This collection brings together six ballets from revered Danish choreographer Hans van Manen. Included here are Déjà vu, Solo, Kammerballett, The Old Man and Me, Frank Bridge Variations, and Two Pieces for Het. Interviews with Van Manen help fill out…
When Mats Ek talks about Swan Lake – he first talks about Tchaikovsky’s music, which he believes is the most important reason for the work’s survival. “Someone has said that Tchaikovsky’s music is like flowers, but not like seeds,” he…
The historic Sala Grande in the modernist Palazzo del Cinema on the Lido, home of the Venice International Film Festival, is the site for this special, large-scale commission performed by students of Biennale College alongside the elite dancers of Company…
Dawn Patrol He’s been escorting (well, dragging) his mom and dad to the Museum of Flight for almost three years. Recently, he added a little brother to his entourage. Price Suddarth (aka Milo’s dad) was fascinated by the stories these…
What happens when the language of dance transcends its barriers? This is the question answered by Dialogues, a choreographic competition that strives to redefine the terms of dance performance. Imagined by the choreographer Mourad Merzouki, this contest puts four companies…
To mark the occasion, the ballet director and chief choreographer of the Wiener Staatsballett has once again embarked on a creative process with the dancers in his ensemble and created a large-scale ballet to Piotr I. Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, which…
In this experimental film conceived by Sylvie Guillem, the choreographers become dancers or photographers: William Forsythe dances a superb solo and Mats Ek films his brother and Sylvie Guillem in Smoke, an oniric and sensual duet. Ballerina Sylvie Guillem demonstrates…
A snowy stage sets the scene for an icy cold Christmas eve, where the little match girl paces the emptying streets, trying to sell her matches. Cold, hungry and with just one final match flame to keep her warm, she…
Since 2001, Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt – TV’s BalletBoyz – have built a reputation for presenting the highest quality dance with their unique and original approach of incorporating film and popular music. Their Olivier award-winning Company George Piper Dances…
A new play by Alexander ZeldinAfter AntigoneIn association with A Zeldin Company Two sisters reunite on the anniversary of the death of their father. Their uncle has remodelled their family home, in an attempt at a fresh start. But one…
