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Follow the Movement / 17 June 2026

Arts medicine

17 June 2026

MATTHEW HAWKINS explores the initiatives proposed by HEALING ARTS SCOTLAND

Dance review / 15 May 2026

The enigma of stillness

15 May 2026

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

Ballet review / 17 September 2025

Wizard ballet

17 September 2025

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

Follow the Movement / 14 August 2025

Best of the fest: dance

14 August 2025

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

Dance / 30 May 2025

Flamenco festival

30 May 2025

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

Dance / 9 May 2025

Follow the Movement: DIG 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

Wiggle room

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

Defeating the D-men

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

Petals and pollination

14 August 2024

MATTHEW HAWKINS savours the brilliant dynamism of Brazilian contemporary dance, and Leicester’s own virtuoso of Indian dervishery

Dance review / 5 August 2024

Eloquent dance in public spaces

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

Needs must

31 July 2024

TONY MILLS, artistic director of Dancebase, reveals how he assembles a festival programme in the teeth of tough economic realities

A Breakdancer performing during the Urban Games, July 2004

Dance / 12 July 2024

From the Bronx to Paris – a look at Breaking as it makes Olympics debut

12 July 2024

WE CARRY OUR HISTORIES IN OUR BODIES: Germaine Acogny in 202

Interview / 4 June 2024

Germaine Acogny: The mother of African dance at 80

4 June 2024

LLIANE LOOTS speaks to Germaine Acogny and picks out two of her finest works

Follow the Movement / 19 February 2024

Take your mum

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

Honouring Ian Spink (1948-2023)

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

Rite back atcha

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

Follow the Movement: August 17, 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

Follow the Movement: August 16, 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

Solos and Duets

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

The place to be

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

Dance / 27 September 2021

The knack for immediate bonding with the audience

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

Dance Review / 21 January 2018

Dance takes issue with the Trump presidency

21 January 2018

Dance Review / 6 December 2017

Alexander's Snowman will leave you walking on air

6 December 2017

Indie Purcell reviews THE SNOWMAN at Peacock Theatre, London WC2A

Dance review / 4 October 2017

Acosta brilliance breaks boundaries

4 October 2017

Culture / 9 August 2017

‘Movement never lies’

9 August 2017

Kurdish dancer HUSSEIN SMKO talks to Dana Naomy Mills about how he’s shaping a truthful response to Islamophobia in his new work

Culture / 14 June 2017

The leisurely approach to inducing total boredom

14 June 2017

Susan Darlington reviews Recreation by Yorkshire Dance, Leeds

Culture / 21 December 2016

Family-friendly fun with this beast of a tale

21 December 2016

Culture / 10 December 2016

Round-up 2016: Dance with Peter Lindley

10 December 2016

Star columnists run through what’s impressed them this year

Culture / 21 November 2016

Khan takes Giselle to another level

21 November 2016

Culture / 1 November 2016

Dancing around miners’ strike issues

1 November 2016

Culture / 12 October 2016

It’s only rock ’n’ roll, but you’ll like it

12 October 2016

Culture / 8 July 2016

Dance: Natalia Osipova

8 July 2016

Culture / 3 June 2016

Dance of delirium from depths of the soul

3 June 2016

Culture / 5 May 2016

Unmissable mixed offer by Dutch masters

5 May 2016

Susan Darlington reviews Nederlands Dans Theater 2

Culture / 5 April 2016

Dance: Tapping into the shop floor

5 April 2016

Culture / 4 April 2016

Dance: Sensational swim in cross-cultural currents

4 April 2016

Culture / 25 March 2016

Arts ahead

25 March 2016

Star critics cherry-pick some of the best on offer in the weeks to come

Culture / 8 March 2016

Dance: Happy marriage of ancient and modern

8 March 2016

Culture / 26 February 2016

Dance review: Phoenix mark diversity card

26 February 2016

Culture / 15 February 2016

Dance: Como el Musguito en la Piedra (Like Moss on a Stone)

15 February 2016

Culture / 26 January 2016

Attention-grabbing new year Resolution

26 January 2016

Culture / 2 December 2015

Maliphant makes magic in moves of revelatory concealment

2 December 2015

Culture / 2 November 2015

Rambert’s triple-decker fails to satisfy

2 November 2015

Susan Darlington reviews the Rambert Dance Company at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford/Touring

Culture / 28 October 2015

Choreographed conflict out of India

28 October 2015

Culture / 15 September 2015

A 1984 without the boot in the face

15 September 2015

Culture / 29 May 2015

Dance: Superb swansong from Guillem

29 May 2015

Life In Progress Sadlers Wells Theatre, London EC1 5/5

Culture / 18 May 2015

Dance: Woolf Works wonders

18 May 2015

Woolf Works Royal Opera House London WC2 5/5

Culture / 11 March 2015

Minimalist mastery of tragic tale

11 March 2015

Susan Darlington reviews Romeo and Juliet at The Grand, Leeds