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Best dance in 2021

Posted on January 2, 2021 by mkmswain

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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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

Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV | 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 | Leave a comment

The best online dance shows for Easter Weekend

Posted on April 9, 2020 by mkmswain

There are lots of treats available online this Easter, from Akram Khan’s Giselle to a rare collaboration between the Royal Opera House and Royal Ballet. Read my full The i Paper article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV | Tagged 1984, acis and galatea, akram khan, alices adventures in wonderland, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, ballet, bbc, best, broadcast, carlos acosta, celine gittens, christopher wheeldon, contemporary dance, culture in quarantine, dance, dancing, easter, easter weekend, english national ballet, facebook, free, giselle, inews, mk ultra, northern ballet, online, rain, rosas, Rosie Kay Dance Company, royal ballet, royal opera, sadlers wells, stream, streaming, tamara rojo, the dying swan, the i paper, the swan, top, watch, wayne mcgregor | Leave a comment

The best dance shows of 2020

Posted on January 3, 2020 by mkmswain

My 2020 preview of dance – from a new version of the Frankenstein myth to a hip-hop theatre take on Sting. Read my full The i Paper article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged 2020, akram khan, Alessandra Ferri, ballet, barbican, birmingham royal ballet, book tickets, carlos acosta, cathy marston, cello, contemporary dance, creature, Curated by Carlos, dance, dancing, drew mconie, english national ballet, frankenstein, hip hop, jacqueline du pre, kate prince, merlin, message in a bottle, New Work for Goldberg Variations, northern ballet, Pam Tanowitz, royal ballet, royal opera house, sadlers wells, show, sting, theatre | Leave a comment

BroadwayWorld’s Top London Christmas Picks

Posted on November 19, 2018 by mkmswain

There are plenty of seasonal treats served up in the capital this year, from pantos and plays to opera and dance. Here are some of the tastiest morsels for the 2018-19 festive period. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre | Tagged a christmas carol, al murray, aladdin, alexandra palace, best, bill bailey, book tickets, broadwayworld, can't wait for christmas, cheap tickets, children, christmas, dani dyer, danny dyer, dawn french, dick whittington, english national ballet, eventim apollo, family, hansel and gretel, horrible christmas, horrible histories, huddle, hugh dennis, in the winter wood, jo brand, kids, kinky boots, les miserables, london, lyric hammersmith, lyric theatre, magic mike live, matilda, matthew bourne, motown, national theatre, nativity the musical, old vic, opera, orange tree theatre, palladium snow white, panto, pantomime, paul merton, peacock theatre, peter pan, philip pullmans grimm tales, polka theatre, richmond theatre, robert lindsay, room on the broom, rose theatre kingston, royal opera, sadlers wells, school of rock, seussical, sleeping beauty, southbank centre, southwark playhouse, swan lake, the lion king, the messiah, the nutcracker, the other palace, the phantom of the opera, the snowman, the tell tale heart, theatre, theatre royal stratford east, ticket deal, tina, top, unicorn theatre, west end, wicked, young audience | Leave a comment

Fun Home leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Posted on May 27, 2018 by mkmswain

From a ground-breaking musical to a mighty modern classic. Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Top Christmas picks for London theatre

Posted on November 15, 2017 by mkmswain

Christmas is upon us, and the capital, as usual, is serving up a veritable feast of festive offerings. Here are some of London’s finest… Read my full BroadwayWorld article here

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Pick of the Week

Posted on March 5, 2015 by mkmswain

Juliette Binoche’s Antigone, Rebecca Ferguson’s Billie Holiday and horse play on the Fourth Plinth. Marianka Swain looks forward to next week on theartsdesk Read my full preview here

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Tag Archives: english national ballet

Best dance in 2021

Summer Shorts and ENB classes

The best online dance shows for Easter Weekend

The best dance shows of 2020

BroadwayWorld’s Top London Christmas Picks

Fun Home leads June’s Top 10 new London shows

Top Christmas picks for London theatre

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