The Battle for the Soul of the Edinburgh Fringe
Free is not rubbish! The Free Fringe is a key part of the Fringe's ecology, injecting a much-needed dose of authenticity.
Q&A with the author of Performing Worlds at the Baroque Court of Christine of France
This interview explores how Christine of France used Baroque court spectacles to shape political authority, global imagination, and cultures of consumption.
5 ways to (un)teach the canon
Annelies Van Assche explores five innovative ways to challenge the dance canon and expand beyond Eurocentric narratives.
Violence in Brontë Afterlives
Explore five adaptations of Brontë novels that amplify violence, from Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre, reshaping the Brontës’ enduring cultural impact.
‘Beware of the ninnies!’ – Thoughts on ballet history
Sebastian Cody explores the challenges of ballet historiography, emphasising the need for rigorous scholarship amidst widespread inaccuracies
Performing for Napoleon: Production Quarrels at the Paris Opéra
by Elisa Cazzato Those who have familiarity with the work backstage in a theatre or dance production will know that this is where quarrels and logistic tensions often occur. In my research at the Paris Opéra, I take a look…
“So Revealing”: Yes, there was plenty of ballet in early America
By Lynn Matluck Brooks Ballet in early America? Didn’t we have to wait for the Russians to show up in the 1910s with the Ballets Russes, and for those who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and ’30s?…
What do these three Victorian actresses have in common?
by Amanda Hodgson What do these three Victorian actresses have in common? They all acted at one time or another at the Adelphi Theatre, but another thing they have in common, and the thing that interests me, is that they…
Lost in translation: The influence of André Levinson and Arnold Haskell in Spain
by Ana Abad-Carlés and Marina Peñaranda-Abad Our article for Dance Research 41(2) came to us in a very serendipitous way, when we saw that the Prologue to the Spanish edition of Serge Lifar’s book La Danse had been written by…