Even without the masks (which most of us are wearing) and the deliberate, careful spacing of the audience, the metallic click and breathy “gasp” of cans of cider being opened around the auditorium (there’s no bar tonight), would tell you this is not...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake – conceived by Sir Peter Wright and Galina Samsova – first premiered at the Palace Theatre back in 1981, but this is not a production that looks nearly 40-years-old. The curtain rises on a striking funeral scene...
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“On a very basic level, all I’ve ever wanted to do is entertain people. That’s what it’s about, and sometimes people forget that.” So says, Sir Matthew Bourne in his impressively well-attended post-show chat. Judging by the turnout for this Tuesday...
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The Shadow is Company Chameleon’s first full-length work to be produced from its new Openshaw-based dance studio. And there was a warm reception at Home for the premiere, its first in the city for more than a decade. The Shadow presented by Company...
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Choreographer, Emanuel Gat originally created Works two years ago as a collaboration between his company, Emanuel Gat Dance and Le Ballet de Lyon. In this version performed at The Lowry, as part of Re:generations 2019 (an international forum...
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The Rambert brings a triple bill to the Lowry, a mix of two well established favourites and one new piece of work. PreSentient by McGregor, Choreographer – Wayne McGregor, Music – Steve Reich, Lighting – Lucy Carter, Design –...
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South African choreographer and dancer, Dada Masilo brings her unique interpretation of Giselle to the Lowry as part of a UK tour organised by Dance Consortium, a group committed to showcasing the best international dance from across the globe. Dada...
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Hansel and Gretel is the well-known classic fairy tale of two children who get lost in a wood and take refuge in a cottage where all is not quite as it first appears. Here, kids are still centre stage in the narrative. But for anyone expecting to...
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At the start of their 70th anniversary season, English National Ballet bring their new production of Cinderella to audiences in Manchester for the first time. Choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon and performed in the round earlier this year at the...
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Britain’s Got Talent threw street dance into the limelight winning it a whole new popular audience that has continued to grow. In ‘Some Like it Hip Hop’, Zoonation has taken the art form a leap-forward, creating full-length narrative dance that...
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Martin Thomasson
Georgina Wells
Carmel Thomason
Gemma Finkill
