Visavì Gorizia Dance Festival returns to unite two nations through dance
Visavì – Gorizia and Nova Gorica reunite for five days of contemporary dance, 14–18 October, with premieres by Ohad Naharin and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
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Tony Award winner Arturo Lyons and Pontus Lidberg among artists at 2026 Hudson Valley Dance Festival
The Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns on 10 October 2026, bringing together an eclectic mix of contemporary dance artists, choreographers, and companies.
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dance | news | obituaries
Sir Richard Alston (1948-2026): the choreographer who taught Britain to listen to dance
Sir Richard Alston, choreographer, teacher, artistic director and tireless advocate for dance, died on 7 September 2026 at the age of 77.
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Emanuela Tagliavia’s Gemina Lux with La Scala ballerinas Caterina Bianchi and Letizia Masini at the Fisiko Festival
La Scala ballerinas Caterina Bianchi and Letizia Masini appear in Gemina Lux, a new work by Emanuela Tagliavia for the Fisiko Festival.
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Review: Hofesh Shechter’s In The Brain – if there’s no point, it’s pointless
Lydia Wharf sees In the Brain – after creating euphoric peaks of climactic energy, Shechter faces the dilemma of where to go.
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Interview: Hugo Marchand on bringing French flair to ballet in LA
Ann Haskins spoke with Paris Opera Ballet Étoile Hugo Marchand about bringing ballet to Los Angeles’ Disney Hall.
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news | dance | music & opera
Spoleto Festival concludes, broadening audience’s tastes while reaching an all-time box office record
The 69th record-breaking edition of the Spoleto Festival, the first under the leadership of the new Artistic Director Daniele Cipriani, draws to a close this evening.
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Review: Stephanie Lake’s COLOSSUS arrives in London – young dancers fulfilled Lake’s vision with ebullience
Graham Watts sees COLOSSUS – Stephanie Lake creates fascinating, kaleidoscopic movement from a mass of bodies made the more powerful by the rarity of the quantum.
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Review: Interplay, the mixed bill by Phoenix Dance Theatre
Matt Paluch sees four contemporary works performed by Phoenix Dance Theatre, with Pett Clausen Knight’s Small Talk showing substance over style.
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Interview: Mob behaviour and control hit the South Bank in Stephanie Lake’s Colossus
Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake talks with Graham Watts about Colossus, her work for 50 dancers that has toured the world since 2018.
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Review: Acosta Danza Yunior’s Next Generation – nothing made my artistic soul soar
Matthew Paluch sees Acosta Danza Yunior in four contemporary works but, all in all, it wasn’t a very inspiring night.
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Review: Ballet Nights, New Futures – the opportunity to compare and contrast
Graham Watts sees New Futures from Ballet Nights, featuring 150 dancers from seven leading dance schools, but it needed pruning and better management.
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Review: Marco da Silva Ferreira’s F*cking Future – mesmerising force
Graham Watts sees F*cking Future and finds himself warming to the work of Marco da Silva Ferreira.
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Interview: Carlos Acosta on his special project at The Royal Opera House this summer
Diane Parkes talks to Carlos Acosta about Myths and Modern Masters, the mixed bill that he’ll present at The Royal Opera House in August.
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Review: YOU & US with Cathy Waller Company – human, nuanced, heart-warming
Lucía Piquero appreciates the humanity in Cathy Waller Company’s YOU & US, inviting us to have the courage to be seen more openly and more honestly.
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Review: Thick & Tight in Papillons – performers and friends; a brilliantly creative space to reside in
Matthew Paluch sees Thick & Tight, the Manchester Collective, and CHAINES in Papillons – work that speaks but doesn’t shout.
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Review: Louise Lecavalier in Danses Vagabondes – death by a thousand cuts
Lydia Wharf sees the latest from Louise Lecavalier – She’s an icon. She owes you nothing. Yet somehow she gives you everything, in her own inimitable style.
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Review: Norwegian National Ballet in Tungrodd / Rahčamuš / Raataminen – preserving identity
Graham Watts sees Tungrodd, a “softly expressive and powerfully expansive” semi-autobiographical work by Sámi choreographer Simone Grøtte from Northern Norway.
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Review: The Great Chevalier with the diva-ish enfant terrible and Artistic Director of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg
Matthew Paluch sees The Great Chevalier, in which the diva-ish Mr Chevalier shares the stage with his company’s Executive Director Simone Mousset, in a work often uncomfortably close to home.
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Review: PCK Dance’s Into the Light – the celebrity pairing of James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight
Graham Watts sees James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight with Isabelle Evans – a rare opportunity to see them in a full-length show.
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Review: Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78, Pina Bausch through the eyes of Meryl Tankard
Lily Hyde sees a reworked version of Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof with original cast members from 1978 – mired in the old, the show presents something remarkably new.
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Royal Ballet’s Melissa Hamilton presents A Night of Ballet
Melissa Hamilton will curate a Night of Ballet this summer at Grange Park Opera, produced by Hamilton Christou Productions.
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The Royal Ballet School looks to the future as it celebrates its 100th anniversary
Matthew Paluch attended a Royal Ballet School Centenary Insight Day. Like the school’s founder, Ninette de Valois, he believes we need more than feelings; we need intelligence.
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Review: Covent Garden Choreographics with New English Ballet Theatre
Lily Hyde sees New English Ballet Theatre at Royal Ballet & Opera in Covent Garden Choreographics – a company whose ambitions far outpace its resources.
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San Francisco’s Flamenco Arts International – contemporary dance theatre meets legacy flamenco
Ann Haskins talks to Flamenco Arts International founders Marina Elana and Isabel del Día on Songs From a Sinking Ship, a show that finds flamenco dancers and musicians aboard a doomed ship.
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Review: Ballet de Lorraine’s hi-energy blast with a Folia and a kaleidoscopic Acid Gems
Graham Watts sees Ballet de Lorraine in works by Adam Linder and Silva Ferreira, which left the dancers and the audience on a high.
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Review: ASTITVA with Jaivant Patel Company – a choreography of power and beauty
Graham Watts sees the Jaivant Patel Company, which has stamped an indelible – and unique – mark on the British contemporary dance scene.
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Review: Last and First Men with Neon Dance – a great deal of patience is required
Graham Watts sees Last and First Men and finds that the extreme slow pace of the choreography tends towards tedium after the initial fascination has worn thin.
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Hofesh Shechter is awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture
The Hofesh Shechter Company has announced that choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter OBE has been appointed to the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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Review: Nederlands Dans Theater’s double bill, Wildsong
Matthew Paluch sees Jan Martens’ KID IN A CANDY SHOP and Marcos Morau’s Horses with Nederlands Dans Theater – dancers of unquestionable commitment and style.
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