As the lines between ballet and contemporary dance start to blur, opportunities for dancers to get their teeth into a character become increasingly scarce. But if there’s one place guaranteed to ...
Lotte Brundle meets Ivana Bueno, who is dancing the role of Clara in The Nutcracker this year at the London Coliseum.
Founding his own company, he built a tightly knit community in New York around his classes. His “Nutcracker,” set in the city ...
As our interview draws to a close, one thing occurs to me. Bourne’s first love is film (he didn’t get into dance until he was in his teens), he has often turned famous films into stage shows, and he ...
The qualities that make Kessels such a superb conductor are obvious as soon as you meet him: he is considerate, genuine, passionate about his work, and an irrepressible communicator. As he showed me ...
A dancer who did what she wanted When Guillem talks about her time with the Royal Ballet, she reveals a mixture of joy and frustration. She loved the company’s repertory, but she clashed repeatedly ...
For 28-year-old Royal Ballet principal dancer Yasmine Naghdi, life so far has been all about following a strict routine. After graduating from the Royal Ballet Upper School, Naghdi joined the company ...
Is break dancing (whisper it) losing its edge? Not if Jonzi D has anything to do with it. The MC, dancer, spoken word artist and director has long been credited as one of the founders of the British ...