Carmel ThomasonWorld-famous British ballerina and Strictly Come Dancing judge, Dame Darcy Bussell has become the first patron of acclaimed dance company, Company Chameleon. Dame Darcy was first introduced to the company last year as part of her BBC2 show Darcy...
As New Adventures catalogue of dance grows, so does the time between opportunities to see individual dance pieces on tour. It’s five years since Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake last played the Lowry stage, and judging by the packed auditorium on the...
Having premiered in Bordeaux in 1789 and London two years later, La Fille Mal Gardée (The Wayward Daughter) is the oldest ballet still in existence. For this reason alone it feels a fitting choice for David Bintley to launch his final season, as he...
Choreographer, Matthew Bourne talks to Quays Life about re-staging his ground-breaking Swan Lake for the 21st century and the royal scandal that inspired him to transform this Tchaikovsky classic with a multi-award winning, male corps-de-ballet. You...
Commissioned to commemorate 100 years since the start of the First World War, Lest We Forget brings together the talents of three of the most sought after British choreographers to reflect, through dance, the lives and emotions of those who lived...
Inala means abundance of goodwill in Zulu. Indeed much goodwill has gone into the creation of this Zulu ballet and, at the risk of sounding like a line from Disney’s The Lion King, that love is almost tangible. Premiering last year at the Edinburgh...
It’s hard to imagine that the first ever production of Swan Lake was panned by critics for its poor choreography. More than 135 years later, it is now the world’s most popular ballet and its swan maidens have become iconic representations of the...