Category: DANCE
Dance as Political Commentary: The Power of Light of Passage
Discover the impact of dance in political discourse. Learn how works like Light of Passage address global issues through movement.
Ballet Black
This fall Ballet Black returned to London’s Linbury Theatre with a delightful programme of two new pieces. “If at First” and “The Waiting Game”, taken together they highlight the company’s strengths as one of the most innovative dance companies working in Europe.
National Ballet of Canada: Frontiers
In Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada at Sadler’s Wells, The National Ballet of Canada showcases its remarkable range with three compelling works by James Kudelka, Emma Portner, and Crystal Pite. From classical-contemporary contrasts to rare same-sex duets and a breathtaking full-company finale, the evening is a vivid portrait of Canadian choreographic excellence.
The London International Festival of Theatre 2024
From futuristic food markets to raw political monologues and genre-defying dance, this year’s London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) once again proves that performance art can provoke, enlighten, and transform. Highlights include Bat Night Market, The Land Acknowledgement, and L’Homme Rare—each offering audiences a radically different, yet deeply resonant experience.
Jungle Book Reimagined
Akram Khan’s magical dance-theatre retelling of Kipling’s classic tale is a moving piece which weaves in modern themes of climate change and migration to a traditional favourite revisited.
Feet of fire
How do you reinvent an art form so rooted in tradition? The answer appears to be, by merging both the traditional alongside the innovative and then having it performed by some of the best flamenco dancers in the world.
FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
Spain is very much a country of cultural contradictions, firmly steeped in the importance of tradition but with a passion for innovation that often brings startling, original work to international stages.
Dance: twenty questions to José Navas
Founding artistic director of Compagnie Flak, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2015, José Navas orients his choreographic research in three directions: he performs his solo creations with intensity, he creates enchanting abstract group pieces, and he makes commissions for contemporary ballet that marry classicism to sensitivity.