Marina Harss / Dancing Around in GreatLinks

New York-based Marina Harss writes about dance for many publications and is quite simply one of the best dance writers I know... 07 Jul 25

London Children's Ballet - Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella in Reviews

★★★★✰   London Children's Ballet's 2025 production is based on Shirley Hughes' best selling book and features choreography by Kristen McNally. All involved should be pleased - it's a terrific and thoughtfully modern production... 05 Jul 25

English National Ballet School / Rambert School at the RBO Next Generation Festival in Reviews

★★★✰✰   English National Ballet School and Rambert School presented a joint show at this year's Next Generation Festival. It featured a mix of highs and lows across seven works, all delivered with feisty gusto... 29 Jun 25

Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia, a Mod Ballet in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Pete Townshend's Quadrophenia, his critically acclaimed rock opera inspired by the mods and rockers era of the 1960s, has now been made into a ballet. Slick looking, if sadly a narrative and musical disappointment... 26 Jun 25

Beyond Barriers in Dance in GreatLinks

Disabled people have long encountered barriers to employment in dance. New research, detailed on The Beyond Barriers in Dance website, delves into the issues, proposes some solutions & seeks meaningful change in the sector... 22 Jun 25

Paris Opera Junior Ballet at the RBO Next Generation Festival in Reviews

★★★✰✰   Paris Opera Junior Ballet, only founded last year, are dancing at the Royal Ballet & Opera House. Great young dancers in three fine works and one not... 20 Jun 25

Writing About Dance in GreatLinks

A big shout out for the thoughtful dance writing of Nicholas Minns on the little known site Writing About Dance... 17 Jun 25

Casper Dillen, Christy Taylor and Small Sample Size Theatre - Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren in Reviews

★★★★✰   Casper Dillen, Christy Taylor and Small Sample Size Theatre's Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren. Gloriously eccentric doesn't even begin to describe this surreal night... 14 Jun 25

New Adventures in Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell in Reviews

★★★★✰   Matthew Bourne's New Adventures is reviving and touring The Midnight Bell inspired by the gritty novels of Patrick Hamilton. It's a knockout work from a team firing on all cylinders... 13 Jun 25

ABT Studio Company at the RBO Next Generation Festival in Reviews

★★★★✰   The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company opened this year's Next Generation Festival with nine works at the Royal Ballet & Opera House. Terrific young dancers, if perhaps too many short works... 11 Jun 25