The Telegraph Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour review, Arena Birmingham: Stacey fails to rouse the crowd, but Kelvin still thrills The Telegraph - By Rachel WardHe came. He danced. He conquered. That pretty much sums up 2019 Strictly champion Kelvin Fletcher who, as a last-minute addition to the original line-up (replacing an injured Jamie Laing), went from zero...
The Telegraph The Red Shoes, Sadlers Wells, review: a brilliant showcase for Bourne's genius The Telegraph - By Laura ThompsonWhat a clever man Matthew Bourne is. Rather like his fellow knight, Kenneth Branagh, he has an extraordinary gift for the right idea. This dance-drama version of The Red Shoes won two Olivier awards when...
The TelegraphCoppélia, Royal Ballet, Covent Garden, review: Francesca Hayward is an incandescent delight in this unrepentantly old-fashioned... The Telegraph - By Laura ThompsonA young man, Franz, has a fiancée, Swanhilda. She is lovely, spirited and a little bit loud. Franz knows that he shouldn’t, but he has become obsessed with an unknown girl sitting in a high window: also...
The Telegraph 15 essential dance shows and ballets to book tickets for now The Telegraph - By Mark MonahanOur dance critic picks 15 must-see shows for autumn 2019, from BRB's Giselle to the Royal Ballet's Manon to Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The ever-astounding New York-based...
The Telegraph Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet, Sadler’s Wells, review: one of Bourne’s smartest, sexiest, most stirring shows ever The Telegraph - By Mark MonahanFor a few agonising moments during the press night for Matthew Bourne’s new dance-theatre version of Romeo and Juliet, it seemed that there might be no show to review. Twenty-five minutes in, the house...
