A festival of new works in search of ballet’s future must be valued as much for the conversation it catalyzes...
“What is dance now?” artistic director Helgi Tomasson asked in the middle of San Francisco Ballet’s gala, making a pitch for the massively ambitious Unbound Festival that will crown this company’s 85thseason with 12 world premieres by 12 international choreographers unveiled in four days. If we may recast Tomasson’s question a bit more specifically, to “What is ballet now?”, this was a perfect question for the moment.
San Francisco Ballet topped international dance news lately with the announcement that Tamara Rojo will take over as artistic director...
Birmingham Royal Ballet is on a creative commissioning spree. Set on widening its audience at home and away, the company...
Cathy Marston has arrived. Actually, the British choreographer has been doing exciting work for decades now, but the Royal Ballet...
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, her youngest daughter, Beatrice, took it upon herself to ‘edit’ her late mother’s diaries...
