Limbo on the South Bank
The creative producers and co-director of last year's headliner at the London Wonderground Festival, Cantina, will return to the South Bank this year with a new show, Limbo.
The Business of Dance
Dance UK is running Business of Dance, a series of seminars on business planning, promotion and fundraising for dance artists.
RUBBERBANDance Group
Canadian company RUBBERBANDance Group (pictured) come to the Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room this week, dancing Gravity of Center, an explosive blend of ballet and hip hop.
Rite talking
As part of a year-long festival dedicated to 20th century music, London’s Southbank Centre is holding a number of talks and film shows relating to Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring.
Winter ballroom at the South Bank
Ballroom plays a big part in Southbank Centre’s glittering Winter Festival, which runs until January 7. Alongside theatre, cabaret and Christmas markets, there will be a range of events in the dance spaces of the London venue.
Unlimited presents new work by disabled artists
Presented alongside the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Unlimited programme shows a groundbreaking group of new works by disabled and deaf artists. Originally planned as part of the Cultural Olympiad, this is the UK’s largest ever series of commissions from disabled and deaf artists, celebrating their work on an unprecedented scale.
Unlimited presents new work by disabled artists
Presented alongside the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Unlimited programme shows a groundbreaking group of new works by disabled and deaf artists. Originally planned as part of the Cultural Olympiad, this is the UK’s largest ever series of commissions from disabled and deaf artists, celebrating their work on an unprecedented scale.
Yonah Acosta wins Emerging Dancer Award 2012
Yonah Acosta was presented with English National Ballet’s 2012 Emerging Dancer Award last night at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank. Cuban-born Acosta, Dancing Times’ Dancer of the Month in November 2011, competed against five of his ENB colleagues to take the prize, and appeared in solos from Diana and Actaeon and Don Quixote with dazzling authority and confidence.
Hofesh Shechter chooses dancers for youth company
Choreographer Hofesh Shechter has selected 20 dancers for the U.Dance Ensemble, a new UK-wide youth dance company. Shechter, the young company’s artistic director, chose the dancers from a national audition in December. All the dancers are aged between 16 and 21.
Hofesh Shecther chooses dancers for youth company
Choreographer Hofesh Shechter has selected 20 dancers for the U.Dance Ensemble, a new UK-wide youth dance company. Shechter, the young company’s artistic director, chose the dancers from a national audition in December. All the dancers are aged between 16 and 21.




