Award-winning Vardimon returns to the stage:
Monday, 03 June 2013
Choreographer Jasmin Vardimon has been awareded the 2013 International Theatre Institute (ITI) award for excellence in international dance. Presented by Neville Shulman, director of the British Centre, the award recognises Vardimon’s choreographic work in recent years.
Calling dance producers!:
Friday, 31 May 2013
The creative charity IdeasTap and Team London Bridge will commission eight to ten outdoor dance pieces, to be performed over the weekend of September 5 to 8 as part of London Bridge Live Arts.
The Forsythe Company at work:
Thursday, 30 May 2013
The company of choreographer William Forsythe comes to London’s Sadler’s Wells from June 18 to 20. During the London season, members of the company will also take part in an insight programme presented by the University of Roehampton’s dance department.
Polunin in Petit's Coppélia:
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
This July, the Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet comes to the London Coliseum with Roland Petit’s version of Coppélia. Sergei Polunin will dance Franz during the run.
100-hour dance marathon at Greenwich Dance:
Friday, 24 May 2013
As part of the Greenwich Dances season, choreographer Arthur Pita’s Open Heart Productions will stage a 100-hour dance marathon, running from June 3 to 7.
Watch the Bavarian State Ballet online:
Friday, 24 May 2013
Terence Kohler’s new ballet Helden (Heroes) turns the myth of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods, into an allegory of modern technology. Appropriately enough, this work will itself be streamed online.
Nijinsky's daughter receives financial recognition for The Rite of Spring:
Friday, 24 May 2013
Tamara Nijinsky, the 93-year-old daughter of Vaslav and Romola Nijinsky, is to receive legal recognition for her father’s celebrated ballet, The Rite of Spring, at the centenary performance in Paris this month.
Memorial service for Phrosso Pfister:
Wednesday, 22 May 2013A Service of Thanksgiving for the life and work of Phrosso Pfister, dance teacher and educator, will be held at St Paul’s Church, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9ED at 12 noon on Thursday, July 4, 2013.
