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What is a dancer without dance? For me, it’s been over 80 days since the official lockdown began where I’m located (Sarasota, Florida), and the enforced pause in my normal life has afforded space for plenty of thinking. I’ve found the cut and thrust of my old routine made it seem there was just one […]
Like many others, I was shocked and outraged by the killing in Minneapolis on May 25 of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by a white police officer who knelt on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. It rightly sparked protests and demonstrations around the world, and highlighted once more the ugly truth […]
As we approach our 110th anniversary in October, Dancing Times was delighted – and completely taken by surprise – to be chosen in June as “My Favourite Magazine” by the International Magazine Centre. Selected by Grace Balfour-Harle, who, as well as being a dance teacher, is editorial assistant at the Beano (published by DC Thomson […]
Birmingham Royal Ballet principal Brandon Lawrence has launched an online choreography challenge to stimulate students’ creativity and support their psychological wellbeing during lockdown. The dance community has been hit especially hard by COVID-19, with dance schools across the world closed and events, exams, and auditions postponed. Despite the proactive attitude of many dance teachers who […]
All of the team at Dancing Times hope you are keeping safe and well in these difficult times. We have been very touched by the messages we got from readers over the past month saying how delighted they were to receive the magazine during the lockdown (you can read a selection of them in Letters). […]
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has announced a week devoted to dance that runs from May 40 to June 4. Part of Lincoln Center at Home, the offerings of Dance Week, which will be streamed at lincolncenter.org and on Lincoln Center’s Facebook Page, were filmed during more than 40 years of performances on the […]
As Dance School of the Year (DSOTY) celebrates its eighth anniversary, there’s never been a better time to consider entering a school for these prestigious awards. While we’re living through challenging and uncertain times, many dance schools have been helping keep young people connected with their “normal” life and their friends through dance classes. Children […]
With everyday life seemingly at a standstill, I was beginning to wonder how we could possibly fill the pages of Dancing Times this month. Although by necessity there are fewer pages than normal in this issue, in the event it didn’t prove too onerous, as there is as much to discuss about dance during a […]
Works from Northern Ballet’s repertoire plus a new original dance film will be available to watch online or on television as part of the company’s Pay As You Feel Digital Season. Over the next few weeks people will be able to tune into 1984, Little Red Riding Hood and Dracula from the comfort of their […]
Sadler’s Wells has announced the next four Facebook premieres set for Digital Stage, its free online performance programme. Performances will be screened live on Fridays at 7.30pm UK time via Sadler’s Wells’ Facebook page, and are then available to watch on demand for seven days thereafter. Artists and companies performing include ballet superstar Natalia Osipova, Taiwan’s […]
New Adventures has announced A Festival of Classics as part of their Reel Adventures online programme, which includes a series of broadcast premieres on Sky TV and rare screenings of some of Matthew Bourne’s best-known productions. On April 19 at 8pm, Sky Arts will be screening the broadcast premiere of Bourne’s Swan Lake, recently updated and filmed […]
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