Creativity, performance, enjoyment: Making Moves National Platform
A very special evening at Sadler’s Wells as nine youth dance companies from all over England came together in an initiative to celebrate creativity
Month: July 2024
Stuttgart Ballet: Novitzky/Dawson
It may be abstract in the sense of being non-narrative… but Dawson’s choreography and the company’s dancing reached inside and touched the soul
English National Ballet School annual performance
The third year’s classical work was Les Patineurs (1937), and then Pina Bausch’s Tannhăuser Bacchanal (1972), a fascinating piece of dance history
Staatsballett Berlin celebrates 20 years with a sparkling gala
The varied programme of mostly excerpts from longer pieces delighted the enthusiastic audience on a summery Sunday evening
Staatsballett Berlin: Giselle
This performance of Patrice Bart’s Giselle was special in that it saw Ksenia Ovsyanick dance the lead role for the last time
A new ballet ensemble puts storytelling to the fore: Ballet MAR in Warp & Weft
Excellent dancing, good choreography, efficient storytelling. And specially commissioned music. All rather impressive for a first outing by Ballet MAR
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
The standard was uniformly high although, as in the past couple of years, it was the men, who got two pieces all to themselves, who thrilled
London Children’s Ballet: The Secret Garden
Forget any preconceptions you might have about ‘children’s ballet’… a stunningly professional show… a super evening’s entertainment.
A company reborn: London City Ballet rises again
Ahead of its extensive UK and overseas tour, David Mead talks to London City Ballet artistic director Chris Marney about the company’s relaunch.
Acosta Danza in Carlos Acosta’s Carmen
What one remembers from this Carmen are the ensemble scenes. I don’t know what they were on, but their energy and stamina were incredible
A Night at the Museum with Birmingham Royal Ballet
The highlight was Olivia Chang-Clarke’s new Melody in Three. While classical through and through, dotted throughout are quirky moments that make you smile