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Updates for Dance Passion     One Dance UK and BBC Arts have announced further artists and locations involved in Dance Passion 2022, as part of a wider host of dance programming on BBC TV, radio, iPlayer and Sounds. Comprised of a digital box set on BBC iPlayer and a highlights programme on BBC Four, Dance Passion is a collaboration between BBC Arts and sector support organisation One Dance UK, shining a light on the UK dance sector - particularly its unique creativity,...

Latest Dance News From Dance Direct Discover the latest dance news and articles in our Dance Direct blogs, which are full of tips and useful information. Photograph by Bill Cooper The Royal Ballet’s streams kickstart the year The Royal Opera House recently announced its productions that that will be streamed during January and beyond, offering audiences across the globe a huge range of ballet and dance to view. Read More Image: Dan Tucker Wondrou...

Birmingham International Dance Festival Birmingham International Dance Festival is an award-winning biennial festival presenting a vibrant programme of international dance in venues and public spaces across Birmingham; creating distinctive new work; building audiences, and engaging communities in participatory activity. Birmingham International Dance Festival 2021 Summer edition runs until 13 June, presenting a brand new digital platform, an online programme hosted on a dedicated Birmingham Intern...

Dance Consortium’s Spring Tours Dance Consortium has recently announced two Spring 2022 UK tours opening at Sadler’s Wells: Acosta Danza, with a six-venue tour from 9 February to 5 March, and NDT 2, with a nine-venue tour from 16 February to 8 May. Dance Consortium is a group of 18 large-scale UK venues with a shared passion for engaging people with the best contemporary dance from across the world. Since its formation in 2000, Dance Consortium has presented over 46 tour...

English National Ballet’s 10 years of Dance for Parkinson’s     Image credit: photo by Chris Currie English National Ballet recently celebrated over a decade of its Dance for Parkinson’s programme. Inspired by Company repertoire, the programme provides high quality dance classes for people living with Parkinson’s, their family, friends, and carers. Since its launch in 2010, Dance for Parkinson’s has reached more than 5,000 people throug...

Helping Dancers with Disabilities - Impetus Dance     Isla, aged 10, is a young dancer with Autism who has learnt to dance with Impetus Dance Community Interest Company, based in South Wales. This month Isla will be competing for the 2nd time this year in an online dance event. The competition is being ran by The National Charity and Governing Body for Para and Inclusive Dance in the UK (Para Dance UK). Unlike non disabled dancers,  those who have disabilities have limit...

Scottish Ballet Returns with UK Premiere of Gene Kelly’s Ballet     This autumn Scottish Ballet plans a return to stage and screen with Gene Kelly’s ballet Pas de Dieux, giving a new twist for its UK premiere. One of the first choreographers to bring the ‘American style’ to Europe, the legendary icon Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. Dancing the lead role of Aphrodite was the ‘Étoile&rsqu...

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Birmingham International Dance Festival   Birmingham International Dance Festival is an award-winning biennial festival presenting a vibrant programme of international dance in venues and public spaces across Birmingham; creating distinctive new work; building audiences, and engaging communities in participatory activity. Birmingham International Dance Festival 2021 Summer edition runs until 13 June, presenting a brand new digital platform, an online programme hosted on a dedicated Birmingha...

Motionhouse to open Birmingham 2022 Festival     Leading UK dance-circus company Motionhouse will transform Birmingham into the stage for ‘Wondrous Stories’, a large-scale production which will be the opening show of the Birmingham 2022 Festival. The show will launch the six-month festival from March next year, shining a global spotlight on creativity in the West Midlands that will sit alongside the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Audiences will be able to att...

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Back to school anxiety: Survey reveals it’s more than just butterflies 25% of 11-12 year olds are worried about bullying, and 1/3 of children can’t sleep before the first day back     Think back to your first day of school – can you remember how it felt to put on your uniform, grab your lunchbox, and wave goodbye before heading into the classroom?   What about the parent who waved back – how did they feel?   Heading back to school i...

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New Shows at Sadler’s Wells   Audiences will be welcomed back to Sadler’s Wells from 17 May, with seven productions which are scheduled to run between May and September. The first six will have social distancing measures in place, in line with current UK Government guidance. English National Ballet presents five works from 17 - 30 May. Created and released as films as part of ENB’s critically acclaimed Digital Season, these original pieces are performed live on ...

Birmingham Royal Ballet announces live performances and world premieres   Birmingham Royal Ballet and Birmingham Repertory Theatre have announced a triple bill and performances of an adapted production of Sir David Bintley’s classic Cinderella for audiences to enjoy this June. City of a Thousand Trades, as part of the Curated by Carlos Triple Bill, is a new one act abstract ballet inspired by and celebrating the diverse cultural and industrial heritage of Birmingham in a love lett...

World Premiere for Alessandra Ferri and Carlos Acosta      Image credit: photography by Danny Fitzpatrick,  DFphotography.co.uk Birmingham Royal Ballet’s current triple bill is an exciting one, including two recently premiered works and the World premiere of a new pas de deux created for Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri.    Chacona is an ensemble piece for 16 dancers set to music by J.S. Bach, played live on st...

