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SADLER’S WELLS’ annual celebration of hip hop dance theatre Breakin’ Convention has announced an exciting new young East London crew for its nineteenth year, and there are a few changes to the announcement made earlier this year.
Sadler's Wells' annual festival of hip hop dance theatre is back for its 19th year, platforming innovative, authentic dance rooted in the streets and presented live on stage from Friday 29 April - Sunday 1 May 2022.
It may have good intentions and origins, but harm reduction ultimately gaslights people of color who call out systems of harm like prostitution.
The camera tailed them around the building ... Juan Gil and Simone Damberg Würtz in Rambert’s Draw From Within. Photograph: Camilla Greenwell The first time I cried watching someone dance in their living room was in April last year. A few weeks into the first lockdown, unnerved by sudden confinement, there was ballerina Céline Gittens on my laptop screen, bourréeing past a pot plant. Then in a different living room, cellist António Novais drawing out a Saint-Saëns melody, and in another house, pianist Jonathan Higgins, all deeply engr...
10 Online Two of the first films made in spring’s UK lockdown captured the moment of sudden confinement, DIY spirit and the simple need for connection and hope. Birmingham Royal Ballet principal Céline Gittens danced Fokine’s Dying Swan in her living room, linked up with musicians at home. Meanwhile, ex-New York City Ballet dancer Robbie Fairchild and his flatmate Chris Jarosz threw juicy shapes on their Manhattan rooftop. They brought a tear and a beaming smile, respectively. Read the full review. 9 Online Among a number of artists addressing issues brought to the fore by Black Lives Ma...