Blaze brings breakdancing locking and popping back to the London stage this month. Being a fan of live dance performances, I always get a buzz when I hear about street dance coming my way. I was keen to see what …
Read more...Excitement is bubbling at VL towers over the fact that East Festival is just three weeks away. And it’s not just us, the Mayor of London Boris Johnson is looking forward to it too: “I’m delighted to see the return …
Read more...Thousands of dancers will take to the streets this summer, as part of the London-wide Big Dance festival. Plans were announced today for dance performances, special events and workshops across the capital. 10,000 people will dance together in Trafalgar Square English National Ballet will perform with …
Read more...Since last Sunday, I’ve found myself in front of the mirror trying to move my upper body from the right to the left without using my shoulders and with my lower body and hips staying exactly where they are. This …
Read more...We’ve got through Christmas and welcomed in 2010, so you know what comes next – resolutions! Here at VL Towers we’ve come up with one very simple resolution, and happily it doesn’t involve dieting, budgeting or making any life-changing decisions. …
Read more...La Clique London started its Christmas/New Year residency at Camden’s Roundhouse a couple of weeks ago. The show got rave reviews for its original London season earlier this year at the Hippodrome. Some of this season’s performers are the same, …
Read more...The Royal Ballet’s triple bill of Agon, Sphinx and Limen at the Royal Opera House last night was an interesting lesson in the how modern classical ballet has developed. It was also, unexpectedly, an insight into the behaviour of today’s …
Read more...There was a buzz of excitement at the Southbank Centre today as Unlimited, the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad project to support disabled-led arts, culture and sport, was launched. “Bring it on!” was the enthusiastic verdict of Jenny Sealey MBE, Unlimited’s …
Read more...Swedish dance troupe Bounce’s Insane in the Brain opened this week at Sadler’s Wells’ West End venue, the Peacock Theatre. It’s generally ballet that fills my dance card so I was eagerly anticipating this modern, street-dance version of One Flew …
Read more...“This is where you do your Beyonce flick†said our chirpy dance instructor. There I was, amongst dozens of women that had braved a drizzly British summer evening to shake our booty on the South Bank, under the gaze of …
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