Drama and Dance
Copenhagen What's on
16 Nov-2 Dec 2006. The Mute Comp. Physical Theatre presents its new dance work Caterpillar, combining poetry, surprise and slapstick humour in an energetic performance. Set to original music by Henrik...
Dublin What's on
28-29 Oct 2006. Ballet Ireland gives three performances of A Christmas Carol at Dublins National Concert Hall in a choreographed re-telling of Charles Dickens classic tale. Ebeneezer Scrooge, the mean...
Amsterdam What's on
8-19 Sept 2006. The Dutch National Ballet presents one of Russian-American choreographer George Balanchines masterpieces, Jewels (1967). A visit to New York jewellers Van Cleef & Arpels on Fifth Avenu...
Madrid What's on
5-10 Sept 2006. St Petersburgs prestigious Mariinsky Ballet company presents El Corsario (The Pirate) at the Teatro Real. One of Russian ballets most enduringly popular works, El Corsario is a ballet...
Copenhagen What's on
5-10 Sept 2006. Russias legendary Bolshoi Ballet returns to Copenhagen for the first time in 40 years with performances of Swan Lake and The Bright Stream on the big stage at the Opera House. Tchaiko...
Berlin What's on
Contemporary Dance Tanz Im August
17 Aug-2 Sept 2006. Featuring 24 productions with dance works from 15 countries including Canada, Hong Kong, Thailand, Senegal, South Africa and the USA, the 18th edition of Berlins International Cont...
Madrid What's on
St Petersburg Ballet in Madrid.
27 June-6 Aug 2006. The St Petersburg Ballet performs five ballets including Swan Lake and Romeo and Juliet over the six-week season at the Teatro Gran Via. Originally choreographed by award-winning f...
Copenhagen What's on
17-23 July 2006. The Royal Danish Ballet performs four popular dance-works from its repertoire under the linden trees in the GrnnegrdsTeatret in the courtyard of the Danish Museum of Art and Design. C...
Paris What's on
17 June-4 July 2006. Pina Bausch and her famous Tanztheater Wuppertal return to the Thtre de la Ville with Rough Cut, created during the German dance companys residence in Seoul in 2005. Set to a cros...
London What's on
15 May-3 June 2006. The Royal Ballet presents a new production of Tchaikovskys version of the classic fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty at the Covent Garden Opera House to celebrate its 75th anniversary....
Amsterdam What's on
27-28 April 2006. The Stadsschouwburg Theatre hosts Rotterdams Scapino Ballet Company with its latest work in which four choreographers each present a 20-minute performance. Amanda Millers work entitl...
Paris What's on
9-15 May 2006. The Palais Garnier hosts six performances by the famed contemporary Dance Theatre of the Netherlands, featuring choreography by Jiri Kylian, Paul Lightfoot and Sol Len. Established in 1...
Copenhagen What's on
17-24 May 2006. Three modern classical dance choreographers are presenting their work on the Old Stage (Gamle Scene) of Det Kongelige Teater in Copenhagen. The programme includes La Stravaganza by Fre...
Madrid What's on
19-25 April 2006. The Teatro Real hosts the English National Ballets acclaimed production of Tchaikovskys Swan Lake choreographed by Derek Deane based on Frederick Ashton. This production sets the sto...
Paris What's on
25-29 April 2006. The successful 2002 production DAvant returns to Thtre de la Ville for five performances with a polyglot quartet composed of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet from the famous Bal...
Dublin What's on
30 April 2006. Ballet Ireland performs excerpts from The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty for this gala tribute to Russian composer Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky at the National Concert Hall. The highlig...
Amsterdam What's on
22 March-9 April 2006. The Dutch National Ballet presents Swan Lake at the Het Muziektheater. Choreographer and former artistic director Rudi van Danzig has kept the spectacular Black Swan pas de deux...
Paris What's on
16 March-1 April 2006. Contemporary choreographers Saburo Teshigawara, Abou Lagraa and Jiri Kylin present three dance works at the Palais Garnier with the dancers of the Ballet de lOpra. Le Souffle du...
Madrid What's on
17 March-2 April 2006. The Ballet Nacional de Espaa is at Teatro de la Zarzuela for two weeks of dance with a distinctive Spanish flavour. Each performance is made up of two separate pieces, both chor...
London What's on
3 March-10 April 2006. Shakespeares tale of the star-crossed lovers and their feuding families inspired Prokofievs powerful score which, combined with the colourful Italian renaissance setting, has ma...
