Performing arts

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Taiwan’s National Kaohsiung Centre for the Arts is said to be the largest performing arts centre in the world.

Classical music and a whole lot more is on offer at the annual event in the Russian city

Italian performer Andrea Loreni thrilled Rome on Sunday (Dec. 11) by becoming the first high-wire act to cross the Tiber. While crowds watched him

Hundreds of lanterns have been launched in Taiwan as part of the Sky Lantern Festival.

The project is giving performances of the classical works of Homer, Sophocles, Plato and more at archaeological sites across the Greek capital.

Kirill Serebrennikov has a history of criticising Russian authorities and the Orthodox Church, and his supporters say he was framed in a fraud case as part of a government crackdown on artistic freedoms.

Russian choreographer Boris Eifman has taken up the challenge of using the plot of a complex psychological novel for a ballet.

The European Oscars Captured on camera for acting in front of the camera – stars of the European silver screen.

Puppetry has a very long history across the Czech Republic and can be traced deep into the Middle Ages.

‘While I was waiting’ by acclaimed Syrian playwright Mohammad Al Attar and director Omar Abusaada tells the story of a young man who ends up in a coma in hospital after being beaten up at a checkpoint

‘Paris de Nuit’ by the Budapest-based Recirquel Contemporary Circus Company takes audiences into the cafes, brothels and dark streets of 1930’s Paris.

A group of refugees are taking to the stage in the UK to tell their stories through the play “Queens of Syria.

The world of performance arts comes to the Portuguese capital Lisbon for the annual Alkantara festival.

The first of the annual Princess of Asturias Awards has been won by the Spanish actress, theatre director and stage designer Nuria Espert. The

Canadian theatrical company Cirque du Soleil is making its Broadway debut with a new show called ‘Paramour’. Set in the golden age of Hollywood, it

Artist Filippo Minelli set off colourful smoke bombs in the courtyard of London’s Somerset House on Wednesday (March 2) as part of a new exhibition

Imagine a small and perfectly formed world where very little people go about their daily lives. That was one of the sparks which ignited Mini World

“Madame Bovary” is considered a masterpiece and a seminal work of realism and as such one of the most influential works of fiction ever written

New York City is no stranger to the unusual and innovative and ‘The ‘Hip-Hop Nutcraker,’ is both. Win tickets to ‘The Hip Hop Nutcracker’ with

All sorts of music styles were on display at the World Music Expo (WOMEX) in Budapest, Hungary. Among them was Canadian band Kleztory with their rich