News
Dance at the More London Free Festival:
Friday, 24 May 2013
The More London Free Festival kicks off with a fringe season and plenty of dancing, from zouk (pictured) to swing.
Dance Today goes digital:
Friday, 24 May 2013
In July, for the first time ever, Dance Today will be available in digital format – and at no extra cost to subscribers. This means you can read the magazine on your smartphone, tablet or online, for the normal UK subscription price of £23.10 a year or £28/32 from overseas.
Auditions for film musical:
Thursday, 09 May 2013
Auditions for dancers will be held on Friday, May 10 for the film musical Sunshine on Leith. Directed by Dexter Fletcher, and produced by DNA Films and Black Camel Pictures, the film will star Peter Mullan and Jane Horrocks. The choreography will be by Arthur Pita.
Dance Photographer of the Year :
Thursday, 02 May 2013
The search is on! Dance Photographer of the Year opens to entries on Saturday, May 11, and is looking for the best, the most creative, the most thoughtful and the most enthusiastic dance photographers in the world.
The Business of Dance:
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Dance UK is running Business of Dance, a series of seminars on business planning, promotion and fundraising for dance artists.
Limbo on the South Bank:
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
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.
Olivier Award winners:
Monday, 29 April 2013
Last night, the musical Top Hat (pictured) won three Olivier awards: best theatre choreographer for Bill Deamer, best new musical and best costume design for Jon Morrell. Leigh Zimmerman won best performance in a supporting role in a musical for A Chorus Line, while choreographer Gillian Lynne was honoured with a special award. The BBC Radio 2 audience award, voted by members of the public, went to Billy Elliot The Musical.
Closing date for Burn the Floor:
Friday, 26 April 2013
Burn the Floor, the ballroom stage show, will run until June 30 at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London’s West End. The dance show currently stars Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff, both well known from Strictly Come Dancing. The current season will close when Windsor and Rihanoff complete their limited run in the production.
