See what the critics are tipping as hot tickets for the coming year.
Posted: 30 Dec 2008
Olga Lepeshinskaya
A former star of the Bolshoi Ballet has died recently at the age of 92. The Observer, 21 Dec.08
Posted: 23 Dec 2008
The highs and lows of 2008, according to the critics.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008
Cash-strapped dance proves its worth
Judith Mackrell looks at the state of funding for dance. Can the Cinderella of art forms get the fairytale ending it deserves? Guardian, 18 Dec.08
Posted: 23 Dec 2008
Sanjoy Roy finds out which London theatres are opening their doors to the public for a spot of tango, foxtrot and cha cha cha....
Posted: 23 Dec 2008
Dame Liz Forgan is to be the first woman to Chair the Arts Council since it was founded in 1946.She succeeds the current Chair, Sir Christopher Frayling, who leaves in February 2009.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008
If you work in dance, make sure your experiences are represented in a comprehensive survey of the state of dance in England today...
Posted: 11 Dec 2008
Boris Johnson, London’s Mayor, announces his plans for the arts and culture of the city.
Posted: 3 Dec 2008
Theatre Museum move north cancelled
When the Theatre Museum in Covent Garden closed, there were plans to move the collection to Blackpool. The Victoria and Albert Museum, who own the collection, have announced that the move will no longer happen.
Read more in the Stage, 2 Dec 08
Posted: 3 Dec 2008
A childhood lived in Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe is the inspiration for a new work by choreographer Bawren Tavaziva.
Posted: 2 Dec 2008
Sadler’s Wells has responded to the 2.5% decrease in VAT by cutting the prices of its Christmas show, Edward Scissorhands by 15%.
Posted: 2 Dec 2008
Strictly Bolshoi, the fly on the wall documentary which followed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon as he made a new work with the Bolshoi has been honoured by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008
The Royal Ballet's production of The Nutcracker will be beamed live from the Royal Opera House to over 50 cinemas around the UK on Sunday 28 December 2008.
Posted: 24 Nov 2008
Clive Barnes
The dance and drama critic for the New York Times and for the Times in the UK in the 1960s has died in Manhattan at the age of 81. Read an obituary
Posted: 20 Nov 2008
"There was a real danger I could win the show. Even for me that would be a joke too far." said political broadcaster John Sergeant as he left BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing yesterday.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008
Savion Glover, tap dancer extraordinaire is back in London this week (Sadler’s Wells, 26 – 29 Nov 08). "There's not a lot of scenery or lights in my shows… It's all about focusing on the art form. I want people to pay attention to the tap."
Posted: 19 Nov 2008
Rosella Hightower
One time ballet dancer with the Ballet Russes and American Ballet Theatre, died recently at the age of 88. Read an obituary in the Guardian, 14 Nov 08
Posted: 14 Nov 2008
Eleo Pomare
One of the leading African-American contemporary choreographer-dancers of the 1960s-90s died recently at the age of 70. Read on obituary in the Guardian, 12 Nov 08
Posted: 14 Nov 2008
