Arts
New world order
When World Cities 2012 — better known as the current Pina Bausch season — was first presented, questions were raised…
Tales of the city
Last Wednesday two of the three live pooches that appeared in Pina Bausch’s Viktor did onstage what most dogs do…
New build
The Bauhaus was a sort of university of design, whose progressive ideas eventually fell foul of the Nazis. But as…
Unconditional love
Not many dance-makers have had their art celebrated in major, award-winning feature films. Pina Bausch has. Wim Wenders’s 2011 Pina…
New build
The Bauhaus was a sort of university of design, whose progressive ideas eventually fell foul of the Nazis. But as…
Me and my shadows
Shadows and reflections have always triggered all sorts of fantasies. Theatre itself, in the words of many playwrights and theorists,…
Celebrating identity
Last year, when I reviewed The Sum of Parts, the community-oriented piece produced by Connect, Sadler’s Wells Creative Learning department,…
From street to stage
Breakin’ Convention, now in its ninth year at Sadler’s Wells, offers a feast of hip hop for all-comers, be they…
Magic chemistry
Artifact was the first work that the groundbreaking dance-maker William Forsythe created in 1984 for the legendary Ballet Frankfurt. It…
Triple triumph
Not many ballet companies convey young love as credibly as Birmingham Royal Ballet. And I am not talking about select…
Succulent pleasures
It was about time a dance-maker exacted revenge on dance academics. In Alexander Ekman’s 2010 Cacti, a voiceover explains the…
On the ropes
‘Aerial’ ballets were all the rage in late-Victorian London. It mattered little that they were more circus acts than actual…
Star turn
At first sight, the new Royal Ballet double bill might come across as an odd coupling: Ashton’s sparkling The Dream…
Room with a view
Living Architecture is a new social enterprise that adds a touch of glamour to the traditional British holiday. Instead of…
Room with a view
Living Architecture is a new social enterprise that adds a touch of glamour to the traditional British holiday. Instead of…
Saved by the Bel
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s and Jérôme Bel’s 3Abschied is the latest addition to a long and historically well-established series of…
Original sin
Nothing beats the buzz that precedes the debut of a rising star in a big, known role. Double it and…
High hopes
For more than 40 years, Scottish Ballet has been one of the most vibrant and interesting companies on the UK…
House rules
Britain needs more houses, and the government’s highly unpopular draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) at least asks how to…
House rules
Britain needs more houses, and the government’s highly unpopular draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) at least asks how to…
The art of architecture
Leighton House, studio-home of Frederic, Lord Leighton (1830–96), is one of my favourite museums, and always a treat to visit.…
Underneath the arches
The Elephant and Castle shopping centre is more of an oddity than an eyesore. It lies like a stricken container…
Underneath the arches
The Elephant and Castle shopping centre is more of an oddity than an eyesore. It lies like a stricken container…
