Dante's Divine Comedy is an iconic work of Italian literature, a narrative poem which imagines the world of the afterlife as seen through a medieval world view. Begun in c1308 and completed by the ...

Abandon hope all ye who enter here. Some people do feel that way about modern ballet, but the narrator of Dante’s Divine Comedy sees this warning on the gates of hell. In Wayne McGregor’s dauntlessly ...

Over two hours, McGregor offers us three acts, each markedly different in sight, sound and choreographic texture. Act One (‘Inferno: Pilgrim’) – first shown as a standalone piece in the US in 2019 – ...

Dante, often a bystander to his own spiritual quest here, finds his own flailing arms and winding feet, and then watches moments from his own previous life with Beatrice, to skirling pipes and drums.