dance

Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures, Sadler's Wells

Hanna Weibye Wednesday, 05 April 2017

Not every artist attains the kind of status that will allow their early works to be revived – or, when revived, greeted with commercial and critical success. This is something of a shame for those of us with a historical mindset who like seeing where an artist has come from and how they have developed.

Balanchine's Jewels, Royal Ballet

Hanna Weibye Monday, 03 April 2017

Balanchine's Jewels is catnip to dedicated ballet lovers.

Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring, English National Ballet, Sadler's Wells

Hanna Weibye Friday, 24 March 2017

Is English National Ballet's current predilection for acquiring European repertoire some kind of anti-Brexit statement, or just smart brand positioning?

Crystal Pite, Flight Pattern, Royal Ballet

Hanna Weibye Friday, 17 March 2017

Can thirty minutes of contemporary ballet say something meaningful about the modern refugee crisis? It has been the surprise of the season to find myself asking this question not once, but twice, at the Royal Ballet.

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Project Polunin, Sadler's Wells

Katie Colombus Wednesday, 15 March 2017

This is the comeback after the comeback-that-never-was. It's the anticipated full stage ballet after the hugely popular Youtube video. It's the press waiting to see if ballet's bad boy will do something wild. It's the fans waiting to see if Sergei Polunin really will be the second coming (he's often hailed as the modern day Nureyev). Pamela Anderson is in the audience.

Tree of Codes, Wayne McGregor, Sadler's Wells

Katie Colombus Wednesday, 08 March 2017

Tree of Codes is a work made from a work made from a work.

FLA.CO.MEN, Israel Galván, Sadler's Wells

Hanna Weibye Saturday, 18 February 2017

Before this Sadler's Wells Flamenco Festival-opening performance of Israel Galván's show FLA.CO.MEN, my guest wanted to know what the show would be like.

Masurca Fogo, Pina Bausch, Sadler's Wells

Hanna Weibye Friday, 10 February 2017

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch are at an interesting juncture. Eight years after their eponymous founder died, and over 40 since she took over at Wuppertal, the troupe is reaching a point when, even if Bausch were alive, it would be facing change, as the older dancers in the company - many of whom have been there since the beginning - enter their late 60s.

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Giselle, English National Ballet, London Coliseum

Hanna Weibye Thursday, 12 January 2017

In the annals of ballet directors, always searching for the perfect balance between heritage programming and new work, there can rarely have been a double whammy so successful.

Best of 2016: Dance & Ballet

Hanna Weibye Monday, 26 December 2016

The criteria used by theartsdesk's critics in selecting pieces for this list are simple, but demanding: did a piece or a programme stir and shake us? Did it move us, and make us still - weeks or months afterwards - think, yes, I'd go see that again in a heartbeat?