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Best dance in 2021
My picks for the new year – from The Great Gatsby to The Car Man. Read my full The i Paper article here
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Tagged 2021, adam cooper, akram khan, ballet, best, creature, dance, dancing, english national ballet, kenneth macmillan, matthew bourne, new adventures, northern ballet, picks, royal albert hall, sadlers wells, scottish ballet, singin in the rain, The Car Man, the great gatsby, the i paper, The Scandal at Mayerling, theatre
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The Nutcracker, Birmingham Royal Ballet online
It’s a tough year for our festive favourite, with the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet’s (BRB) Nutcrackers all obstructed by the Government’s tier restrictions. But, 2020 style, it’s a pivot to digital for BRB, who live-streamed their production from Birmingham Rep … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham, birmingham rep, birmingham royal ballet, brb, carlos acosta, children, christmas, dance, digital, family, festive, kids, live stream, online, peter wright, review, streaming, the i paper, the nutcracker
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Lazuli Sky, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sadler’s Wells
“Finally, we’re back where we belong!” exclaims Carlos Acosta, introducing his belated premiere commission as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), and the first socially distanced production at Sadler’s Wells. What a way to mark World Ballet Day. Read my full The … Continue reading
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Tagged ballet, birmingham royal ballet, carlos acosta, coronavirus, covid, dance, dancing, lazuli sky, lockdown, london, review, sadlers wells, social distancing, socially distanced, the i paper, theatre, will tuckett
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Roundup: Check Out These Socially Distanced Shows
Hurrah for the green shoots in our beleaguered industry. Lots of venues are mounting new shows and bringing back our favourites over the next few weeks and months – albeit with social distancing and safety measures in place. Here are … Continue reading
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Tagged a christmas carol, ballet, best, book tickets, broadwayworld, chicester festival theatre, christmas, cinderella, comedy, concert, dance, death of england, everybodys talking about jamie, family, les mis, les miserables, live, london, musical, national theatre, nottingham playhouse, nutracker, palladium, panto, pantomime, picks, play, rose theatre kingston, sadlers wells, safety measures, show, six, social distancing, socially distanced, the play that goes wrong, theatre, theatre royal bath, top, watermill theatre, west end
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The government’s attitude to Fatima and the arts will put them on the wrong side of history – they just don’t know it yet
The latest tone-deaf salvo from our government to the creative sector is a CyberFirst campaign (belatedly removed after an outcry), one part of which depicts a ballet dancer called Fatima. The text reads: “Fatima’s next job could be in cyber (she just doesn’t know it … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, advert, advertisement, arts, ballet, ballet dancer, campaign, culture, cyber, cyber first, dance, dancer, dancing, dido harding, economy, fatima, funding, government, independent, industry, oliver dowden, pandemic, rescue package, retrain, test and trace, theatre
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Le Corsaire
The Mariinsky Ballet supplies an epic and thoroughly entertaining account of this pirate caper. Read my full The i Paper pick here
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Tagged ballet, byron, dance, dancing, digital, le corsaire, Mariinsky Ballet, marquee tv, online, pirate, streaming, the i paper, watch
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Zoo TV and Cinderella
The Edinburgh Festival moves online in 2020 – here’s the highlights of the Zoo venues’ dance offering. Plus, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s sumptuous Cinderella. Read my The i Paper pick here
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Tagged are you numb yet, ballet, best, birmingham royal ballet, black lives matter, cinderella, covid, dance, dancing, digital, edinburgh, festival, free, fringe, matsena performance theatre, National Dance Company Wales, online, pick, scottish dance theatre, streaming, the i paper, tundra, watch, zoo, zoo venues
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Flames of Paris
The Bolshoi’s fiery revival of “the Les Mis of dance” features Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev. Read my full The i Paper pick here
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Tagged ballet, bolshoi, dance, dancing, flames of paris, french revolution, Ivan Vasiliev, les mis, les miserables, marquee tv, Natalia Osipova, online, revolution, russia, soviet, streaming, the i paper, watch
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Dance of Dreams
A gorgeous ode to their city from the dancers of San Francisco Ballet in this new Benjamin Millepied-directed film. Read my full The i Paper pick here
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Tagged ballet, bay area, Benjamin Millepied, christopher wheeldon, dance, dance of dreams, dancing, film, free, justin peck, online, san francisco, san francisco ballet, streaming, the i paper, watch
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Lullaby
If you need a moment of calm, try balletLORENT’s languid, meditative film, featuring dancers filming from their lockdown locales – including London, Newcastle and Scandinavia. Read my The i Paper pick here
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Tagged ballet, ballet lorent, balletlorent, calm, dance, dancing, digital, film, free, lullaby, meditation, online, peace, streaming, the i paper
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