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Applications are currently open for the 2018 Prix de Lausanne, one of the world’s most prestigious international ballet competition, held annually in Switzerland. Candidates had until 30 September to register, and now have until 22 October to submit a video recording to support their application. Continue reading Applications open for international ballet competitions

Touring company Motionhouse has announced the dates for the premiere tour of its brand new production Charge, a new multimedia dance-circus which premieres next month. October will see the company present the new dance piece at a number of venues, inspired by energy. It focuses on the electrical charge that sparks human life, from hearts beating to the memories humans make. Continue reading Motionhouse announces tour of new production

English National Ballet has announced its 2018 Spring/Summer season, including a world premiere of new work by William Forsythe created especially for English National Ballet, a new version of My First Ballet: Swan Lake to tour the UK and Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty to be performed at the London Coliseum. Continue reading English National Ballet’s 2018 Spring/Summer season

Ekaterina Krysanova, Semyon Chudin, Maria Alexandrova and Vladislav Lantratov of the Bolshoi Ballet, along with students of London Russian Ballet School, presented Romantic Revolution earlier this month, staged at the London Palladium on 18 September. Entitled Romantic Revolution, the performance was a philanthropic endeavour to engage young children in ballet and impart some of the richness of the art onto them. Accessibility is the name of the game, with tickets priced affordably to enable as wide an audience as possible to see Bolshoi artists perform. Continue reading Romantic Revolution

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Wayne McGregor, the multi-award winning British choreographer and director, will present the world premiere of Autobiography, from Wednesday 4 – Saturday 7 October, at Sadler’s Wells, London. His company works under the name Company Wayne McGregor as a Sadler’s Wells Resident Company. Autobiography will follow its London premiere with a UK and world tour. Continue reading Company Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography

The Space recently commissioned the live stream of Rosie Kay’s acclaimed dance show 5 SOLDIERS, kicking off its national tour of army barracks. As a result, the streamed performance from a working Army drill hall in central London was brought to a whole new audience. It was commissioned as part of The Space’s mission to use digital technology to bring great art to wider audiences, and viewers around the world experienced 5 SOLDIERS through YouTube, Facebook Live and on the internet with distribution partners including Sadler’s Wells, The British Army and BBC Arts Digital. Continue reading 5 SOLDIERS dance production live streamed

Dance is full of exciting opportunities, and many of them. However, often these must be weighed up with the expenses that may come with them. The expense could have a distinct monetary value, but it could also make reference to time and family resources. Continue reading The expense of dance

English National Ballet School recently announced it would be appointing Carlos Valcárcel as its new Director of Dance from October 2017, following the departure of Samira Saidi. Continue reading English National Ballet School’s new Director of Dance

DanceXchange, the Midlands-based dance house, recently announced its latest performance season, running from 22 September until 2 December 2017. The new season sees DanceXchange present performances that are inspired by the science of the sun and the magic of the moon; an exploration of the cathartic power of dance, the enduring link between dance and music; and stories of womanhood and community. Continue reading DanceXchange announces autumn performance season

Held across Birmingham from 16-22 October, the Fierce Festival line-up has been announced for 2017. The international festival of performance will present live art, theatre, dance, music and installations, taking over Birmingham whilst exploring themes as diverse as the rituals of clubbing, mental health, “fandom” and fan art, and climate change. The 2017 programme contains fifty events with five world premieres, twelve UK premieres, with artists hailing from ten countries across four continents. Continue reading The Fierce Festival line-up