By Maggie Foyer It was a cold, grey, wet, and windy day when I met up with Ashley Coupal and Shunhei Fuchiyama at English National Ballet headquarters, but the enthusiasm they showed for their new London life brought out the sunshine. Both young dancers are already stars in the scintillating firmament of ballet competitions and,
By Sanjoy Roy Many recent London performances were not strictly recent at all, but rather programs that had been on hold through several waves of COVID restrictions, and revived in the autumn while the going looked good (not before time: a new wave has put the dampers on again). These works emerged into a different
By Malcolm Tay In the course of programming shows and commissioning new creations, the annual da:ns festival has helped facilitate unexpected partnerships. While Bangladeshi-British dancer-choreographer Akram Khan was performing at the festival in 2015, his company producer Farooq Chaudhry was invited to watch SoftMachine, a series of documentary performances featuring four Asian dance artists. Among