Colette Hansford appointed as Hofesh Shechter Company executive producer
Hofesh Shechter Company (HSC) has announced Colette Hansford as the company’s new executive producer –she will take up her position from 1 July 2019. Hansford … Read more
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Call out for next generation of dance directors
UK company DanceEast is on the lookout for the next generation of dance directors to attend Rural Retreat 2015: Future Leaders in Dance, taking place … Read more
Bollywood meets ballet in Melbourne
Stanton Welch’s new version of La Bayadère will add a Bollywood flavour to the classic Indian-themed work. Premiering in Melbourne and later transferring to Sydney, … Read more
Teaching Tokyo’s homeless to dance
Choreographer Yuki Aoki explains how dance can help men living on the streets overcome fear and hopelessness When I started working with homeless people in 2007, … Read more
This performance aims to question masculinity
What is masculinity? That’s the big question Tero Saarinen wants to investigate with his long-awaited new work. Clare Wiley chats to the philosophical dancemaker Tero … Read more
Backstage in Brazil with Deborah Colker
A week in the life of Deborah Colker, founder, director and choreographer of Companhia De Dança Deborah Colker, Brazil Monday I start the day on the … Read more
Fundraising progress for Trisha Brown
New York-based Trisha Brown Dance Company has raised half of the funds needed to help secure the legacy of its outgoing founder and artistic director. … Read more
Ratmansky to create new Sleeping Beauty
Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky will create a new production of The Sleeping Beauty for American Ballet Theatre. Set to Tchaikovsky’s score, the production will premiere on … Read more
Austria: Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance
When choreographer Susan Quinn moved from New York to Salzburg in the early 90s, a professional dance course in the city was non-existent, and training … Read more
Hofesh Shechter: the agent provocateur of dance
From his intricate choreography to atmospheric soundtracks, Hofesh Shechter’s immersive productions are intended to unsettle and provoke. Clare Wiley meets the dancemaker At the beginning … Read more
