Dance Power 2015 is set for Sunday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at London’s beautiful Theatre Royal on Drury Lane. An exciting and fast-moving show full of stars and dance legends, Dance Power is a special event aimed at raising vital funds for the important work of the British Red Cross. The dancers performing represent countries where the Red Cross carries
Award-winning choreographer and dancer Akram Khan has announced the creation of his brand new, full-length production Until the Lions, to be performed in the incredible 360° setting of London’s Roundhouse. A revisiting of one story of the epic Mahabharata, Until the Lions will have its world premiere on January 12, 2016, and will see Khan make his
Rambert, one of Britain's leading national dance companies and owner of a state-of-the-art facility on London’s South Bank, is launching a major new choreography initiative for secondary schools and colleges this 2015-16 academic year.
Rambert Elements will give schools and colleges across the U.K. the chance to create and perform an
Canadian contemporary dance powerhouse Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (BJM) will be heading to the Mediterranean for two weeks this month. Beginning with two performances at the Teatro Romano in Verona, Italy, the dancers will then present shows in Montauban, France before moving on to Spain for three evenings at the Veranos de la Villa in Madrid. The
Ten years after its last visit to the U.K. in 2005, the China National Peking Opera Company will return to the U.K. this winter from November 13-22. The company will tour to both the Liverpool Echo Arena Auditorium (November 13–15) and London’s Sadler’s Wells (November 19– 22).
On its tour, the company will be performing
After moving audiences and critics alike at its premiere in 2014, English National Ballet’s poignant reflection on the First World War, Lest We Forget, returns to London this autumn at Sadler’s Wells from Tuesday, September 8 to Saturday, September 12.
Winner of this year’s South Bank Sky Arts Award for Dance, Lest We Forget
Yesterday, The New York Times reported that ballet icon Mikhail Baryshnikov will star in a new solo work that is set to premiere this fall in the Baltic region of Northern Europe and tour internationally next year, even coming to the United States.
The work will be based on the poems of the late Joseph Brodsky, who Baryshnikov befriended in
Now entering its sixth season after five sell-out years, Hatch House will once again present its annual “International Stars of Ballet and Dance” performances on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18. A beautiful 17th century home settled into the U.K. countryside, Hatch House will present a program that is “bursting at the seams with
The internationally celebrated Polish National Ballet, under the leadership of Director and Choreographer Krzysztof Pastor, will make its New York and Washington D.C. debuts this summer. Touring to The Joyce Theater in New York City on June 16-21 and then to The Kennedy Center in D.C. on June 23-24, the Warsaw-based company will perform Pastor's Adagio &
Viewed as a national treasure in their homeland, Amalia Hernandez’s Ballet Folklórico de Mexico will tour to the U.K. for the first time in more than 20 years as part of the Year of Mexico in the U.K.
Ballet Folklórico de Mexico celebrates the histories and traditions of Mexico’s various regions and indigenous cultures.
Melissa Hamilton, renowned first soloist of London’s Royal Ballet, will have a leave of absence for the 2015-16 season to join Dresden’s Semperoper Ballett as a principal dancer from January 1, 2016. Initially, Hamilton will appear as a guest artist with Semperoper Ballett, dancing the title role in Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s Manon for the
In London, this summer’s hot dance ticket will be the Ardani 25 Dance Gala at the Coliseum on Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, as presented by producer and impresario Sergei Danilian of Ardani Artists. The evening features an all-star line-up including Natalia Osipova, Edward Watson, Ivan Vasiliev, Marcelo Gomes, Denis Matvienko, Joaquín<br
