Sadler’s Wells has released a film on Digital Stage celebrating the first 10 years of National Youth Dance Company and announced choreographer Oona Doherty as Guest Artistic Director for 2023/24. Featuring interviews with every Guest Artistic Directors including Wayne McGregor, Alessandra Seutin, Akram Khan and Jasmin Vardimon, the documentary, directed by Ben Williams, follows the current cohort of… Continue reading 10 years of NYDC dance film
Month: June 2023
Les & Ali’s Big Balearic Adventure
Newlywed Ali (Nicole Evans) experiences massive buyer’s remorse. She wonders, having lived happily with her partner Les (Darren John Langford) for years, if it was a wise choice to spaff £30,000 on a honeymoon and a wedding attended by just 15 of their friends and her less aggressive relatives. Husband Les, however, is undergoing his… Continue reading Les & Ali’s Big Balearic Adventure
Edinburgh Fringe dance
Woodhill – Summerhall, 2–28 August Taking first-hand experiences of three families whose loved ones took their own lives at HMP Woodhill, verbatim theatre company LUNG (Trojan Horse, Who Cares, E15) examines the state of UK prisons. Woodhill is a dance theatre piece that uses verbatim text from the family members read by actors over choreography to question the negligence… Continue reading Edinburgh Fringe dance
In Dreams
In 2023, it’s probably fair to say that Roy Orbison does not enjoy the same level of fame as some of his rock ‘n’ roll contemporaries, the most obvious being Elvis Presley. Nevertheless, his melancholy lyrics and impassioned vocals have become an indelible part of popular culture. After all, how many singer-songwriters can claim to… Continue reading In Dreams
Jeyasingh’s Counterpoint in the fountains
Counterpoint, Shobana Jeyasingh’s outdoor dance work for 22 dancers, returns to the fountains at Somerset House with eight performances 19–20 August. Jeyasingh created Counterpoint specially for the 55 fountains of the Somerset House courtyard in 2010. The ten-minute dance work now returns as part of Somerset House’s Summer in the Courtyard and Westminster City Council’s Inside Out festival, bringing walking tours,… Continue reading Jeyasingh’s Counterpoint in the fountains
Seven and a Half Years
Music, we’re told, has charms to soothe a savage breast. However, in terms of mental health, the healing power of music is debatable. Research has shown it can lessen the impact of depression and anxiety, yet musicians are three times more likely to experience anxiety or depression than the general public, and 73% of independent… Continue reading Seven and a Half Years
Hong Kong Soul at the Fringe
The first edition of Hong Kong Soul, a platform for dance and performance from Hong Kong, will showcase three programmes at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. There will be a remake of the Lion dance with beatboxing, martial arts, tricking and parkour (TS Crew’s No Dragon No Lion at C aurora), life-and-death stories of human beings, cats and… Continue reading Hong Kong Soul at the Fringe
Cuckoo
Three women of varying ages sit at a table ignoring each other, their focus entirely on what is going on on their phones, which ping with new messages to which they react until the eldest, Doreen, gets a message announcing someone on their way, one of them sends a message on to her and they… Continue reading Cuckoo
Chisenhale Dance seeks 200 artists
Chisenhale Dance Space is launching its reimagined CDS Artist Community and is seeking 200 dance and performance artists to form its artistic leadership. The organisation’s renewed focus will be on supporting early-career artists with little or no institutional support. Collectively the artists will develop programmes and opportunities, trialling new approaches and ways of working that… Continue reading Chisenhale Dance seeks 200 artists
Dance Umbrella 2023
This year’s Dance Umbrella programme (6–31 October) will showcase hip hop, performance art, audio-visual experiences and operetta from artists originating from Cameroon, Greece, South Africa, Taiwan and Croydon. The live programme will include: The digital programme includes: