Linbury theatre, LondonYolande Yorke-Edgell and company join the dots between the founder-mother of American modern dance Martha Graham and the late Robert CohanProgrammes by Yorke Dance Project often refer to past works and traditions. Their current e…
From The Card Counter to Diana Ross: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is Vegas gamblers, Peruvian art treasures or one-off jazz collaborations you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredThe Card CounterOut nowOscar Isaac (pictured, above) burns up the screen in the role of a former Guantánam…
L’Heure Exquise review – a Beckettian ballerina buried in pointe shoes
Royal Opera House, Linbury theatre, LondonMaurice Béjart’s adaptation of Happy Days sees Alessandra Ferri up to her hips in ballet shoes in this sparse, dreamlike workAlessandra Ferri is drowning in a mountain of pointe shoes. A huge pile of pink satin…
Emma Beddington tries … ballroom dancing: ‘This is the closest I have been to a stranger in a while’
My dance instructor has students as old as 90, so he shouldn’t be fazed by a hunched 46-year-old with no rhythm and keyboard-gnarled claws for handsI know it’s Strictly season, because I see it when I look into other people’s houses, my chilly face pre…
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet review – intoxicating, instinctive and full of new detail
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and William Bracewell reprise their roles with new partners as they give a fresh feel to one of the Royal Ballet’s most performed worksIn Michael Nunn and William Trevitt’s 2019 film, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond …
From The Addams Family 2 to Andy Warhol: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is a live gig, a new film or a game to play at home, our critics have your plans for this week coveredThe Addams Family 2Out nowHaving started life as a comic strip, the Addamses have come full circle with their latest incarnation in an anim…
@Home review – Didy Veldman explores where the heart is
Gulbenkian theatre, CanterburyActions speak louder than words as a talented cast take a guided tour of our most intimate relations Didy Veldman’s @Home grew around the idea of being “at home”, but to think of it as a dance about that idea would be a mi…
$40 flashlight-sized loudspeaker disrupter from China claimed
In today’s news, China’s dancing grannies: ‘stun gun’ claims to solve square dancing dilemma by sabotaging the music. A month ago, the same source reported China considers legal changes to curb noise pollution from the country’s notorious dancing grann…
Ballerina Georgina Pazcoguin: ‘We owe it to younger dancers not to stay silent’
In her new memoir, New York City Ballet’s first Asian-American soloist speaks out about racism and sexual bullying in ballet. Now she wants to overhaul the industry from withinWhen Georgina Pazcoguin was 19 years old, she went to see a doctor about her…
We Are As Gods review – big-time sensuality
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonSome 70 dancers reacquaint audiences with the BAC building in a sumptuous feast from James Cousins CompanyThough it features some 70 dancers, James Cousins’ We Are As Gods is not only, perhaps not even mainly, a dance perfo…