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From wartime race drama Mudbound to Phil Collins's UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
His political fury and upbeat moves make Kyle Abraham one of America's most original choreographers. He talks about systemic racism, his wrecked home town of Pittsburgh, creating an African …
Criticisms of the portrayal of rape in two recent Royal Ballet productions highlight a problem that is deeply embedded within the art formLove, grief, terror and desire: ballet can communica…
From the Taylor Wessing photo prize to Hedda Gabler's UK tour, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
Royal Opera House, LondonSarah Lamb and Steven McRae soar through Haydn's symphony, Natalia Osipova is driven mad in Texas and a 20-strong cast prowl the stage in this mixed billIn 1973, whe…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA varied bill skipped from the gorgeous classicism of Michael Corder's Le Baiser de la fée to the exotic carnival of dancing animals in David Bintley's Still Life at t…
From the return of Bananarama to a new play by the writer of Doctor Foster, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue rea…
The Place, LondonThe dance duo's latest work, Andante, subjects the audience to sensory overload as the smoke and smells create a distancing hazeIt is very rare to experience something defin…
She shook up the male world of modern dance in the 1970s and never slowed down. The US choreographer talks about fending off flak, videoing her entire career " and why you should never ask h…
From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year show to Beowulf on stage, here is our pick of the best films, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance over the next seven days Continue reading...
Premiered just before the revolution, Parade was Les Ballets Russes' most radical work. This dazzling update, with a robot politician and a silver wall-walker, captures its spirit " and the …
Royal Opera House, London A five-company tribute to Kenneth MacMillan continues with brave and brilliant stagings of two very different worksThis season's Kenneth MacMillan celebration conti…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe choreographer brings comedy, carnival and African dance to a hallowed classic, and ends up with something totally newBlack and white; good and evil; reality and ill…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn a magisterial triple bill, Lucinda Childs, Maguy Marin and Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker let us hear, see and feel the composer's classic in exhilarating ways'A confusi…
Royal Opera House, LondonAll five of the UK's leading classical companies collaborate for the first time in a heartfelt celebration of the choreographer who changed the course of balletThe R…
From the return of St Vincent to Dr Seuss on stage, here is our pick of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance in the next seven days Continue reading...
Some say she's killing 'real' flamenco " but RocÃo Molina has no time for conservatism. She's teaming up with a Korean hip-hop dancer and takes her inspiration from Nietzsche and Brueghel…
Barbican, LondonThe riveting Spanish dancer plays goddess, burlesque seducer, sex kitten and more for her raw and ritualistic new show' RocÃo Molina: flamenco and beyondThere's not a cafe…
Barbican, London The reckless dance marvel writhes on the floor, dresses as a dominatrix and rides a phallic broomstick as she delivers an exhilarating, high-voltage showThere are very few f…
Sadler's Wells, London Working to a tight deadline, Javier De Frutos, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon and Craig Revel Horwood respond to the theme of balance in new pieces, presented al…
Introducing our regular roundup of the best films, gigs, concerts, exhibitions, theatre and dance, including Blade Runner 2049, Little Mix and DalÃ/Duchamp Continue reading...
Sadler's Wells, LondonBeginning by sequencing his own genome, the maverick choreographer has fashioned a show that is mysteriously beautiful and curiously frustratingWayne McGregor's titles …
Sadler's Wells, London The dancer's debut as a director is a potent, at times mesmerising show performed by a versatile company " with an appearance by the great man himselfIt's a remarkable…
Two companies collaborate to take a delicate look at family dynamics, while the esteemed choreographer brings a deeply personal show to Sadler's Wells1 Things I Know to Be TrueThis collabora…
For Edward Watson they're terrifying and exhilarating. Sarah Lamb struggles to return to reality after performing them. Twenty-five years after Macmillan's death, his visceral works have mad…
