Sadler's Wells
Dancing Nation review – a powerful reminder of what we're missing
Botis Seva’s BLKDOG, Matthew Bourne’s Spitfire and Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion are just three highlights in this celebration of UK dance-making
Sarah Crompton
07, Feb, 2021 @9:00 AM
Dancing Nation review – Sadler's Wells extravaganza stretches across three hours
Akram Khan and Natalia Osipova’s poetic duet and Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion are highlights in a festival from BBC Arts
Lyndsey Winship
29, Jan, 2021 @1:26 PM
Just keep moving: the top 10 dance shows of 2020
The year started with sparkling ballet and dazzling premieres, then came lockdown. But the dance world didn’t stand still and kept delivering innovative and urgent creations
Lyndsey Winship
22, Dec, 2020 @9:00 AM
Breakin' Convention: Social DisDancing review – a gripping hip-hop hour
The audience whoop behind their masks at a muted, Covid-era iteration of the festival, ending with a note of hope
Lyndsey Winship
14, Dec, 2020 @12:01 AM
'I feel like she's penetrating my soul': the power of Our Bodies Back
Commissioned by Sadler’s Wells, Jonzi D’s new black-and white film powerfully weaves poetry and dance in a tribute to women who suffered violence. Its makers demand change
Lyndsey Winship
26, Aug, 2020 @1:50 PM
Strasbourg 1518 review – Jonathan Glazer's cathartic spasm of protest for our times
The Under the Skin director’s short film – inspired by a mass-hysteria outbreak of dancing in the 16th century – speaks to our own feelings about lockdown
Peter Bradshaw
20, Jul, 2020 @9:15 PM
Strasbourg 1518: reliving a 16th-century ‘dancing plague’ in lockdown
Inspired by the true story of a summer dance mania in 1518, a haunting new Artangel project directed by Jonathan Glazer films lone performers around the world dancing till they drop
Sarah Crompton
19, Jul, 2020 @8:00 AM
Arts Council England pledges £33m to save at-risk arts venues
Emergency funding will help to keep struggling organisations afloat over the summer
Mark Brown Arts correspondent
07, Jul, 2020 @6:14 PM
'It's my second home': UK arts figures pick the theatres that inspired them
Arts venues have been hit hard by the pandemic and are still unable to stage live performances. In a new series, we celebrate their essential role
Compiled by Chris Wiegand
06, Jul, 2020 @12:25 PM
Sun, sand, human sacrifice: Rite of Spring danced on a beach as the world shut down
They flew to Senegal to create an electrifying version of the Pina Bausch classic with her son. Then coronavirus struck. Would they have time to dance the horrifying masterpiece for a film crew at sunset?
Lyndsey Winship
23, Jun, 2020 @2:28 PM
Wilkie Branson: TOM review – a sublime, slow-burn study of isolation
Part dance performance, part film, this solo show is a note-perfect portrayal of the all-consuming nature of loneliness
Lyndsey Winship
24, May, 2020 @10:09 AM
How to revive the arts with money well spent | Letters
Letters: Readers offer their views on where cash is needed to get the arts back on track after the coronavirus crisis
Letters
22, May, 2020 @4:20 PM
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