Dance & ballet news

• Ballet laid bare: Matthew Brookes' intimate photos of male dancers – in pictures

  10-09-2015 13:47
  
  The photo book Les Danseurs is the result of a year that photographer Matthew Brookes spent with professional male ballet dancers in Paris. Brookes asked the dancers to think of falling birds when they posed for him. His black-and-white portraits, taken against a simple backdrop, give a close-up view of the men’s bodies, from head to pointed toe Continue reading...
  
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• The unmissable dance shows of autumn 2015

  10-09-2015 07:30
  
  Francesca Annis and Hussein Chalayan make their debuts, Carlos Acosta does Carmen, and Dance Umbrella perform on the roof of a multi-storey car parkThe all-male Trocks remain one of the class acts of ballet, their comic parodies fizzing with wit, slapstick and a fanatical attention to style. Men in tutus and size-12 shoes evoke some of the great ballerinas from history, as well as dancing their princely partners. Featured in this UK tour are extracts from familiars like Swan Lake, less well-know
  
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• How Hussein Chalayan fashioned a dance where costumes rule

  10-09-2015 07:30
  
  The fashion designer has worked in dance before, but Gravity Fatigue is the first show he has devised and directed himself. And the sets and costumes are as fabulous as you would expect“I think it would be very peculiar,” says Hussein Chalayan, “for anyone interested in fashion not be interested in dance. It’s the ultimate expression of where bodies and movement meet clothes.” Chalayan, twice winner of British Designer of the Year, has himself worked with several ch
  
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