Hofesh Shechter

Patter of tiny feet: dancers on leaping into motherhood

Juggling babies and a job is always difficult – what are the particular pressures for performers and how is the industry taking steps to improve?

Lyndsey Winship

03, Mar, 2021 @1:00 PM

Devastating, unviable, admin overload: UK stage companies count cost of Brexit

New visa rules, taxes and transport restrictions are some of the hurdles British dance and theatre organisations must now overcome to tour Europe

David Jays

24, Feb, 2021 @6:30 AM

The week in dance: Vandekeybus / Rambert, Draw from Within; Hofesh Shechter – review

Wim Vandekeybus lets Rambert loose in a nightmare, while Shechter’s solo piece has a timely sense of constriction

Sarah Crompton

04, Oct, 2020 @8:00 AM

'The thirst and drive is there': a leap forward for British dance schools

Conservatoires adapted quickly to our new normal. What sort of industry will students graduate into – and how far have we come since UK-trained dancers were said to be ‘outclassed’?

Lyndsey Winship

08, Jul, 2020 @3:30 PM

On my radar: Hofesh Shechter's cultural highlights

The Israeli-born choreographer and dancer on Netflix series Unorthodox, the joy of board games – and banana pancakes

Hofesh Shechter

02, May, 2020 @2:00 PM

'I need to get as much done as possible – I've had cancer': culture during coronavirus

George Condo has made drawings inspired by social distancing: Tansy Davies wants to make a shamanic land opera. We conclude our series on artists’ responses to lockdown

Interviews by Lyndsey Winship, Tim Jonze, Imogen Tilden, and Arifa Akbar

16, Apr, 2020 @7:47 AM

Clowns review – a blast of bloodlust from the brilliant Hofesh Shechter

Shechter’s work begins in Regency-esque civility and ends in an orgy of highly choreographed violence

Lyndsey Winship

15, Apr, 2020 @11:02 AM

Star debuts and happy returns: theatre, dance and comedy in 2020

Tom Stoppard gets personal, Cush Jumbo does Hamlet, Hollywood names bring everything from tragedy to comedy … plus dance confronts shame and there’s standup open heart surgery

Arifa Akbar, Lyndsey Winship and Brian Logan

02, Jan, 2020 @9:00 AM

The best dance of the 21st century

Ferocious flamenco, bittersweet ballet and a harrowing masterpiece are among the greatest dance creations of our age

18, Sep, 2019 @7:00 AM

Rambert: McGregor/ Motin/ Shechter review – back to the future

A new work by Marion Motin holds its own alongside two old favourites in this Rambert triple bill

Sarah Crompton

19, May, 2019 @7:00 AM

Rambert: McGregor / Motin / Shechter review – an adrenaline rush

Christine and the Queens’ choreographer Marion Motin delivers a pounding debut, alongside early work by Wayne McGregor and Hofesh Shechter

Lyndsey Winship

15, May, 2019 @10:47 AM

'We've been ashamed of our voice': the secret history of UK Jewish theatre

The US has a rich tradition of Jewish theatre – but in the UK it’s been more circumspect. Artists from Hofesh Shechter to Tracy Ann Oberman explain why

David Jays

13, Mar, 2019 @7:00 AM