Review: The Red Shoes, Sadler’s Wells
You might want to make notes here - Matthew Bourne has been gestating The Red Shoes for the past twenty years, and to celebrate the 30th year of his company he’...
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Review: Akram Khan’s Giselle, Sadler’s Wells
English National Ballet (ENB) are fast becoming one of the most intriguing companies at work in the UK today. Under the artistic direction of Tamara Rojo, they ...
Feature: Dancing through disability – Suzie Birchwood’s conversation with dystonia
For any dancer or choreographer, to have an evening of your work staged by Sadler’s Wells is a coup. But for Suzie Birchwood, who presents and performs in A ...
Feature: The female side – New English Ballet Theatre
With a multi-disciplinary focus and bold ambitions, New English Ballet Theatre is a company on a mission. “Feminism and female empowerment are buzz words in ...
Review: Ballet Black: Triple Bill, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Ballet Black, founded by Cassa Pancho in 2001, aims to provide dancers of Black and Asian descent with inspiring opportunities in Classical Ballet. It is an unf...
Review: Carlos Acosta: The Classical Farewell, Royal Albert Hall
Carlos Acosta, world famous Cuban ballet prodigy is hanging up his ballet shoes and bidding farewell to the demands of Classical performance. It feels as if he’...