Dance sights in London
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Southbank Centre
The flagship venue of the Southbank Centre, the collection of concrete buildings and walkways shoehorned between Hungerford and Waterloo Bridges, is the Royal Festival Hall. It is the oldest building of the centre still standing, having been erected to cheer up a glum postwar populace as part of the 1951 Festival of Britain. Its slightly curved facade of glass and Portland stone always won it more public approbation than its 1970s neighbours, but a recent £90-millionrefit added new pedestrian walkways, bookshops, music stores and food outlets below it, including a restaurant called Skylon. Just north, Queen Elizabeth Hall is the second-largest concert venue in the centre…
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