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Arsenale, Venice © Mehmet Kerem Özel La Biennale di Venezia has been organising the Biennale Danza as part of its music and theatre festivals since 1934, and for the past 19 years Biennale Danza has run under its own title. Although it takes place annually, it uses the term biennale (biennial - every two years) in its title in reference to the organising institution.  This year the Biennale Danza took place between 17th July and 2nd August 2025 and it’s the theme chosen by Wayne McGregor, the British choreographer who has been the its artistic director for the past four years, was Making Myth. This year's awards were announced in January and presented to the winners at its opening: Twyla Tharp received the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement and Carolina Bianchi received the Silver Lion.  This year the Biennale Danza featured 18 productions, including nine world premieres and two European premieres, with the festival co-producing 11 of them. During the last four days...

© Mehmet Kerem Özel GöteborgsOperans Danskompani (Gothenburg Opera Dance Company), which celebrates its 30th anniversary in the current 2024-25 season, has evolved over the past 10 years from a classical ballet company to a company that performs exclusively contemporary dance pieces. The company's general strategy is not to have a resident choreographer, but also not to have a choreographer as artistic director. Instead, the artistic directors commission pieces from choreographers of their own choosing, and this strategy ensures that the company's repertoire is full of world premieres. Very rarely does a piece created for another company become part of the repertoire. Katrin Hall, the company's artistic director since 2016, follows in the footsteps of her predecessor, Adolphe Binder, and continues to bring the company a repertoire of original pieces by today's most sought-after choreographers, as well as young choreographers just emerging on the international dance scen...