The dance sector has again been celebrated in Her Majesty The Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. The awards include:
• Richard Alston – KT
• Anthony Van Laast – CBE
• Farooq Chaudhry – OBE
• Sujata Banerjee – MBE
Continue reading Dance Innovators take centre stage in New Year’s Honours List
Acting Up with Jamie Crick, a brand new podcast, is devoted to the wonderful world of musical theatre. Fabulously well informed and frequently hilarious, it’s everything you need to know about what’s hot in the West End and beyond. Continue reading Acting Up
A hip hop theatre company – Body Politic – is raising awareness about mental health problems in men and boys through its show Father Figurine. Spring will see a UK tour, combining spoken word poetry with hip hop dance. The tour will include Omnibus Theatre, Clapham; Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot; Mill Arts Centre, Banbury; Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; and Stratford Circus, London. Continue reading Body Politic
Stories from the Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes, told through costumes, programmes and objects, will be shown together for the first time in the UK at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museums, alongside a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, Matisse: Drawing with Scissors from 2 February until 27 April. Continue reading Costumes and artwork from Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes
2019 sees Yolande Yorke-Edgell’s contemporary ballet company Yorke Dance Project celebrating its 20th anniversary. Yorke-Edgell set up her company in Los Angeles in 1999, relaunching it when she returned to London 2009. Since then, the company has attracted increasing acclaim for presenting dance by past masters and emerging artists from the UK and the USA, performed by exceptional dancers. Continue reading Yorke Dance Project celebrates its 20th anniversary
Akram Khan is one of the most celebrated and respected dance artists today. In just over 18 years he has created a body of work that has contributed significantly to the arts in the UK and abroad. His reputation has been built on the success of imaginative, highly accessible and relevant productions such as Xenos, Until the Lions, Kaash, iTMOi (in the mind of igor), DESH, Vertical Road, Gnosis and zero degrees. Continue reading Akram Khan’s goodbye to Until the Lions
A report published by One Dance UK claims that Brexit will have a detrimental effect on dance in the UK without the right safeguards in place. The report, titled Movement Beyond Borders – The UK Dance Sector Outlook on Brexit, is the result of research, conversations and discussions with One Dance UK members and stakeholders that have taken place since the June 2016 EU Referendum, and it draws on insights gained through a recent survey of major dance organisations and individual dance artists. Continue reading What Brexit means for dance
6 November saw a new Dance Passport launched, following the final event of the European project Dance Futures – Creating Transition Schemes for Dancers and Promoting Sustainable Mobility in the Dance Sector, the European group of the International Federation of Actors. This project has received the financial support of the European Union. Continue reading Equity launches Dance Passport
One Dance UK has recently been awarded a £200K grant as part of the latest spate of Paul Hamlyn Foundation grants. The organisation announced a number of awards with a total value of £1.3m over five years, to seven organisations in the latest round of Backbone funding. Continue reading One Dance UK awarded a £200K grant
Last year The Place undertook a survey to gain a better understanding of why there were fewer boys in the recreational dance classes it runs, and the reasons behind the gender imbalance across its activities. Continue reading The Place on why don’t boys dance
