Manchester dance company, Company Chamelon, feature in a new documentary with Darcey Bussell – Darcey Bussell: Dancing to Happiness, broadcast next week. The one-off documentary investigates why dance, more than any other form of exercise, has such a positive effect on mood and behaviour. In her quest for answers Darcey visits Company Chameleon and follows…
The English National Ballet has announced the Principal casting for their tour of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon which will be performed at Manchester Opera House. The tour sees the English National Ballet performing Manon outside of London for only the second time in 30 years. Lead Principals Alina Cojocaru and Jurgita Dronina, and First Soloists…
Manchester dance company, Company Chameleon, will perform a trio of pop-up dance performances in Manchester City Centre on Thursday 13 and Saturday 15 September. The trio of shows will include the UK premiere of a new male and female duet and will include a performance in The Foundation Coffee House as well as outside HOME…
Manchester born and raised dancer Wade Lewin returns from the West End to appear in a new production of Scheherazade and 1001 Nights at Waterside in Sale. The dancer, who is currently enjoying a career on the West End and beyond, attended Stretford Grammar School and spent five years with the Trafford Youth Dance Theatre,…
The Opera House Manchester hosts the English National Ballet and English National Ballet School’s My First Ballet series in April. The show gives young audiences a chance to see Swan Lake. Created especially for children as young as three and adapted to an hour in length with a narrator to help young audiences follow the…
Storyhouse in Chester hosts a series of performances of Swan Lake and Giselle by Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet this February as the troupe’s reputation continues to grow throughout the UK. The talented performers make their Storyhouse debut this February with two shows across three days, performing their favourite repertories alongside stunning sets, lavish costumes and…
Three of Manchester’s libraries will swing open after hours to welcome audiences and dancers as Company Chameleon’s Illuminate goes on a tour of Longsight Library, North City Library and Wythenshawe Forum Library. The dance shows follow the huge success of the run packed performances at Manchester’s Central Library. The original full scale performances premiered in…
Manchester’s Central Library will host Company Chameleon’s site-specific production of new dance, music and light art, Illuminate. The after-hours experience has been commissioned by Library Live and will see the Manchester dance company take audiences to the past, present and future in an exciting and original promenade piece of dance theatre. Beginning outside of the…
Uchenna Dance brings three fierce, clever and witty female characters to Manchester’s Contact as they take us through stories of community, heritage, womanhood, friendship, and most importantly … hair. The Head Wrap Diaries, presented by Uchenna Dance, is an interactive show set in a hair salon. Mixing dance, theatre and storytelling with a good dose…
Home Manchester has announced its February to September 2018 season of festivals, theatre, film, dance and visual art. The new season includes premieres, co-commissions, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwrights, touring shows, fiction-film art installations, the return of ¡Viva! And special guests amongst so much more. So, what’s on at Home? Film: Home presents a series of unique…
