Review: Gentleman Jack with Northern Ballet – Love, lust and the life of Anne Lister
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Gentleman Jack – effective in its storytelling capacity and sits well with the company.
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Review: Mathieu Geffré’s The Monocle at Wilton’s Music Hall in London’s East End
Lily Hyde sees The Monocle: One Last Soirée set in a lesbian bar in 1930s Paris – energetic and sensual with exhilarating moments of togetherness.
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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: The Royal Ballet’s Perspectives with Against the Tide, a world premiere from Cathy Marston
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet in a triple bill with works by George Balanchine, Justin Peck, and a world premiere from Cathy Marston: Against the Tide.
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Review: A Single Man “with two of our finest male dancer-actors”
Jonathan Gray sees The Royal Ballet and Factory International’s A Single Man – I wanted to be moved more
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The Royal Ballet presents A Single Man, based on the book by Christopher Isherwood
A Single Man, a new ballet based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, to receive its London premiere, starring former Royal Ballet Principal Ed Watson.
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As queer male representation in ballet soars, queer female representation stays firmly on the ground
As the dance work based on Isherwood’s gay novel A Single Man comes to London’s Royal Opera House, Lily Hyde laments the lack of female queerness in ballet.
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Review: Nureyev’s Swan Lake at La Scala with Alice Mariani and Navrin Turnbull
Graham Spicer sees Swan Lake at La Scala – one of Rudolf Nureyev’s most successful choreographies.
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Review: Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Inside Giovanni’s Room – a brave and daring proposition
Jonathan Gray sees Phoenix Dance Theatre in Marcus Jarrell Willis’s ‘Inside Giovanni’s Room’ with the Leeds-based company in top form.
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Inside Giovanni’s Room – Black author James Baldwin’s 100th anniversary celebrated in dance
Phoenix Dance Theatre presents Inside Giovanni’s Room in London, inspired by James Baldwin’s 1956 novel of “love, sexuality, guilt and self-acceptance”.
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Northern Ballet’s ‘Gentleman Jack’ wins FEDORA – VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Dance Prize 2025
In 2024, Northern Ballet announced a new ballet based on the life of 19th-century icon Anne Lister, or ‘Gentleman Jack’, known as ‘the first modern lesbian’.
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Announcing ‘Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival’ 2025 in London
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival returns to London with 10 premieres, 15 productions, 38 performances and more than 350 dancers.
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Interview with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra: dance is an inherently queer art
Paul Arrowsmith talks to choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra, who creates work exploring gender, cultural and sexual identity, as he prepares for Edward II.
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[Review] New York City Ballet in London – “A Stellar Return”
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees the New York City Ballet in London in a mixed bill: Rotunda, Duo Concertant, Gustave le Gray No.1, and Love Letter (on shuffle).
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A Year in Dance – 12 of the best in 2023. Graham Watts’ eclectic year
A year in dance – Graham Watts looks back at the 200 performances he saw in 2023 and chooses 12 of the best.
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The Place announces its 2024 Spring Season
The Place – London’s centre for dance performance and creation for over 50 years – has announced its spring 2024 season.
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[Review] Kate Prince’s Message In A Bottle. Dance-theatre to Sting’s music – breathtaking and important
Matthew Paluch sees Message In A Bottle: “one of those important shows that take a prevalent, complex issue and make it accessible and tangible to the masses.”
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Prison cancels opera about violent gangster and gay composer Ivor Novello
An opera about gangster ‘Mad’ Frankie Fraser and the composer Ivor Novello, both jailed in 1944, has had its prison performance cancelled at the last minute.
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There’s a new Nutcracker in town – Drew McOnie’s vision will open at the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
The world premiere of The McOnie Company’s Nutcracker will open at the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, London’s new venue at the Southbank Centre, on 4 November 2023.
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[Review] Sadiq Ali’s The Chosen Haram – queer intimacy at ten feet
The Chosen Haram (meaning forbidden) by Sadiq Ali is both engaging and difficult to watch.
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[Review] Thick & Tight presents “Tits and Teeth – a retrospective of a dazzling career”
Matthew Paluch sees Thick & Tight’s ‘Tits and Teeth – a retrospective of a dazzling career’ – “They’re one of a kind… It’s really something to behold.”
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The lonely father – Jonathan Gray reviews a new biography of the choreographer John Cranko
It is written with love for John Cranko but does not shy away from noting his insecurities, nor from stating that not all his ballets were works of genius.
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[Review] Korea’s Dolpagu company presents XXL Leotard, the story of a boy’s leotard fascination
Matthew Paluch looks at ‘XXL Leotard and Anna Sui Hand Mirror’, a Korean theatre and dance piece exploring “gender and social class across generations”.
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Dancing Times, May 2022 issue
In the May issue of Dancing Times, I write about the European premiere of Touché, a lockdown creation for ABT by Christopher Rudd, and Jewels at La Scala.
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Top dancers provided thrills and emotion for Les Étoiles gala in a time of pandemic
Notwithstanding organisational difficulties in bringing dancers from around the world to Rome for the annual Les Étoiles gala, it gave joy to packed houses.
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Touché! Les Étoiles gala features a homosexual pas de deux
Interview with the choreographer Christopher Rudd about his gay pas de deux for two men Touché, created for American Ballet Theatre and now to be seen in Rome.
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[Interview] Choreographer Hervé Koubi – If we can dance together, we can live together
Interview with French choreographer Hervé Koubi on his social and cultural ideas and ideals and his ‘touching, theatrical and important’ dance works.
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Ballet22 – mxn en pointe
Ballet22 pushes the boundaries in ballet by breaking gender stereotypes, specifically by presenting men, mxn, and non-binary artists en pointe.
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Sergei Polunin on Liam Scarlett, Russian gays, and getting rid of his Putin tattoo
Sergei Polunin talks about Liam Scarlett (Like some loving beautiful dog who licks your face.), gays in Russia (There were lesbians kissing everywhere… I’ve never seen so many lesbians.) and removing his tattoos.
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James Whiteside offers Harlequin dance floors to young dancers
Fancy Nut Mix is an online benefit concert devised by American Ballet Theatre’s James Whiteside to raise money to provide dance floors to young dancers.
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