19+ hour, 25+ min ago  (309+ words) If you think ballet is all tutus and fairy tales, Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest is here to change your mind. Fresh from a sold-out run in London’s West End and acclaimed seasons across Australia and New Zealand, BIG Live’s…...

4+ week, 52+ min ago  (641+ words) O’Hare talks about ballet less as a rarefied institution than as something vivid, expansive and deeply alive. Under his directorship, The Royal Ballet has become increasingly defined by that breadth: preserving the company’s classical inheritance while simultaneously pushing its dancers…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (924+ words) What struck him instead was its simplicity: “a long shot, no editing, just a group of people dancing.” In an era where, as he puts it, “everything is dematerialised, where AI reshapes our perception of reality,” that simplicity takes on…...

2+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (343+ words) Time slips, stretches, and occasionally seems to stand still in Tempo, a dreamlike work presented at the Singapore International Festival of Arts. In this collaboration between director Kalle Nio and choreographer Fernando Melo, falling bodies hover mid-air, actions reverse, and…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (504+ words) Bakchormeeboy This June, da:ns focus – Ballet by the Bay marks a long-awaited homecoming as Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay welcomes The Royal Ballet back to Singapore for the first time in over two decades. Following the company’s last visit…...

4+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (878+ words) When audiences step into A Dream of Red Mansions this March, they will be entering a world suspended somewhere between memory and dream. The ballet, performed by the National Ballet of China, transforms one of China’s most beloved literary works…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (417+ words) HONG KONG – On a festive December afternoon, the curtain rose on more than just another performance of The Nutcracker. It marked a love letter to Hong Kong—one that has now been read, danced and applauded 100 times. Before the music…...