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Critics’ Circle Member wins prestigious French critics’ award
Dance Section member, Laura Cappelle, has won the award given by the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique for the Dance Book of the year, recognising her Nouvelle Histoire de la danse en Occident – de la Prehistoire a nos jours. Photo copyright: Jérôme Panconi Full…
BOOK REVIEW: THREE MUSES by Martha Anne Toll
Published by Regal House Publishing Paperback: 256 pages ISBN:9781646032570 US: $9.99 Release Date: 20 September 2022 Novels about ballet are much rarer than ballets about novels. A Bullet in the Ballet, Caryl Brahms’ 1937 crime thriller (written jointly…
A WEEK OF INNOVATION AT SADLER’S WELLS
Bruno Beltrão – Grupo de Rua: New Creation Israel Galván: La Consagración de la Primavera (Rite of Spring) Sadler’s Wells: 22 & 25 November 2022 In late November, London’s flagship theatre for dance became the venue for two bouts of risk-taking performance. …
SCOTLAND AND JAPAN ARE TRIUMPHANT AT #NDA26
The 26th National Dance Awards are announced
Nominations for Best Film and Best Short Film in National Dance Awards
The 26th National Dance Awards – #NDA26 Dance Film Awards Nominations announced The nominees for the Best Dance Film and Best Short Dance Film have been selected by a jury of 16 dance critics. The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is delighted to announce that the…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF NOMINATIONS FOR NATIONAL DANCE AWARDS
The 26th National Dance Awards – #NDA26 Announcement of Nominations The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the short-listed nominations for the National Dance Awards (#NDA26). The qualifying period for performances was between 1st…
Paddington The Musical, a love letter to diversity
Arti Shah in the title role of Paddington The Musical, 2025 (c) Johan Persson Tom Fletcher: Paddington The Musical Savoy Theatre, London, December 1, 2025 “Triple threat!” cries Mr Curry (Tom Edden), the formerly mean-spirited neighbour in Paddington T he Musical, as…
The Royal Opera’s Sicilian Vespers dances back
The cat’s cradle that is Palermo’s history is knottier still in Stefan Herheim’s production of Verdi’s The Sicilian Vespers at the Royal Opera House. The ballet that was necessarily inserted into the opera’s Paris premiere in 1855 is exploded like Cornelia Parker’s…
DIVERSITY IS THE BIG WINNER AT #NDA25
Diversity of dance genre was the big winner in this year’s awards
The 25th National Dance Awards – #NDA25
Marquee TV to sponsor Dance Film Awards Nominations announced The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce that Marquee TV has been appointed as sponsor for the two Film categories in the National Dance Awards (#NDA25). Marquee TV is a global…
The Great Gatsby, a musical for the Roaring 2020s
The young woman on the Tube, a dance student, was in no doubt. “It’s the best thing I’ve ever seen.” The opinion of someone a third of my age is something the producers of The Great Gatsby will value highly. The US musical, based on the novel by F Scott…
