Image Credit: Photo of Anthea Lewis, Guest Curator at Dance Umbrella 2026. Anthea Lewis discovered the joy of being seen while dressed head-to-toe in pink, mouse ears on, performing A Windmill in Old Amsterdam. Dance had followed her older sister…
Image Credit: Nandita Shankardass photographed by Pierre Tappon. @tappon.photography Born in London to parents of Indian descent, Nandita Shankardass discovered movement early through ballet classes in North London. Her expression and love for the arts expanded through music, painting, poetry…
Image Credit: Grace Nicol, photographed by Sarika Thakorlal Grace Nicol has long been one of London’s most radical forces – a choreographer, movement director, educator and care-driven agitator whose work moves fluidly between galleries, runways, film sets and communal dancefloors.…
Image description: Pepa Ubera, photographed by Noemie Reijnen. Pepa Ubera is a deft builder of worlds: a choreographer, researcher and multidisciplinary artist whose work blurs performance, installation and immersive tech. This week she premieres The Machine of Horizontal Dreams at…
Freddie Opoku-Addaie, long-time friend of Run Riot and Co-CEO and Artistic Director of Dance Umbrella, steers this year’s festival like a generous host, inviting both first-timers and die-hard dance lovers to meet a vibrant mix of perspectives and tune into…
It is a rare thing to meet a true legend in this industry but today I had the pleasure of interviewing a folk dance giant, M. Chevalier. He is the Artistic Director of the Ballet National Folklorique du Luxembourg, a…
Image credit: Van Huynh Company, Re:birth, photographed by Brett Lockwood
Image: Seamus Ryan / Bob King
Image: Member of The Hungarian State Folk Ensemble by photographer Gabor Dusa
Image credit: Photo of Julia Cheng by Camilla Greenwell
Julia Cheng is the choreographer for the new production of Cabaret starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley which opens on 15 November 2021. This'll be Julia's West End debut.