Choreographed by the first black British graduate of the Royal Ballet School, Darren Panton, alongside Patrick Williams of the Alvin Ailey and Paris Opera companies, Island Movements is a thirty-minute ballet that tells the story of Windrush and explores its impact featuring original music by performance youth group Kinetika Bloco. In the aftermath of World War II,… Continue reading Island Movements to tour libraries
Month: September 2023
James Rowland: Piece of Work
How does one deal with loss? It’s a perennial question that art has sought to answer, and one that James Rowland contends with here on more than one level. Starting the performance by genially welcoming the audience in and changing into some comfortable pyjamas, it’s clear that Rowland wants everyone at ease, and warning that… Continue reading James Rowland: Piece of Work
Island Movements to tour libraries
Choreographed by the first black British graduate of the Royal Ballet School, Darren Panton, alongside Patrick Williams of the Alvin Ailey and Paris Opera companies, Island Movements is a thirty-minute ballet that tells the story of Windrush and explores its impact featuring original music by performance youth group Kinetika Bloco. In the aftermath of World War II,… Continue reading Island Movements to tour libraries
Spin Cycles
Exercise might well be good for you, but if you’re cycling on the spot and not getting anywhere, there’s probably a lesson in there. For the cynical reviewer character in Spin Cycles, dually exercising and exorcising with every push at the pedal is both a job and a life choice. It’s a curiously unique spectacle.… Continue reading Spin Cycles
Applications open for choreographic school
Ahead of its East Bank venue launch in 2024, Sadler’s Wells is inviting applications for its new Rose Choreographic School, led by dramaturg and writer Martin Hargreaves with input from artistic faculty members. The first cohort will receive mentorship from William Forsythe, Trajal Harrell and Alesandra Seutin. Over a two-year period, students will have access to… Continue reading Applications open for choreographic school
How to Bury a Dead Mule
The horrors of war and the scars left behind are a field, ripe to grow great plays within. The bitter fruit of conflict and its ruin of young lives are a mark of shame on society that finds a way to sprout new vines with every generation. Only with distance, space and patience can we… Continue reading How to Bury a Dead Mule
New Vic adapts Nutcracker as family fairy tale
Newcastle-under-Lyme’s New Vic Theatre will put its own spin on the classic story of The Nutcracker in its 2023 family festive production. New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins said, “it’s been a joy adapting this much-loved ballet into a play which I hope will capture the imaginations of every generation this Christmas. “I discovered so many new… Continue reading New Vic adapts Nutcracker as family fairy tale
OTMA
For the longest time, there has existed an air of mystery and fascination with the four Grand Duchesses, daughters of the exiled Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra. It was often hypothesised and even warmly romanticised that one or more of the four may have survived in secret, until the confirmation of the DNA… Continue reading OTMA
Zona Franca comes to London
The UK première of Zona Franca, from Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll, will be at Queen Elizabeth Hall in November. It was created by a group of dancers in the favelas and explores the political fall of President Jair Bolsonaro and Lula’s return to power. Can Brazil look towards the future? Blending contemporary dance, contact improvisation, performance… Continue reading Zona Franca comes to London
Witch? Women on Trial
The humble common or garden Witch has had a pretty hard time of it over the generations. As Natalie Nardone is keen to explain, witchcraft as we imagine it, is mostly nonsense. But the roots of Scottish witchcraft and folklore are set in paganistic practices, from which the concept of the wheat goddess, the Cailleach… Continue reading Witch? Women on Trial