LUCA Silvestrini’s Protein dance company comes to Somerset and Dorset in March with the acclaimed contemporary dance theatre piece, May Contain Food, May Contain You. The local dates continue with Artsreach at West Lulworth village hall on Wednesday 13th and the Exchange at Sturminster Newton on Thursday 14th. Have you ever been swayed by the…
BRIDPORT’s Electric Palace is the venue for Paradigm, with the Bridport Youth Dance and street dance crew on Saturday 2nd March. This is the group’s 20th annual showcase of high energy street dance, dynamic tap choreography and soulful contemporary dance, with performances at 2.30pm and 7.30. With choreography by BYD artistic director Nikki Northover, Bec…
SOMERSET-based contemporary dance company Project Dance has two January dates with Artsreach, Dorset’s touring arts charity, at Buckland Newton village hall on Friday 19th and Drimpton hall on Saturday 20th, both at 7.30pm, with the acclaimed two-person dance theatre work, Fragments. Project Dance is led by artistic director James Bamford, who comes from Yeovil and…
SAY “Wassail” to most people in the West Country and they picture January-cold orchards, raining or even snowing, with a bunch of cider-fuelled people, many with leaves in their hair, gathered round a bonfire, celebrating the ancient heritage of cider. An event at Bruton’s At The Chapel on Saturday 20th January provides an introduction to…
DANCE fans are in for a treat when Rambert returns to Bath Theatre Royal from 2nd to 4th November, with choreographer Ben Duke’s new double bill, Death Trap. Described as a meta dance comedy, it is an original and darkly funny programme. Goat is inspired by the music and spirit of Nina Simone, with a…
A DANCE theatre show inspired by the choreographer’s childhood experience of dyslexia has a south west rural tour, continuing with Dorset’s Artsreach on 9th November at Broadmayne. Little Murmur is dance with a difference – featuring stunning projected images, a blizzard of paper and confetti, and an extraordinary soundscape, dancer Aakash Odedra uses South Asian…
CATCH one of the most talked-about new dance theatre works of the year when Birmingham Royal Ballet comes to Plymouth Theatre Royal from Thursday 12th to Saturday 14th October, with four performances (including a Saturday matinee) of Carlos Acosta’s tribute to Black Sabbath. Expect dazzling dancing to the band’s biggest hits.
STRODE Theatre at Street opened on 5th October 1963 with its first public event, a concert by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and marked the start of its diamond jubilee year with a return visit by the BSO on the actual 60th birthday. The theatre, which is part of Strode College and one of the…
THE four-day celebration of ballet and dance at Hatch House near Tisbury ended with one of the coldest, wettest days of an exceptionally cold and wet July. But it takes a lot more than a bit of bad weather to deter fans of the “Glyndebourne of dance” – and this year’s audience was rewarded with…
THE latest “”Etoile” of the famous Paris Opera Ballet is the exciting and hugely talented 23 year old Guillaume Diop. His elevation to this exalted post –he is the first black dancer to be promoted to “Etoile” in the company’s 354-year history – means there will be three stars of the Paris Opera at this…