A picturesque mountain landscape and high-quality stage productions define Origen festival. This year’s summer edition brings new, captivating creations exploring the main topic of “siblings” to the Swiss Alps. I came across Dustin Klein’s new one-act ballet on my hike.

Today, at 50, Akram Khan is an internationally known figure in the world of dance – but where did he come from?

The 44th edition of Montpellier Danse (22 June – 6 July 2024) took place as the Euro 24 football championships were getting under way, and a few weeks before the Paris Olympics started.

During my residency visit in Munich I had the opportunity to see several performances of the international festival of dance production for children and youth called THINK BIG!.

Ten dancers, moving separately and together, perform a 90-minute piece of street dance, club, pagan and contemporary, in Carcass that was featured at the International Dance Festival Tanec Praha 2024. 

While Italy's football team lost resoundingly, but not unexpectedly, against Switzerland, renowned Berlin-based choreographer Constanza Macras brought an engaging and emotional show back to the stage of the Volksbühne. 

Choreographer May Zarhy’s double bill directly tackles the theme of the 36th edition of Festival Danza Estate in Bergamo, Italy, which interrogates the roles presence and absence play in building spaces and relations in our time. 

On 22 June 2024, the Belgian newspaper De Standaard published an extensive article on its website charting the events of the Rosas company of choreographic star Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. 

Renowned as a choreographer, director, performer and visual artist, Dimitris Papaioannou wears many hats but is hesitant to label himself.