Contemporary
Rubberbandance: Gravity of Center - Purcell Room, Southbank Centre
Victor Quijada's choreography blurs the boundaries between urban, contemporary and classical dance. In Gravity of Center he has succeeded in containing the ferocity of hip-hop in a perfectly refined choreographic language. Inspired by social issues ste
Sexism in dance: where are all the female choreographers?
As a nation we are well supplied with choreographers. Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett, Christopher Wheeldon… the list goes on.
Place prize 2013: meet the dance finalists - in pictures
From android athletes to the Grateful Dead, here are the four shortlisted contenders for this year's prestigious choreography award
The Rite of Spring/Petrushka, Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, Sadler's Wells
In String of Rites, Sadler’s Wells has commissioned three works as a tribute to Vaslav Nijinsky’s 1913 Le sacre du printemps.
Review: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre - The Rite of Spring/Petrushka - Sadler's Wells
In a programme note Michael Keegan-Dolan, the Irish choreographer/director (and Sadler’s Wells associate artist) who founded Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, sums up his take on the company’s Stravinsky-inspired double-bill: ‘ Rite is to do with the pa
The Place Prize Finals - The Place
The Place Prize for dance sponsored by Bloomberg was set up in 2004 as the first UK choreography competition in an attempt to support, nurture and celebrate new dance ideas. The Place Prize is now recognised as one of the most prestigious awards for conte
The Rite of Spring/Petrushka, Sadler's Wells, London
As part of a three-programme celebration to mark the centenary of Stravinsky’s ground-breaking The Rite of Spring, Fabulous Beast’s Irish interpretation of the music that inspired Nijinsky (and subsequently Kenneth Macmillan and Pina Bausch, among man
Fabulous Beast: Rite of Spring & Petrushka - Sadler's Wells
Keegan-Dolan reimagines his Olivier-nominated version of The Rite of Spring, which premiered at the London Coliseum in 2009 to great critical acclaim. Named as one of a few accounts that has truly realised Stravinsky’s vision alongside those of Vaslav N
Sutra, Sadler’s Wells, London
Monks from China’s Shaolin Temple stand perched on tall wooden boxes. Swaying from side to side, they rock the crates until they fall, leaping free at the last moment.