Exploring the conflicting emotions of desire and fear, the subconscious need to be heard and the quest for self-expression, this film poignantly mirrors this turbulent time of enforced isolation and its impact…
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A tantalising short film featuring moments from Arthur Pita’s critically acclaimed ballet THE MOTHER starring Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard which was performed at the Southbank Centre in June 2019, is released online. Directed by the…
The National Ballet of Canada unveils the third and final Expansive Dances film, In Between by Choreographic Associate Alysa Pires. Performed by Second Soloist Christopher Gerty and set to original music by Adam Sakiyama, In Between is inspired by the pull between two places, conveying a sense…
This summer The Royal Ballet, in partnership with Cast and Doncaster Council, set themselves a mission to get Doncaster Dancing. The special project, a first for The Royal Ballet, has resulted in a unique community dance film called Doncaster Dances.…
The National Ballet of Canada‘s virtual season continues with the second Expansive Dances film, Lulu by Choreographic Associate and Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté. Featuring his wife and fellow Principal Dancer Heather Ogden, Lulu follows a woman coming to…
The National Ballet of Canada launches its virtual season with Expansive Dances, three digital premieres created by Choreographic Associates Robert Binet, Guillaume Cote and Alysa Pires. The first film, Lake Maligne by Robert Binet, is released today! Performed by…
When top contemporary choreographer Paul Lightfoot lost his father during lockdown without being allowed into the hospital to say goodbye, he began working remotely on a piece to process his emotions. The…
The new music video for Adam Hender‘s single “SICK” for his debut album features amazing Cira Robinson and Mthuthuzeli November and choreography by Jamiel Laurence!
On Sunday 23 August, in respect of International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, National Dance Company Wales (NDCWales) and Literature Wales announced its next short film…
The latest video captures the beauty of dance in unlikely places. World Apart is a new video by Karolina Kuras featuring dancers of The National Ballet of Canada expressing the joy of movement in…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has collaborated with Emma Watkins, best known as Emma the yellow Wiggle from iconic children’s entertainment group The Wiggles, to produce a short film aimed at…
Today Sadler’s Wells’ Digital Stage and Breakin’ Convention released Our Bodies Back, a riveting new dance film that speaks out against anti-Black racism and honours the lived experiences of Black women past and present. This new…
The Place are celebrating 50 years of powering imagination through dance and their celebratory activity is designed to spark conversations. They intend to shine a light on interesting movements and performances that are happening in London…
Inside Chanel is a short video series which Chanel started releasing in October 2012 about its founder. The latest video, Gabrielle Chanel and Dance, tells us about her connection and unique contribution to…
“Ces noms que nous portons” is a world premiere solo choreographed by Kyle Abraham for NYCB Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley. The film was shot on June 30 on the Josie Robertson Plaza, lit in celebration…
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Sono Con Te dance film was created during lockdown with 29 dancers from 18 countries via Zoom. Sono Con Te – which translates in English to ‘I Am With You’ – features acclaimed…
G-Star RAW and Dutch National Ballet join forces for a unique collaboration in which the ‘new reality’, social distancing, is visualized in an artistic way. Inspired by the empty theaters, artists without…
When our hearts break, WE Dance. Featuring Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Text written and performed by Hope Boykin Music: “The Sky Is No Limit” by At the End, Nothing Video by…
Corey Baker Dance, run by award–winning choreographer/director Corey Baker, has created a new short film titled Lying Together. The film will receive its world premiere screening through BBC’s Culture in Quarantine and in collaboration…
Actor Russell Tovey stars in a powerful video exploring the breakdown of mental health for British pianist and composer Fabio D’Andrea, who has created the first-ever piano-video album that aims to revolutionise…
Swans For Relief is an initiative started by Misty Copeland and Joseph Phillips with the help of the Entertainment Industry Foundation to help fellow dancers who are struggling financially due to consequences…
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) today announced that HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is to become Vice-Patron of the Academy, effective immediately. She will join Her Majesty The Queen, who has…
This was the first time all 8 dancers and 2 apprentice performed together live from their own homes in isolation. Now, for the first time in NDCWales’ history the company have performed…
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Christine Shevchenko American Ballet Theatre Principal on her dance life, injury prevention & advice
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The Joffrey Ballet Artistic Director Ashley Wheater on Nureyev, MacMillan, Ashton, Forsythe, Bintley
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Japanese neoclassical pianist, Koki Nakano. His upcoming album ‘Pre-Choreographed’ (due April 24) explores the binary relationship between music and dance and is accompanied by a series of rather stunning music videos, choreographed by leading dancers from around…
