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Wayne McGregor - Random Dance, 'Entity'. Dancers: Odette Hughes, Anh Ngoc Nguyen. Photo: Ravi Deepres

New work for Random

Royal Ballet Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor is making a new work for his own company, to premiere in April Posted: 28 Dec 2007

Len Goodman

The Stars of Strictly Come Dancing

As the Strictly Come Dancing final waits in the green room to strut its sequinned stuff on Saturday night, Patrick Barkham talks to the stars of the show - Len, Arlene, Bruno and Craig.  Head judge Len Goodman describes the panel, "Craig thinks his way of just going for the jugular is the best, Bruno thinks jumping up, gyrating his hips and going, 'Diva diva diva' is, and Arlene is always saying, 'Very musical arms and I love the shaping in your back.' We've all got our little ways"  Guardian, 21 Dec.07 Posted: 21 Dec 2007

Ballerina to marry BNP councillor

Ballerina Simone Clark, a member of the British National Party, is to marry the leader of the the BNP in Barking and Dagenham. Posted: 21 Dec 2007

Christopher Wheeldon in 'Strictly Bolshoi'

Coming to a screen near you...

There are plenty of good reasons for staying in this Christmas and cosying up to a TV or computer screen - and its not all just about Strictly Come Dancing Posted: 19 Dec 2007

Arts Council England cuts in funding

Around 200 arts organisations in England have been told that their funding will cease in April. Around 75% of funded companies will be receiving funding matching inflation or above and eighty new organizations will receive funding for the first time.  Posted: 17 Dec 2007

Looking to the future

English National Ballet is starting a new junior school so that they can train home grown talent from the age eleven. Read more in the Times, 9 Dec 07
Posted: 14 Dec 2007

Royal Ballet, 'The Nutcracker' Photo: Dee Conway

Pulling a Nutcracker

In London there’s the Royal Ballet, English National Ballet and Matthew Bourne versions to choose from - and elsewhere in the UK there are productions from BRB and NBT, amongst others. Read Times dance critic Debra Craine’s guide to picking your Nutcracker... Posted: 12 Dec 2007

BNP ballerina

Last year the Guardian revealed that the  English National Ballet's Simone Clarke was a member of the far right British National Party. Now they report that she has been elected onto the executive of a far right trade union Solidarity which aims to protect the rights of British workers. Read more in the Guardian, 10 Dec 07
Posted: 10 Dec 2007

Jane Attenborough DanceUK Industry Award

Get your nominations in for the  award honouring individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to dance.. You've got until next Friday 14 Dec. 07 Posted: 7 Dec 2007

Javier De Frutos. Publicity photo for Javier's new work, 'The Hypochondriac Bird' (1998). 
Photo: Chris Nash

The Chris Nash Winter Sale

There's a chance to buy prints of some of the most stunning dance images produced in the last 25 years at Greenwich Dance Agency this Saturday 1 December... Posted: 26 Nov 2007

Marianela Nunez & Thiago Soares

An onstage ballet couple before becoming a romantic one,  the Royal Ballet principals, both from South America, talk about their on and off stage relationship to Nadine Meisner in the Times, 26 Nov 07
Posted: 26 Nov 2007

The Place Prize 2008 Call for Entries

The third Place Prize for choreography takes place in September 2008 –and entries are now being accepted. Posted: 23 Nov 2007

Maurice Béjart

Maurice Béjart dies aged 80

The French choreographer who brought ballet to a wide audience in Europe died this week. Posted: 23 Nov 2007

Royal Ballet in 'Jewels' at the Royal Opera House.

Designing Jewels

Jean-Marc Puissant, designer for the Royal Ballet’s programme of Balanchine ballets has an inbuilt advantage: "I know as a former dancer how design can affect every aspect of your performance….The feel of the costumes, the energy the sets give off, the feeling of the space. .”  Read more in the Guardian, 21 Nov 07
Posted: 21 Nov 2007

LIDFF logo

New dance film festival - opens this week

The London International Dancefilm Festival takes place at the Riverside Studios, on 30 Nov, 1 & 2 Dec 07. Posted: 16 Nov 2007

National Dance Awards

National Dance Awards 2007

Nominations have just been announced.  The winners  - chosen by members of the dance section of the Critics' Circle, will be revealed in January. Posted: 12 Nov 2007

Strictly Come Dancing

Nine million of us are tuning in regularly every weekend for the fourth series of the celebrity dance show. “Who would have thought that a popular TV show could end up being such a good advertisement for what is perceived to be the most difficult of art forms?”  Sarah Crompton ponders in the Telegraph,7 Nov
Posted: 9 Nov 2007

Tanztheater Wuppertal 
'The Rite of Spring'

Pina Bausch returns to London next February

Tickets went on sale this week – and as usual they’re going fast… Posted: 9 Nov 2007

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

Well Placed

Belgian based Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker brings her company on the new Eurostar service to St Pancras International for a weekend of celebratory performances at the most convenient London dance venue for the continent... Posted: 5 Nov 2007

Olivier Awards

Wanted: Olivier Awards judges

If you'd like to see a years worth of dance performances for free - and help decide which are the most award-worthy, get your application in now! Posted: 5 Nov 2007