The Royal Ballet: FrankensteinThe UK's leading hip-hop theatre festival returns. Hosted, as always, by the …
Scottish Dance Theatre | The Winter's Tale | May Contain FoodThe international flair of Scotland's leading modern dance company is highlighted again in this double bill, with the surreal dan…
The Place, LondonFoodie culture is carved up gloriously in this lip-smacking fusion of song, dance, mime and sweet aperitif tomatoesIt's best not to eat before you go to see Protein's latest…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe fur flies " and hops, skips and pirouettes " in an inspired and funny programme by Pontus Lidberg and Javier De FrutosWilliam Trevitt and Michael Nunn have bold ins…
Theatre Royal, GlasgowScottish Ballet's daring new interpretation boots out the main characters " leaving just a moody boy and a magical womanAmong the legions of choreographers who've reima…
A ballerina who accused La Scala of promoting anorexia has been sacked. There's more to this weighty issue than meets the eye, says Judith MackrellIn recent weeks, it seems that ballet has b…
BalletBoyz - Life | Scottish Ballet: Swan Lake | The Rebel Man Standard The always inventive, always entertaining male company explores the tension between life and death in a double bill, c…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA programme of three ballets by three women choreographers is a campaigning first. The results are far from traditional " and far from consistentEnglish National Ballet…
Royal Opera House, LondonThis revival of Christopher Wheeldon's ballet looks more impressive than on its 2014 debut, with its original cast returning for the openingWhen Kevin O'Hare became …
Platform theatre, LondonLights respond to the dancer's movements in Whitley's intriguing work, fuelling an interaction where the shifting beams seem to acquire minds of their ownAlexander Wh…
Suddenly two of the Royal's biggest stars are leaving the company. Why are they going " and who will replace them?Much of the UK ballet world is in mourning today, following the announcement…
Mariinsky Ballet | English National Ballet: She SaidFor this rare and brief visit to Wales, the St Petersburg company is focusing on contemporary rather than classical ballet. Wayne McG…
Crystal Pite becomes the first woman to create work for the Royal Ballet since 1999 " alongside new productions by Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Javier de Frutos. It's another encouragin…
Sadler's Wells, London Alston spins a hybrid of kathak and classical dance styles from the composer's sonatas " wringing out a deep, intimate engagement with his fierce rhythmsRichard Alston…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCarol Ann Duffy's clever return to the original fairytale says much about the distorting allure of youth and beauty Grimms' fairytales are full of bad parents " parents…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe acting is superb and the dancing has real authority in Peter Wright's production which opens up dramatic opportunities for the whole castLike every classic of th…
The great Mexican painter is the subject of one of three new works choreographed by women for She Said at Sadler's Wells. Its creators explain their impressionistic approach to the artist's …
Barbican, LondonCira Robinson and Mthuthuzeli November enact courtship to music by Steve Reich in Pita's ambitious new work CristauxFew choreographers other than Arthur Pita would attempt to…
