The Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund has announced the recipients of The Bonnies 2017 awards, at a ceremony that took place on 1 December at Sadler’s Wells. The guest speaker, choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, presented the awards, including the Marion North Mentoring Awards, the Bonnie Bird New Choreography Award and the Bonnie Bird Lifetime Contribution to Choreography Award. Continue reading The winners of The Bonnies 2017
East London Dance projects for 2018
East London Dance and Shoreditch Town Hall are set to co-produce Identity, a celebration of east London’s fashion and dance culture. An Open Call for east London’s brightest young dance talents invites them to take part in East Wall additionally, as two cornerstone productions in 2018. Continue reading East London Dance projects for 2018
English National Ballet’s principal casting
Following performances in London and on tour this autumn, English National Ballet presents Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s masterwork, Song of the Earth, and Frank Andersen’s faithful version of the 1830s Romantic ballet La Sylphide at the London Coliseum this January, where Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort will also be revived. Continue reading English National Ballet’s principal casting
Nominations open for the Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Award
Nominations are now open for the Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Industry Award, which honours an individual working in dance who has made an outstanding contribution to the art form. The award aims to highlight the important, but often unacknowledged, contributions made by individuals who make a real difference to how dance is created, supported and seen. Continue reading Nominations open for the Jane Attenborough One Dance UK Award
DanceEast’s Spring season
DanceEast is set to offer a vibrant line-up of performances and workshops at the Jerwood DanceHouse as part of its Spring season. Running from January through to May, the upcoming season demonstrates DanceEast’s commitment to providing opportunities to support artists at every stage of their careers, as well as developing dance within the community. Continue reading DanceEast’s Spring season
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s first relaxed performance
Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced its first ever relaxed performance, adding to the fast-growing repertoire of relaxed performances staged across London and the rest of the country. The relaxed performance will take place on 20 February 2018 at the Birmingham Hippodrome; it will have a shorter running time than usual, with changes to lighting, sound and seating to make the performance and auditorium a more inviting and welcoming space. Continue reading Birmingham Royal Ballet’s first relaxed performance
The Sound of Music to embark on a new UK tour
Bill Kenwright’s esteemed production of The Sound of Music is to embark on a new UK tour in 2018, it has recently been announced. As such an iconic musical, this will delight musical theatre fans across the country, able to see a timeless classic on their doorsteps. The show opens at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin on 19 December and will then embark on the tour from 9 January at the Churchill Theatre in Bromley. Continue reading The Sound of Music to embark on a new UK tour
Flamencos del Sur at The Peña Flamenca de Londres
The Peña Flamenca de Londres, London’s friendly flamenco club, has this year welcomed Flamencos del Sur, a group of top-class performers travelling directly from Granada. Sunday 10 December saw the group present its ‘puro flamenco’, a super-charged gypsy style that is a far cry from choreographed ballet flamenco. Flamencos del Sur was born from Jingle, the well-known British flamenco guitarist who has been based in Spain for many years. Continue reading Flamencos del Sur at The Peña Flamenca de Londres
La Soirée
La Soirée, in its upgraded home of Aldwych Theatre, is a heady mixture of nonsensical comedy and jaw-dropping feats of strength and flexibility. Like any show of this kind, it is a revelation to present such an eclectic mix of characters as part of the performance, making up a hugely talented company. Continue reading La Soirée
Tango After Dark’s world premiere
Germán Cornejo’s Tango After Dark will receive its world premiere at London’s The Peacock theatre, running from Wednesday 28 February – Saturday 17 March. International tango star Cornejo will be welcomed back to London with his company, widely acclaimed by critics and audiences all over the world as one of the most distinguished tango artists working today. His company is made up of a cast of 10 dancers, including his long term dance partner and collaborator Gisela Galeassi. Continue reading Tango After Dark’s world premiere