Sy Sar, subject of a dramatic documentary, was plucked from Cambodia by an American patron who turned him into an international ballet star. His journey, he tells Neil Norman, was sometimes painful - and always emotional... more
In The Penal Colony presents the idea that a person's guilt is hard to determine conclusively. In doing so it casts doubt on the redemptive possibilities of the judicial system... more
Not sold on arias? Neither was Rufus Norris — which made him an ideal choice to direct the tale of the sex addict Don Giovanni at the Coliseum, he tells Nick Curtis
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The Hackney Empire will re-open this summer to host concerts as part of a pan-East End festival of international music organised by the Barbican... more
Latex in excess, kung fu, flying fish, jugglers, roller-skaters, plate-spinners and the White Skeleton Demon are all on on show in Monkey: Journey to the West.... more
Philip Glass's bewitching 2005 opera Waiting for the Barbarians was given its UK premiere last night in a sold-out performance at the Barbican.... more
Famous for old-style, super-traditional ballets, this mixed bill of new and recent-ish work from the Bolshoi gave the dancers a bold and emotional frankness we rarely see.... more
Nederlands Dans Theater 2's fledgling dancers might be triple-A rated, and its choreographers elegant and intelligent, but Sarah Frater was overwhelmed by the po-faced drudgery of it all.... more
Punk rock, the raucous voice of rebellion in the Seventies, is to be celebrated with an exhibition at one of Britain's most august arts institutions.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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