Dance & ballet news

• Candoco Dance Company review – compelling document of human possibilities

  11-03-2018 11:40
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  Disabled and non-disabled performers tackle political correctness and prejudice with mischievous humourIt’s always great to witness the buzz that choreographers get from working with Candoco. Throughout the company’s 27-year history there’s rarely been a work in which its mix of disabled and non-disabled dancers has felt like a limitation. On the contrary, each new commission seems to revel in showboating the particular range of skills, stories and
  
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• Ballet British Columbia triple bill review – the new classical

  11-03-2018 09:00
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  The Canadian company takes traditional training to bold new places in works by director Emily Molnar, Crystal Pite and Sharon EyalWith the future of ballet very much up for discussion, and directors faced with the knotty problem of how to honour the classical canon while also producing groundbreaking work, it’s exhilarating to see the confidence with which Vancouver-based Ballet British Columbia takes the stage. The Canadian company has been directed since 2009
  
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• Womadelaide festival 2018: throat singing, theatrics and feathers – in pictures

  11-03-2018 04:16
  Anoushka Shankar, Baker Boy, Rodrigo y Gabriela and Gogol Bordello join more than 650 artists from 25 countries playing Adelaide’s four-day festival of music and dance
  • Womadelaide is on at Botanic Park, Adelaide, until 12 March
  • Dustyesky’s Russian folk songs and accent comedy shouldn’t work, but it does Continue reading...
  
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