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Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood delighted 13-year-old dance fanatic Neve, when the two had a special meeting at the famous Elstree Studios in London. Their meeting – where they discussed their shared love…
Today, ‘missed nuance’ a ballet art film project by Niv Novak is unveiled and available for viewing worldwide. Dancers from prestigious ballet companies, designer garments, exquisite lighting, and state-of-the-art filmmaking technology combine…
Experimental modern dance and film have always stood side by side in recent decades, and choreographers are now more than ever using it as a medium for their creative endeavours. Many can…
In this 3 minute dance, Carolyn Paine takes a look at domestic violence through heart-wrenching and dynamic choreography. Statistics state 1 in 3 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. Carolyn…
We’re so excited to share the beautiful dance film Sing To Me by singer and cellist Wes Swing being debuted today, featuring dancers Ching-I Chang and Emmanuel Malette! Sponsored Post in Partnership with…
UK hip hop dancer and choreographer Botis Seva is the subject of new short documentary Botis Seva: Air. Released on Vimeo on September 3rd, Botis Seva: Air features hip hop-inspired improvised solo…
Footwork Films present Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words in association with The Royal Ballet, BBC Two, BalletBoyz and Manilla Productions. An audacious first in contemporary filmmaking, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words presents Kenneth MacMillan’s original choreography as it has never been…
In this latest video, step inside the studio with choreographer William Forsythe as he rehearses the National Ballet of Canada for Physical Thinking, a programme featuring three of his works, The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, Approximate Sonata 2016 and The…
Celebrating the wealth of young talent Scotland has to offer, MASTER PLAN features 16-year-old Jamie Campbell, a student in his final year at the Dance School of Scotland. Filmed on Mobile, the…
Yasmeen Audi is an actor, dancer, singer and choreographer. While dance, acting and music are self-evidently interconnected for Yasmeen and shape each other, dance has always been her love and outlet for…
Bridesmen is Los Angeles based Kenton Chen, an indie neo-soul, R&B singer/songwriter who has set out to encourage others to find power within themselves and use compassion to enact change. The root of the new project…
The Boston Globe recently hailed William Forsythe as “one of the most visionary and influential choreographers on the planet.” Opening the National Ballet’s Summer Season, Physical Thinking features three of the choreographer’s works including company premieres…
Trafalgar Releasing are pleased to bring to cinemas nationwide on Sunday, 19 May the final ballet in the 2018/19 Bolshoi Ballet Cinema Series, Carmen Suite / Petrushka. In Carmen Suite, the sensuality…
National Ballet of Canada‘s Principal Dancer Xiao Nan Yu retires at the end of the 2018/19 season after 22 years with the company. She will bid farewell dancing the role of Hanna Glawari in Ronald…
An extraordinary performance in BBC Scotland’s Pacific Quay building featuring Scottish Ballet’s Barnaby Rook Bishop alongside Barrowland Ballet/Wolf Pack, the Dance School of Scotland, Indepen-dance, PRIME/Dance Base, the Royal Scottish Country Dance…
Following a sell-out run at London’s Sadler’s Wells and a phenomenal 2015 tour, INALA will return to the UK in 2019, bringing together the two-time Grammy® Award-winning South African choral legends, Soweto Gospel Choir with multi-award-winning choreographer Mark Baldwin…
From Nureyev’s poverty-stricken childhood in the Soviet city of Ufa, to his blossoming as a student dancer in Leningrad, to his arrival at the epicentre of western culture in Paris in the…
The Royal Ballet School presents a new film introducing the world-class healthcare programme. They now employ more than 20 in-house healthcare practitioners who support their students from the age of 11. You…
In Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland the Mad Hatter is actually a Mad Tapper. This new video takes viewers into the studio where dancers swap their ballet slippers for tap shoes. First Soloist Chelsy Meiss makes…
Every professional ballet dancer knows that performance involves a lot of stage makeup and hair products, which can be very heavy and damaging to your skin and hair. That’s why proper care…
In this latest video from The National Ballet of Canada, acclaimed choreographer Christopher Wheeldon reveals the inspiration behind the international hit production, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Set to an original score by Joby Talbot with designs by Bob…
Water Bodies is a collaborative digital-dance performance with social change at its heart. The team of 2 filmmakers and 2 dancers working together to make a multi-media performance, in response to their love…
In ancient folklore, a lunar halo is a sign foreboding changes, while scientifically it appears when the moonlight is refracted by 22 degrees through millions of ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere.…
The Founders and directors of Sisters Grimm are ex-Royal Ballet ballerina Pietra Mello-Pittman and Grammy-nominated composer Ella Spira. Both had successful careers working in theatre, film and TV. In 2009 we had…
Stephenie Herman is a former prima ballerina who has danced with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolph Nureyev and was a protégé of legendary choreographer George Balanchine. Stephanie became a principal dancer at just…
This is the third video of our 3 part series on dance auditions, for which we’ve teamed up with The World by Becca by ballet dancer Becca Haw of SemperOper Ballett. In…
