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Anything Goes this Christmas     The Barbican production of Anything Goes will be shown on BBC television this Christmas, having received rave reviews since it opened earlier this year. Cole Porter's classic musical is set on the SS Americana and follows two pairings that try to find love on the high seas. It features classic numbers such as "I Get A Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", "It's De-Lovely!" and "Anything Goes". Playing on BBC Two on Boxing Day at 6.40pm...

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...

Tributes to Sir Robert Cohan     Image credit: Photo by Darryl Vides-Kennedy Yorke Dance Project will stage its new programme Past Present from 12-14 November at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House. This will include 20th century classics from Martha Graham and Sir Kenneth MacMillan, the world premiere of Sir Robert Cohan’s final work and world premiere of so it is, a new work by artistic director Yolande Yorke-Edgell. Connecting to Cohan, a special performance...

The Royal Ballet’s streams kickstart the year     Photograph by Bill Cooper 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.   From Friday 31 December 2021, audiences have been able to stream The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty – a story set to Tchaikovsky’s score, performed by Principals Marianela...

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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Plans       Following Birmingham Royal Ballet’s return to live performance, with the Curated by Carlos season and Cinderella at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and Theatre Royal Plymouth, Acosta will again balance the new and the classic in a season that begins with contrasting tellings of the greatest love story ever told.   For Birmingham Royal Ballet’s homecoming season at Birmingham Hippodrome, Sir Kenneth MacMillan&...

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...

Hairspray the Musical announces new West End dates       Hairspray the Musical has announced new West End dates, with its plans for a run which begins with social distancing in order to comply with any potential extension to government Covid-19 guidance. The show will run from 22 June to 29 September 2021, with the first four weeks playing with social distancing. The musical is based on the 1988 film of the same name, which starred Divine and Ricki Lake. It originally...

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Royal Academy of Dance‘s Free Online Lockdown Dance Classes     The Royal Academy of Dance is on a mission to keep everyone moving and motivated from home through a range of accessible and free online classes in a range of dance styles. The global dance education organisation launched a host of online classes to keep young people active during lockdown, as well as the return of a weekly series of online ‘Silver Swans’ ballet exercise classes, designed to get t...

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...

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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. ...

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 ...

Rise Up With Arts   Professional Dancer Anya Garnis is set to present 'Rise Up With Arts' with her dance partner and Strictly Come Dancing professional Pasha Kovalev. This global livestream event will air on 27 March, World Theatre Day. It features stars from the world of theatre, music and dance and celebrates the magical connection and transformative power of the arts. The show is an uplifting collaboration between some of the biggest names across the industry. Broadway, West End, Stric...

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 ...

Scottish Ballet’s New Dance Films   Scottish Ballet has unveiled two new dance films created in collaboration with people living with Parkinson’s, Multiple Sclerosis and dementia, as part of their creative engagement project Haud Close. From Orkney to Tasmania, Haud Close was a multi-artform project that connected with over 100 people worldwide to celebrate the creativity, strength and perseverance of people living with neurological conditions, and their households. Inspired...

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New Shows This Autumn at Sadler’s Wells        Image Credit: "Sadler's Wells"  by Ungry Young Man  is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, click here Sadler’s Wells has announced its productions for autumn 2021, including from Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, and Birmingham Royal Ballet.  Matthew Bourne’s new production The Midnight Bell expl...

New Shows This Autumn at Sadler’s Wells      Sadler’s Wells has announced its productions for autumn 2021, including from Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, and Birmingham Royal Ballet.  Matthew Bourne’s new production The Midnight Bell explores the under-belly of 1930s London life, where ordinary people emerge nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in pubs and bars. Inspired by...

ArtsUnboxed - a new initiative for safely touring work in 2021   This spring, Greenwich Dance will launch ArtsUnboxed, an innovative new way to safely create, produce and tour dance in 2021.    Funded by the Culture Recovery Fund administered by Arts Council England, Greenwich Dance has commissioned six artists to develop new dance work that can be packaged as a virtual blueprint and sold to venues, festivals and dance organisations across the country. Thos...

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,...

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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...

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...

Kids Week     Photo by Jack Garofalo Official London Theatre's Kids Week is back this summer, giving theatre lovers the opportuity to essentially take a child to the theatre for free when accompanied by a full paying adult, to different shows throughout August. Over 30 shows are participating in the scheme for performances from 1 - 31 August, with Kids Week being all about encouraging children into the theatre. To this end, attendees can book a maximum of eight tickets, and th...

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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...

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A Dancer’s Long Term Vision     For any aspiring dancer, having a long term vision is part and parcel of their career preparation. However, given the effects of the past 18 months on the world, it seems more manageable to break down long term goals into smaller steps in order to remain motivated. Often the uncertainty of the future can make taking positive action difficult, yet it can actually be a positive accompaniment to a dancer’s training and aspirations. COVID ...

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Stretching Strife     It is almost impossible to think about dance without thinking of stretching. On the whole, dancers stretch to help them feel limber enough to take class, rehearse or perform, but also to improve and maintain overall range of movement. Flexibility can be improved, however each body has its own natural range which places limits on how far it can be pushed without doing damage.    Muscles are made up of elastic and non-elastic components, ...

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Keeping Up Your Mojo Self-motivation could be described as a typical trait of a dancer, so used to pushing their minds and bodies, in the pursuit of excellence in their classes, training, rehearsals and performances. Like anything, however, this can wane due to any kind of circumstances, and can see dancers struggle with their enthusiasm and drive. It is perhaps only natural for this to occur from time to time, but particularly as a result of the pandemic and various restrictions. Dancers nat...