Month: November 2019
A visual feast: renaissance of its ashes by Meimage Dance
National Theater, Taipei November 24, 2019 David Mead Ho Hsiao-mei’s (何曉玫) latest work for her Meimage Dance (何曉玫舞團), renaissance of its ashes (極相林), is quite unlike anything I have previously seen from her. The culmination of two years’ development that has included major changes of music, choreography and cast numbers, it is full of intriguing … Read more
Christmas magic: Birmingham Royal Ballet in The Nutcracker
All the marvellously magical tricks and special effects working overtime
Miscommunication, being at cross-purposes, and Dora: Sun-Shier Dance Theatre in Rolling Eyes
Holds the attention from start to finish
Abay Kazakh State Ballet make their London debut in two Fokine classics
Elchibayeva simply blazed across the footlights
Prelocaj, Balanchine and Béjart in the Royal Swedish Ballet and Opera’s Stravinsky triple-bill
A thrilling evening on all counts
Smoke, lasers, dance and sound interweave in Moving Me Badly at Taipei National University of the Arts
Enigmatic, mysterious and full of lighting wizardry