This is the second video of our 3 part series on dance auditions, that we’ve teamed up with The World by Becca by ballet dancer Becca Haw of SemperOper Ballett. In this…
Contemporary Dancer Madina Beisekeyeva explores the surreal landscapes of her futuristic hometown Astana. In under 4 minutes she shows us a modern take of classic vogue movements amid the hyper modern architecture of…
In this 3 part series on dance auditions, we’ve teamed up with The World by Becca by ballet dancer Becca Haw of SemperOper Ballett. In this episode, Becca talks about things to think of…
Choreographic Associate and Principal Dancer Guillaume Côté’s Being and Nothingness was originally created as a solo for Principal Dancer Greta Hodgkinson. In this video, Ms. Hodgkinson discusses what Being and Nothingness means to her and how she finds…
Through a series of earnest vignettes, his short-film tells a story about identity and the integration of a patchwork of selves that occurs as we move through Otherlands. Weaving together political, sexual and…
Swedish/American singer-songwriter Clara Strauch invited the dancer and choreographer Sophie Saether Mahfouf to make an interpretation of ”Weeds”, also a multicultural artist between Sweden, Morocco, and the USA — was enthusiastic to…
Ballet’s master storyteller, John Neumeier brings his unique vision to Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, which opens the National Ballet’s 2018/19 season. In this video, Artistic Director Karen Kain and Principal Dancers Guillaume Côté and Sonia Rodriguez share their thoughts on working with…
Frederick Ashton’s The Dream returns after a 17-year absence to Toronto this November. Based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the one-act re-imagining is one of The National Ballet of Canda’s only productions to feature…
On November 2 the worldwide release of Disney feature film ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ will include ballet dancer Aaron Smyth. Starring Keira Knightley, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and Mackenzie Foy,…
The National Ballet of Canada’s 2018/19 season opens with the North American premiere of John Neumeier’s Anna Karenina, based on Leo Tolstoy’s great classic. In this latest video, Principal Dancer Svetlana Lunkina…
Originally from Volta Redonda, Brazil, Camila Schäefer Rodrigues, is a professional ballet dancer graduated from Escola Estadual de Dança Maria Olenewa (the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Ballet School) and studied two…
John Neumeier’s acclaimed re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy’s masterwork, Anna Karenina opens the National Ballet’s 2018/19 season. This latest video takes viewers inside the studio with Principal Dancers Heather Ogden, Guillaume Côté and…
Scottish Ballet Soloist & Choreographer Jamiel Laurence’s new video “Benched” – watch his creations!
Scottish Ballet Soloist and emerging choreographer Jamiel Laurence‘s new short Benched is danced by Glasgow born dancer Jamie Reid. The piece takes a look at themes of isolation, anxiety and frustration. Watch…
Scottish Ballet Soloist and emerging choreographer Jamiel Laurence‘s new short dance video captures a choreographic workshop with English National Ballet First Artist Henry Dowden and Soloist Aitor Arrieta Coca. Our editor Savannah Saunders…
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New media is everywhere. And in this exciting age of media convergence, director Eyup Kus reveals further cross-media elements of the narrative. Respectively, his film, “KAORI”, is an expressive combination of media…
Join Omar Z Robles on the streets and in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro in SmugMug’s latest film Pointe of Focus as he captures the grace, power, and beauty of some of Brazil’s…
“A couple weeks ago my wife and our two small kids were out of town a few days and I made it a point to be out after 8pm. That’s a freakin’ double rainbow…
Get a unique insight into the dance studio of the Genée International Ballet Competition with the Royal Academy of Dance’s latest video! The competition is currently taking place in Hong Kong and…
Check out the new dance film Unspoken Spoken, directed and choreographed by Fin Walker for Candoco Dance Company. You can see the film on Candoco’s website, YouTube and Facebook. Created and filmed with support…
Today is World Environment Day (5 June) and Arts Council England has announced an investment of almost £90,000 in a ground-breaking dance-film project, inspired by Antarctica and climate change. Corey Baker’s Antarctica: The First Dance will…
Sadler’s Wells has commissioned Associate Artist Akram Khan to create a short film inspired by XENOS, his final new full-length solo which receives its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells next week. The 7-minute film, XEN, produced by…
Frame by Frame is a collaboration between The National Ballet of Canada, Ex Machina and The National Film Board of Canada. Frame by Frame Frame by Frame: A Multi Disciplinary Collaboration Robert Lepage:…
Launched four years ago, the 11 Million Reasons to Dance exhibition, which features 20 memorable images by photographer Sean Goldthorpe working with disabled dance artists, has impressed audiences from the UK to…
balletLORENT has captured its full-length fairytale work Rumpelstiltskin on film and it will be available from Friday 8 December 2017 at 6pm BST on Facebook Live and balletLORENT YouTube channel .
The Gift ends a remarkable 2017 with You Will Be Queen, their fourth video single from the critically acclaimed new album, ALTAR, produced by Brian Eno and mixed by Flood. In this stunning fourth video single, You Will Be Queen,…
Based on the play by Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale is a story of loss and redemption, a meditation on love, jealousy and the nature of family. Combining elements of fairy tale, comedy, tragedy and…
