In the convent/Nazi-escaping, drape upcycling, formation fountain-side dancing spirit of ‘The Sound Of Music’, which bares its rosy-cheeked face to the open air at Regent’s Park tonight (details here), here are a few of TW London’s favourite cultural things…

TODAY’S DANCE CHOICES

English National Ballet – A Tribute To Rudolph Nureyev, London Coliseum, 25-27 Jul
Tamara Rojo’s formidable company pays homage to the late Rudolph Nureyev’s balletic legacy, dancing his greatest parts in Fokine’s ‘Petrushka’, Béjart’s ‘Song Of A Wayfarer’ and Petipa’s ‘Raymonda Act III’. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S FESTIVAL CHOICES

London Contemporary Music Festival, Peckham Multi Storey Car Park, 25-28 Jul / 1-4 Aug
RSVP-ing in advance is essential at arts and events collective Bold Tendencies‘ totally-payless LCMF, an absorbing rooftop smorgasbord of contemporary, classical, dance and electronica; of sound art, opera and improv. Each day has a banner title, with tonight’s live recitals (excerpts of compositions by Phillip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Wagner, Schwitters and award-winning audio-visual artist Ed Atkins) taking a ‘To A New Definition Of Opera’ theme. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S FILM CHOICES

Backyard Cinema presents… Almost Famous, Camden Lock Night Market, 25 Jul
Backyard Cinema’s Camden-placed programme of open-air film showings starts tonight with the movie that made a star of daughter-of-a-star Kate Hudson, Cameron Crowe’s steady-rolling rock romance ‘Almost Famous’. Details and tickets here.

TODAY’S MUSIC CHOICES

Anthony And The Johnsons – Swanlights, Royal Opera House, 25-26 Jul (pictured)
An original commission for NYC’s MoMA last year, Mercury Prize-winning melancholiacs Anthony And The Johnsons‘ acclaimed collaboration with the Britten Symphonia is adorned by ‘dramatic lighting’ and just-as-dramatic arrangements by Nico Muhly, Rob Moose and Maxim Moston. Details and tickets here.