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Healing
Follow the Movement / 17 June 2026
17 June 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND

gravity
Dance review / 15 May 2026
15 May 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS considers the opening offering at the National Festival of Korean Dance

merlin
Ballet review / 17 September 2025
17 September 2025

SUSAN DARLINGTON appreciates a retelling of the Merlin myth that emphasises family and belonging

wee man
Follow the Movement / 14 August 2025
14 August 2025

MATTHEW HAWKINS recommends three memorable performances from Scottish dance artists Barrowland Ballet, In the Fields Project, and Wendy Houston

flam
Dance / 30 May 2025
30 May 2025

PETER MASON is wowed (and a little baffled) by the undeniably ballet-like grace of flamenco

dance
Dance / 9 May 2025
9 May 2025

MATTHEW HAWKINS surveys the upcoming programme of contemporary dance in Glasgow, and picks some highlights

SENSUAL ENLIGHTENMENT: Teige Bisnought and Dylan Springer in
Follow the Movement / 18 March 2025
18 March 2025
MATTHEW HAWKINS appreciates an interpretation in dance of James Baldwin’s landmark novel of doomed homosexual desire
DANGEROUS LIASONS: Dominique Larose and Joseph Taylor in Jan
Ballet Review / 17 March 2025
17 March 2025
SUSAN DARLINGTON applauds the translation of Jane Eyre into a ballet that preserves the drama of her formative years
SUFISM AND SEX: Aakash Odedra performs Songs of the Bulbul;
Follow the Movement / 14 August 2024
14 August 2024
MATTHEW HAWKINS savours the brilliant dynamism of Brazilian contemporary dance, and Leicester’s own virtuoso of Indian dervishery
Matthew Hawkins performs Ready
Dance review / 5 August 2024
5 August 2024
ALAN CAIG WILSON witnesses an intense, hour-long masterpiece of control and deep focus
(L) Dancebase artistic director Tony Mills; (R) Miller de No
Follow the movement with Matthew Hawkins / 31 July 2024
31 July 2024
TONY MILLS, artistic director of Dancebase, reveals how he assembles a festival programme in the teeth of tough economic realities
WE CARRY OUR HISTORIES IN OUR BODIES: Germaine Acogny in 202
Interview / 4 June 2024
4 June 2024
LLIANE LOOTS speaks to Germaine Acogny and picks out two of her finest works
Carlos Acosta
Follow the Movement / 19 February 2024
19 February 2024
The Cuban star Carlos Acosta uses his celebrity to showcase the choreography of others in an egalitarian spirit, judges MATTHEW HAWKINS
INSPIRATIONAL: Ian Spink during a rehearsal in the Schoolhil
Follow The Movement / 17 October 2023
17 October 2023
MATTHEW HAWKINS pays tribute to an inspirational dancer and choreographer
The Rite of Spring, Edinburgh International Festival
Follow The Movement / 21 August 2023
21 August 2023
MATTHEW HAWKINS relishes the enduring legacy of the legendary choreographer Pina Bausch, but is in two minds about new mythology-driven works
Thaddeus McWhinnie Phillips in Lost Soles; L-E-V Dance Compa
Dance / 17 August 2023
17 August 2023
A tap-dancer negotiates non-entity to great effect, while Israelis indulge their own brand of marshalled torture
Shyam Dattani and Giacomo Pini in You & Me
Dance / 15 August 2023
15 August 2023
Matthew Hawkins reviews of A Couple of Humans, Party Scene, You & Me, Woodhill
Mikolaj Karczewski in Stone-Face-Book; Sun Chung-Hsueh and H
Dance / 7 August 2023
7 August 2023
MATTHEW HAWKINS samples the work on offer in an economically trimmed-down Dancebase and puts movement into words
PAS DE DEUX: Hyuk Kwon, Jaeyoung Lee in Equilibrium
Dance / 4 October 2021
4 October 2021
The Korean troupe effectively challenge the notion that dancers are physically expert but mere interpreters of other people’s thoughts, writes CHRISTINE LINDEY
Double Murder: The Fix
Dance / 27 September 2021
27 September 2021
CHRISTINE LINDEY is enthralled by this double offering from her favourite choreographer who wants his work to be experienced from the gut
Underdeveloped: Reclaim the Word Slut!
Dance Review / 21 January 2018
21 January 2018
Dance Review / 6 December 2017
6 December 2017
Indie Purcell reviews THE SNOWMAN at Peacock Theatre, London WC2A
Dance review / 4 October 2017
4 October 2017