Programme note to accompany the Paris Opera Ballet’s 2018 production of Hofesh Shechter’s The Art of Not Looking Back
Autumn season roundup for Dance International magazine. All about MacMillan, and mostly about *that* ballet, The Judas Tree
Adventures in time at Darbar Festival’s first sortie into Indian classical dance
A trio of works staged in striking industrial settings blur the roles of dancer and audience – and raise compelling questions about the nature of performance
Inside Horror: backstage stories from Jakop Ahlbom’s company
Dance macabre with skeleton: Renata Piotrowska-Auffret sidesteps the usual gendered depictions of dance and death
Jakop Ahlbom combines stage magic with references to classic scary movies in a cult show that returns the horror genre to the theatre
Brief biographies of three choreographers for English National Ballet’s triple bill
Programme note for Shobana Jeyasingh’s Material Men Redux
The rare and enchanting Maurice Ravel Museum was abruptly closed, esteemed visitors turned away and its long-time guardian summarily dismissed. We should be reviving its fortunes, not allowing it to decline further.