Dance
Antonio Gades' Fuenteovejuna, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 20137-19 February: The annual Flamenco Festival London will featureartists including Latin Grammy Award-winning Vicente Amigo, gypsy flamenc o dancer Manuela Carrasco, and the great Rafael Amargo and includes commem oration of Federico Garcia Lorca's... Read more... |
Royal Ballet Draft Works, Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera Hou seTuesday, 21 May 201324-26 January: Draft Works provides a unique opportunity for Ro yal Ballet dancers to create new work, and/or to experiment and risk-take with short choreographic sketches. All of the pieces here are in various st ages of development and performed... Read more... |
English National Ballet, The Nutcracker, London ColiseumTuesday, 21 May 2013ENB's latest production of the delectable Tchaikovsky ballet ab out mice, Christmas and the Land of Sweets is a traditional version by Way ne Eagling. London Coliseum 12 Dec 2012 - 5 Jan 2013 Booking: http:/ /www.ballet.org.uk Read more... |
Royal Ballet, Swan Lake, Royal Opera HouseTuesday, 21 May 20138 Oct-24 Nov, Swan Lake (20 performances). Anthony Dowell's pr oduction of the Petipa/Ivanov classic designed in lavish Art Nouveau style by Yolanda Sonnabend. Conducted by Boris Gruzin to 10 November, then BarryWordsworth. Casts: Odette+Odile/... Read more... |
San Francisco Ballet, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 201314-23 September, San Francisco Ballet has a worldwide reputati on for its vast repertory. Three programmes over two weeks present some of its most popular works of recent years, including ballets by Royal Ballet alumni Christopher Wheeldon and... Read more... |
Dance GB, Royal Naval College, GreenwichTuesday, 21 May 2013Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 4-8 July Dance GB, an Olymp ics dance collaboration of the nations, with English National Ballet, Sco ttish Ballet and National Dance Company Wales. Each company commissioning contemporary choreographers: for... Read more... |
Romeo & Juliet, Royal BalletTuesday, 21 May 201310 January-31 March, 2012: Romeo and Juliet (MacMillan/Prokofi ev). 1965 landmark of the Royal Ballet which premiered with Fonteyn and Nur eyev and has become the most popular ballet version of the Shakespeare lovestory worldwide. January casts... Read more... |
UMOJA, Peacock TheatreTuesday, 21 May 201331 January-19 February, Peacock Theatre: UMOJA brings together30 young singers, dancers, drummers and musicians for a celebration of S outh African song and dance. PN2. Read more... |
Jasmin Vardimon, premiere, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 201312 & 13 November, Jasmin Vardimon Company, FREEDOM, Sadler'sWells Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Jasmin Vardimon returns with the London premiere of her new work, FREEDOM, a full-length dance theatre pro duction Booking: www.sadlerswells.com Read more... |
Batsheva Ensemble, Deca Dance, Sadler's WellsTuesday, 21 May 201319-21 November, Batsheva Ensemble, Deca Dance, Sadler's Well s Batsheva Ensemble is the younger branch of Israeli contemporary dance group, Batsheva Dance Company, led by artistic director Ohad Naharin - th ey have been described as “acrobats of... Read more... |
Batsheva Dance Company, Playhouse, EdinburghTuesday, 21 May 2013Batsheva Dance Company, Hora, 30 Aug-1 Sep, Playhouse Oha d Naharin, probably Israel's most famous contemporary choreographer today , known for energetic athleticism, offers his company in his 2010 creationHora, whose soundtrack ranges from Wagner... Read more... |
Royal Ballet, triple bill, ROHTuesday, 21 May 201330 June-7 July: Triple bill - Birthday Offering, A Month in th e Country, Les noces (5 perfs). Ashton’s celebration of seven ballerinas m arks the Royal Ballet’s 80th anniversary and opens the penultimate offeringof Dame Monica Mason's directorship... Read more... |
