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Regent’s Park Open Air theatre, London Performers representing the four seasons of life – and a wide range of styles – dance to a ravey remix of Vivaldi It was a great idea: a dance through the four seasons of life, with performers whose own ages range from spring to winter, set to a reimagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Neat. It’s amazing to see older dancers who can bring all the textures of t…

Royal Opera House, London Prodigal son Paul Lightfoot returns with Sol León for their first performance by a British dance company. The result is impressively choreographed, if in need of more heart Paul Lightfoot is a prolific, multi-award-winning British choreographer, more than 35 years in the industry, making dance as a duo with his former wife Sol León. Yet this is the first time their work …

As the pioneering BalletBoyz company celebrates its 25th anniversary and Billy Elliott returns to the stage, the male dance landscape appears transformed from where it was at the turn of the century. But a certain macho dismissiveness remains … “We always thought BalletBoyz was a really stupid name. We wanted not to be BalletBoyz .” says William Trevitt, founder of the company called, guess what,…

Six dancers who made bold career pivots reflect on ballet’s transferrable skills, what they miss about the stage – and what they were glad to leave behind Lana J ones , midwife, former principal dancer at the Australian Ballet Continue reading...

Royal Opera House, London Incredible physical facility is married to expressive lyricism in this triple bill by the Royal Ballet’s ever adventurous resident choreographer. You never know what’s coming next Choreographer Wayne McGregor has a reputation for making dance that is hugely impressive but sometimes on the cold side. His experiments in AI , for example: totally fascinating for the mind, a…

Sadler’s Wells, London Tap, waacking, jookin’, footwork and jit are among the traditional, street and club styles that come together as Michelle Dorrance showcases a startling array of forms and talent The last big US tap dance star to make a splash in the UK was Savion Glover , whose performances centred on extended solos of intense virtuosity. Michelle Dorrance, tap’s current hot property, is a…

The Place, London This audiovisually immersive, anime-inspired dance piece is full of stylishly fluid movement and thrilling fights and face-offs Some contemporary dance can make you feel like you need a master’s degree to even enter its zone. Yukiko Masui’s Ronin is not at all of that ilk. Take the kids (the age recommendation is 10+), take your un-arty uncle, take people who are not dance insid…

Jerkin’ was what happened when you used asphalt as your dance floor and your hometown as your playground, proving the city is a place of alchemy.

VIDEO: At the Latinx/e Heritage Month closing event, Trojans enjoy thoughtful speeches honoring history and celebrating strength. The post Latinx/e Heritage Month closing celebration brings music, dance, food and art to Noche de Cultura appeared first on USC .

Robotics has spread its aura into the world of art including Dance. As dance evolves, the need to create something new to entertain the audience and motivate the performers increases. In recent years, the rise of different robot dance forms which develop technology and traditional choreography is seen. Here we look at robot dance styles, […] The post Robot Dance Styles appeared first on Upcoming …

Classical ballet is a European technical dance theater genre using various dramaturgic elements such as libretto, music, and choreography to share a nonverbal narrative with the audience. Dancers integrate textual, aural, and visual components of the ballet using various corporeal articulations and expressive gestures to represent a new multimodal narrative from each element. Dancer-music communi…

By Jenny Enos It is no secret that jobs are not what they used to be. While Karl Marx’s disturbing depiction of alienated and lifeless factory workers in the mid nineteenth century may still ring true to some, our working conditions have arguably only gotten worse. The so-called “gig economy,” in which steady jobs are … Continue reading “The Right Look”: Emotional and Aesthetic Labor in Ballet

Post provided by Chloe Robinson Dance has been part of human culture for millennia. Some scholars refer to dance as a specific language, dependent on the space and time in which it exists and dependent on the power structures that rule in that time. April 29th marks International Dance Day; a day initiated in 1982 by the International Dance Committee of the UNESCO International Theatre …

Working Session I:  Revealing the Unseen:  Reflections on Dance, Documentation, and Ontology Chair: Leahkim Gannett, University of California, Santa Barbara     The Digital Archiving of the Dance Rehearsal Process in Siobhan Davies’ RePlay: Sharing Hidden Knowledge Sarah Whatley, Coventry University, Coventry   Ms. Whatley discussed creation of the archive of the work of Siobhan [&#8230…