A year of premieres for Scottish Ballet     After over a year, Scottish Ballet returned to stages with Gene Kelly’s Starstruck, which premiered as both a live tour and a feature-length dance film. The Nutcracker returned to stages in Scotland, with updates made to costumes and choreography, addressing racial stereotypes and questioning the gender of ‘hero’ characters. For Scottish Ballet 2022 will be a year like no other, with a packed programme of premieres. ...

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Open Online Theatre Festival 2021       IJAD Dance Company has launched its 2021 live-streamed Open Online Theatre Festival featuring new pieces by performing artists making work specifically for live-streaming. The performances will reflect the artists’ experiences of 2020 in four regions of the UK and also Lebanon, developing their work via online co-creation sessions on the Open Online Theatre platform.      The Festival presents an exc...

Tring Park School for the Performing Arts' Virtual Open Day   Following the success of its first virtual Open Day, the Hertfordshire-based Tring Park School for the Performing Arts is holding its first online Open Day of 2021 on 30 January, for entry into the 2021/22 academic year. It aims to give potential students an insight into what life is like at one of the UK's most prestigious performing arts schools.  The virtual Open Day will include a tour of the school th...

The U.Dance National Festival is back     The U.Dance National Festival 2021 is set to take place from 16–18 July. It is a free weekend of streamed dance masterclasses, showcases, careers talks and information sessions for young people, engaging the best dancers and dance leaders to share their skills. Following the  success of the online U.Dance National Youth Dance Festival in 2020, One Dance UK is once more holding the festival in an online format to engage y...

Sadler’s Wells’ Hip Hop Theatre Academy     A new Hip Hop Theatre Academy to develop the next generation of hip hop theatre artists is one of the major initiatives at Sadler’s Wells’ fourth London venue, Sadler’s Wells East, due to open in Stratford’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in late 2023. Run by Jonzi D, Artistic Director of Breakin’ Convention, Sadler’s Wells and a Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist, the Hip Hop The...

A new feature film from BalletBoyz     The internationally acclaimed dance company BalletBoyz has announced its return to both screen and stage. In March the company will return to live performance with Deluxe, a double bill fusing dance with original music and film content. Ahead of that, this Christmas, they are set to present their third feature film, Rumpelstilzchen. A Sky Original, the fable is brought to life with an all-star cast including Jane Horrocks. Rumpelstilzchen ...

Northern Ballet’s Pinocchio    Northern Ballet’s major national tour of a new ballet for children will be Pinocchio, which will tour nationally throughout the UK from February – April 2022. This will be following its world première, which took place in Leeds last month. The production will be visiting more than 20 theatres, delighting audiences everywhere. Image credit: Photo by Drew Forsyth Initially intended to première in 2020 but ...

Sadler’s Wells in the Spring     Sadler’s Wells is set to kick off its spring 2022 season with a powerful offsite work about Black male identity. TRAPLORD, by London artist Ivan Michael Blackstock, is an immersive dance performance produced by Sadler’s Wells and 180 Studios. TRAPLORD uses dance, theatre and spoken word to question the stereotyping of Black men in contemporary western society.    International dance is back in strength too...

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Sadler’s Wells & BBC Arts’ All-Day Digital Festival Dancing Nation     Sadler’s Wells and BBC Arts has announced details of a new collaboration celebrating outstanding dance talent as it returns to the stage, in an all-day digital, live and pre-recorded broadcast, Dancing Nation.      A festival of world-class dance taking place at Sadler’s Wells, Dancing Nation will be streamed on BBC iPlayer for audiences in the UK, and ...

English National Ballet’s BalletActive     English National Ballet’s on-demand video platform hosts a wide variety of ballet-based online classes for all levels and abilities. Whether trying ballet for the first time, rediscovering a passion for dance, maintaining your ballet practice or just looking to build fitness at home, English National Ballet’s BalletActive has something for everyone.     Building on the series of classes which ENB made avail...

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to recommence its tour Mark Goucher and first-time producer Jason Donovan have announced that Miles Western, Nick Hayes and Edwin Ray will star in the hit musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. The tour first opened in September 2019 and had just announced an extension in March 2020 when performances had to be paused due to Covid-19 restrictions. Priscilla, Queen of the Desert The Musical will officially re-open at Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham ‪on ‪2...

Ballet Exam Uniform Requirements   Dance exams and grading range all the way from Pre Primary to the Solo Seal. The last thing you’ll want to worry about in the run up to your dance exam is the ballet uniform you’ll be required to wear. RAD states that candidates are expected to wear the uniform listed for each grade, but where this is not possible, suitable alternatives of a similar colour and style may be worn. Dance Exam Uniform Requirements Make-up sh...

Johannes Radebe: Freedom       TV dancing sensation and international champion Johannes Radebe presents his first UK Tour, Johannes Radebe: Freedom, which will open ‪on 16 March and run to ‪1 May 2022. Johannes Radebe: Freedom is a celebration of music and dance, from African fusion to fiery Latin, classic dance arrangements and huge party anthems, with a big company of dancers and a multitude of costumes.  Johannes will take his audiences...

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