Dance Writer/Critic/Influencer. Chair of Critics' Circle Dance Section & National Dance Awards. Ballet Icon Award 2024. OBE since 2008

London
Joined May 2009
#FF Bashkiri National Folk Dance at the Choreographic Institute in Ufa - where #nureyev was a student - #barre #barreworkout with a difference - if you have problems with your splits watch this! #dance #Russia
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Huge congratulations to my dear friend Anna Hop – choreographer, director, dancer, and educator - regarded as one of the most versatile and innovative artists of her generation – who has today assumed the position of director of the Poznań Opera Ballet.
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My feature on the Dirty Dancing tour, combining interviews with choreo Austin Wilks & stars, Charlie Varlet (Baby), Joel Benjamin (Johnny) and Ellie Fergusson (Penny). It’s until June 2027 so no doubt it’s coming to a city near you! btheremagazine.co.uk/dirty-d…
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My interview feature with Dickson Mbi on Gramilano about his inspirations for TELLUS that will be performed at Sadler’s Wells East from 21-24 October. It’s a spectacular, meaningful and entertaining work - grab a chance to see it if you can. gramilano.com/2026/10/interv…
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My obituary for Sir Richard Alston (in German) in October’s Tanz magazine. I needed at least 1,000 words to do justice to a lovely man and a lively life well lived but I only had 1,000 characters to provide the briefest flavour.
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My 3rd review of 5️⃣ in a busy week came with The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket - biographical theatre about the interventionist economist John Maynard Keynes and his ballerina wife, Lydia Lopokova btheremagazine.co.uk/the-sta…
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I’ve been so busy with a show every night this week that I’ve had no time to post reviews. Starting off from Monday night at Cadogan Hall here is my review of Ballet Nights 012. gramilano.com/2026/10/review…
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Feature on Alexei Ratmansky’s Wunderland for Hamburg Ballet in Tanz
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August/September issue of Tanz magazine with brief feature about National Dance Awards UK featuring Harvey Littlefield and a wonderful photo of Jason Reilly and Hyo-jung Kang in Onegin (dating back to 2017) (photo from The Stuttgart Ballet ) tanz-zeitschrift #dance #tanz
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In the Tanz Yearbook for 2026 my feature about Russell Maliphant in the feature on “Wegweisend innen den besten aussichten” (roughly translated as Pioneering dance artists with the best prospects).
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1 of the outstanding dancers of this generation is now taking the next steps in her glittering career as Tiler Peck is announced as choreographic associate of New York City Ballet, following in the footsteps of George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins & Christopher Wheeldon. @tilerpeck
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