Ballet Cymru – Made in Wales triple bill – London
Featuring “Poems and Tiger Eggs” by Darius James and Amy Doughty, “Murmurations” by Liam Riddick and “Isolated Pulse” by Marcus Jarrell Willis……
McNicol Ballet Collective – Awakenings quad bill – London
Seventeen months after Andrew McNicol announced the launch of his company, with its debut scheduled for April 2020, his programme of four new works has finally reached the stage……
ZviDance – The Art of Fugue – New York
“ZviDance’s The Art of Fugue multiplies the beauty and complexity of Bach’s creative genius onto multiple platforms with inspired intelligence and sensitivity…”…
Music from the Sole – Partido – New York
Music from the Sole’s Partido, a premiere at Harlem Stage, is a marvelous feast of rhythm, both visual and aural.
Pacific Northwest Ballet – Beyond Ballet, works by Dove, Lang & King – Seattle
Pacific Northwest Ballet Beyond Ballet: Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Ghost Variations, The Personal Element ★★★★✰ Seattle, McCaw Hall and streaming, 18–22 November 2021 18 November 2021 ww…
Pagrav Dance Company – Kattam Katti – London
“Uttarayan, a kite festival from Gujarat in northern India, is the inspiration for Kattam Katti… It’s cheering right now to see something celebratory and good-humoured, and…
Yorke Dance Project – Past Present and Connecting to Cohan bills – London
Thanks to Yolande Yorke-Edgell and her company, Robert Cohan was able to continue creating dance works for performance up until his death in January this year at the age of 95……
Royal Ballet – The Nutcracker (Nunez & Muntagirov) – London
Tchaikovsky’s music for The Nutcracker may be played ad nauseam in shops and public spaces over Christmas, but the ballet for which he wrote it is the real deal – especially in this pr…
An Innovative Entrepreneurial Move
Many terrible and many great things have been birthed during the past eighteen months. The initiative I would like to highlight is the rise of entrepreneurial artists. As an artist and founder myself, I can vouch for the void that the pandemic left many o...
Melbourne International Film Festival’s ‘Bodies in Motion’: Dance on film
Dance Informa reviews several dance films from Melbourne International Film Festival's 'Bodies in Motion'.
Royal NZ Ballet releases ‘The Firebird’ online
A specially-filmed, multi-camera screening of the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s (RNZB) production of The Firebird by New Zealand choreographer Loughlan Prior – which, until lockdown, was touring the country to huge acclaim –&nb...
Royal Academy of Dance launches fund to support professional development for dance teachers in Australia
The Royal Academy of Dance Australia is launching a new Teachers' Scholarship Fund for dance teachers' professional development.
Registrations are open for Dancerites, Australia’s First Nations dance competition
Registrations are open until 6 September for the seventh annual Dancerites, Sydney Opera House's First Nations dance competition.
New Zealand Dance News – August/September 2021
Find out what’s happening this month in New Zealand dance news! The New Zealand Dance Company (NZDC) is excited to be touring Night Light to Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Whangarei and Ōtautahi (Christchurch) this September. Indulge your senses in an exquis...
Sydney Fringe announces ‘The Essence of Fringe’
The Sydney Fringe Festival has announced 'The Essence of Fringe', a digital program that will be presented from 10 September - 1 October.
