• Album Review: Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1- Calvin Harris is back!

    Does anyone remember Ellie Goulding and overly dramatic and cleanly produced EDM tracks? Well Calvin Harris sure doesn’t. His newest album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 sees the legendary UK producer turn a new leaf in his discography, reinventing his sound to fit modern chart-topping music, while simultaneously borrowing...
  • Impact Arts Tries: NUDance Jazz Class

    As part of Impact Arts’s new series of articles, our Arts Editors and contributors are putting their lives on the line by trying out a variety of different societies and artistic things, so you guys can read about it and laugh/want to get involved yourself! This week, we Arts...
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre @ Theatre Royal

    ‘Alvin Ailey said that one of America’s richest treasures was the cultural heritage of the African-American; sometimes sorrowful, sometimes jubilant, but always hopeful.’ This highlights perfectly the themes dealt with in the extraordinary compositions led by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The world-renowned dance company, born in the...
  • NU Dance Showcase: Turning Points @ Nottingham Lakeside Arts

    This year marks the 3rd time that NU Dance has won ‘Best Overall Club’ at the biggest inter-university competition in England. They are, by all accounts, a pretty big deal, but back home on Uni Park Campus is where they continue to do us proud. Watching them perform their...
  • Rambert @ Theatre Royal

    Having never been to a modern dance performance before, I confess that I did not know what to expect in regards to Rambert. However, it is a mark of the talent of the group of dancers, and the musicians who accompanied the three pieces staged, that I still thoroughly...
  • 5 best dance shows of 2015

    2015 was an exciting and controversial year in the world of dance. There were retirements, notably of the Royal Ballet principal Carlos Acosta and global dance star Sylvie Guillem; there were highly-anticipated debuts, such as that of British rising star Francesca Hayward in The Royal Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet;...
  • Live Review: The Prodigy, Capital FM Arena (24/11/15)

    Not many people expect a commercial arena to be their local stomping ground. But when a band like The Prodigy kick off their UK tour at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, they were sure to bring together a medley of generations for a triumphant evening of alternative dance in the city’s...