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Manon and Dream
The Royal Ballet’s Sarah Lamb superbly conveys Manon’s knotty psychology in Kenneth MacMillan’s passionate production, while the National Dance Company Wales share Christopher Bruce’s sporting Dream to mark what would have been the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged christopher bruce, dance, dancing, digital, dream, free, kenneth macmillan, manon, marquee tv, National Dance Company Wales, olympics, online, royal ballet, sarah lamb, sport, the i paper, tokyo, watch
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Summer Shorts and ENB classes
Marquee TV’s Summer Shorts festival has plenty of dance goodies, including Marianela Nunez dancing to Nina Simone, while English National Ballet offers online workshops for keen teens. Read my The i Paper picks here
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Tagged ballet, class, contemporary dance, dance, dancing, digital, enb, enb at home, english national ballet, festival, free, learn, marianela nunez, marquee tv, nina simon, online, screen.dance, short film, summer shorts, teenagers, the i paper, west end, workshop, yoga, youth dance courses
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The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Royal Opera House Online
ZooNation put their hip-hop spin on Lewis Carroll in this witty Kate Prince production – now available online. Read my full The i Paper pick here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged alice in wonderland, breakdance, breaking, dance, dancing, digital, free, hip hop, kate prince, lewis carroll, lizzie gough, online, royal opera house, streaming, the i paper, the mad hatters tea party, tommy franzen, watch online, zoonation
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Dracula, Northern Ballet
Bram Stoker’s Gothic tale becomes ballet with a bite in David Nixon’s darkly seductive production – now available on iPlayer. Read my latest dance pick for The i Paper
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Tagged ballet, bram stoker, dance, dancing, david nixon, digital, dracula, free, northern ballet, online, streaming, the i paper, vampire, watch
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The Sleeping Beauty and DanceEast
The Royal Opera House’s sumptuous classic production casts a spell, while DanceEast shares highlights from its End of Year Shows. Check out my dance picks for The i Paper
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged ballet, cat week, contemporary dance, dance, danceeast, dancing, digital, free, fumi kaneko, online, performance, petipa, rose adagio, royal ballet, royal opera house, show, sleeping beauty, stream, streaming, students, the i paper, watch
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Songs for a New World, The Other Palace Digital
We’ve already had The Last Five Years in lockdown; now, we get a digital production of American composer Jason Robert Brown’s earliest work. A series of wistful pop/jazz numbers loosely linked thematically, rather than narratively, this 1995 abstract musical features various characters responding to a moment that upends … Continue reading
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Tagged cedric neal, digital, jason robert brown, musical, online, rachel john, rachel tucker, ramin karimloo, review, singing, songs, songs for a new world, streaming, theartsdesk, theatre
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Hamilton review
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ground-breaking Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three performances in June 2016 – was meant to hit cinemas next autumn. Instead, in response to Covid-19, it’s now streaming on Disney+. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, disney plus, film, hamilfilm, hamilton, jonathan groff, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, renee elise goldsberry, review, streaming, the i paper, theatre, thomas kail
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Hamilton, Disney+
The movie adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights was meant to hit cinemas this summer, but, in response to Covid-19, has been put back to 2021. Instead, we get the early release on Disney+ of Miranda’s Hamilton – filmed, NT Live style, with the original Broadway cast at three … Continue reading
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Tagged broadway, daveed diggs, digital, disney plus, film, founding father, hamilton, hip hop, immigrant, leslie odom jr, lin-manuel miranda, movie, musical, online, politics, rap, review, streaming, theartsdesk, watch
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The Last Five Years, The Other Palace Digital
A musical featuring two people who are physically separated? Jason Robert Brown’s work is a shutdown natural – as this new digital theatre version demonstrates. Lauren Samuels and Danny Becker, who play doomed lovers Cathy and Jamie, recorded their parts entirely in isolation, with Samuels (previously … Continue reading
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Tagged actress, arts, coronavirus, danny becker, digital, jason robert brown, Lauren Samuels, love, marriage, musical, online, relationship, review, social distancing, streaming, the last five years, the other palace, theartsdesk, theatre, writer
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