Next week, esteemed choreographer Pam Tanowitz brings her work Pastoral to London’s Barbican Centre from 1-3 October. Reimagining Beethoven’s symphony of the same name (itself inspired by the natural world) Pastoral has been developed in collaboration with […]
Somerset House Studios presents 3 Evenings, an off-site landmark event at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station in East London. Marking 10 years since the launch of Somerset House Studios’ this special programme celebrates the radical spirit […]
Words by Eoin Fenton. The heat of the summer is over, and like hibernating creatures the theatre-going punters of London prepare to get back into venues across the city as “the season” starts again. An […]
Later this month, choreographer Theo Clinkard will restage his work Ordinary Courage over 10 years since it was first performed when Theo launched his company in 2012. A moving piece exploring grief, Ordinary Courage comes […]
Words by Luella Rebbeck. Somehow, after spending an afternoon moving between performances in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, that felt true. The Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) 2026 is dance in its honest, raw, fun-loving and sun-kissed […]
Words by Eoin Fenton. Thrashing bodies, whipping hair, thunderous stamps from the ensemble to the beat of drums. This is not your typical rehearsal of a new work of contemporary dance, this is English National […]
Words by Maxime Swift. Before the opening of this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival, I was reading about The Mechanicos, the dance of the sponge divers. First devised by Theophilos Klonaris, it represented the daily toil […]
Following a competitive process, Bradford Arts Centre (formerly Kala Sangam) has awarded the second Kala Sangam Commission to dancers Kavya Iyer, Devaki Rajendran, and Sneha Semaleesan for a project inspired by computer games. The £10,000 Commission was […]
Words by Luella Rebbeck. From the beginning, At Your Disposal at Chisenhale Dance Space felt less like entering a theatre and more like arriving somewhere already occupied by friends and family. The performers showing new […]
Rebellious yet joyous, fun with a dash of fury, Charlotte Mclean and Jack Anderson’s not for glory has premiered at Edinburgh Fringe and runs until 23 August ahead of Scottish tour next year. A reworking […]