Christopher Hampson News

Matthew Bourne announced today the third New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA). Open to emerging choreographers of all ages, NACA follows the success of the 2012 and 2014 awards that helped launch the choreographic careers of James Cousins, Tom Jackson-Greaves and John Ross. In addition to the showcase awards in 2014 the judges made an additional award to Sally Marie to fund a Producer for 12 months and a Commissioning Award to Caroline Finn in partnership with Phoenix Dance Theatre. In June 2015 Finn was announced as the new Artistic Director of National Dance Company Wales.

The Scottish Ballet performed A Streetcar Named Desire as a ballet at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, May 29th.  On its face, this is a ridiculous statement.  How could a foreign company perform the iconic American story by Tennessee Williams, much less translate it into pure movement?  However, the production was extremely well conceived and magnificently executed in libretto, design, and dance.

Get swept away by unrivalled storytelling, dance and live music as Northern Ballet performs MADAME BUTTERFLY WITH PERPETUUM MOBILE at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre from 2 – 3 June 2015. Recently awarded Best Company at the European Taglioni Ballet Awards, Northern Ballet specialise in creating and performing classical story ballets. This programme will bring world-class ballet to the doorstep of audiences in Wolverhampton, offering the chance to enjoy two of the company's popular productions in one evening. 

The Harris Theater welcomes the Scottish Ballet as they perform for the first time in Chicago bringing their award-winning, high-profile production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

The Harris Theater welcomes the Scottish Ballet as they perform for the first time in Chicago bringing their award-winning, high-profile production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

John Ross Dance, winner of the 2014 New Adventures Choreographer Award, presents the world premieres of “Little Sheep” and “Eclipse”, and the re-staging of “Wolf Pack” in a triple bill at the Hackney Empire on Wednesday 17 andThursday 18 September.

Edouard Lock's new work, which was to form part of Scottish Ballet's Dance Odysseys tonight, Friday 16 August, has been cancelled due to family illness. In its place, Scottish Ballet will now perform two works, Kenneth MacMillan's Sea of Troubles and Christopher Hampson's Silhouette on the main stage of the Festival Theatre in an evening performance starting at 8.00pm.

Edouard Lock's new work, which was to form part of Scottish Ballet's Dance Odysseys on Friday 16 August, has been cancelled due to family illness. In its place, Scottish Ballet will now perform two works, Kenneth MacMillan's Sea of Troubles and Christopher Hampson's Silhouette on the main stage of the Festival Theatre in an evening performance starting at 8.00pm.

Matthew Bourne announced today the second New Adventures Choreographer Award (NACA). Open to emerging choreographers of all ages the award follows the success of the inaugural award in 2012 that launched the career of James Cousins, now an internationally regarded choreographic talent.

SARA WEBB and IAN CASADY will appear as guest artists in the Shreveport Metropolitan Ballet's performances of The Nutcracker on December 3 and 4, 2011 at the Riverview Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Worlds collide when three of ballet's premier choreographers stage an ensemble of imaginative, avant-garde works on Atlanta Ballet for Fusion: Lambarena & a World Premiere, March 25-27 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

Worlds collide when three of ballet's premier choreographers stage an ensemble of imaginative, avant-garde works on Atlanta Ballet for Fusion: Lambarena & a World Premiere, March 25-27 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

Worlds collide when three of ballet's premier choreographers stage an ensemble of imaginative, avant-garde works on Atlanta Ballet for Fusion: Lambarena & a World Premiere, March 25-27 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

The highly-anticipated Atlanta Ballet premiere of the dazzling MOULIN ROUGE - THE BALLET will kick off a thrilling 2010-2011 season for Atlanta Ballet on October 22nd, to be followed by four additional shows, including, for the first time ever, a performance at The Alliance Stage.

An extravaganza of timeless classics, old favorites and exciting new works will draw the curtain on Atlanta Ballet's 80th anniversary season in the mixed-rep production of 'Sheer Exhilaration.'

An extravaganza of timeless classics, old favorites and exciting new works will draw the curtain on Atlanta Ballet's 80th anniversary season in the mixed-rep production of 'Sheer Exhilaration.'

The highly-anticipated Atlanta Ballet premiere of the dazzling MOULIN ROUGE - THE BALLET will kick off a thrilling 2010-2011 season for Atlanta Ballet on October 22nd, to be followed by four additional shows, including, for the first time ever, a performance at The Alliance Stage.

An extravaganza of timeless classics, old favorites and exciting new works will draw the curtain on Atlanta Ballet's 80th anniversary season in the mixed-rep production of 'Sheer Exhilaration.'