Category: dance

“People often assume there’s only one form of dance: ballet. In reality we present contemporary, tango, tap, flamenco, streetdance, kathak and many other forms from around the world, and it’s this rich variety that makes dance the most easily accessible, diverse and open of all the arts forms.”

“In the 19th century the company ranked high among European troupes … but Poland’s traumatic 20th-century wars and their consequences for the country have meant a low artistic profile on the dance front – and, for the most part, modest artistic ambitions. Yet how quickly things can change.”

Choreographer Matthew Bourne had been avoiding Sleeping Beauty – until he got a private tour of Tchaikovsky’s house.

Renee Robinson’s “tenure, which began in 1981, is the longest of any female dancer in Ailey company history. She is the last dancer still still performing with the troupe to have been chosen by the founder, Alvin Ailey. … But none of these facts explains entirely why Ms. Robinson will be missed.”

“Four years ago, Ballet BC too was facing bankruptcy. It laid off its staff, including dancers and then-artistic director John Alleyne. It was a disaster. But the company returned from the brink with a new artistic director, Emily Molnar, and a new vision.”

“It may seem an unlikely source material, but theoretical physics forms the basis of a new artistic collaboration between Australian Dance Theatre and Victoria’s Deakin University.”

Both the dance form, a virtuosic Memphis version of hip-hop, and its star practitioner (né Charles Riley) have thrilled and astonished the likes of Damian Woetzel, Heather Watts, director Spike Jonze, cellist Yo-Yo Ma – and dance critic Alastair Macaulay.

“The company, who have been touring in the UK since August, … have faced a series of protests en route, with 11 performances disrupted in a nationwide campaign called ‘Don’t Dance With Israeli Apartheid’.”