Modernity, tradition, identity, society in a Taipei triple-bill
Nameless Practice by Chien Lin-yi (簡麟懿): “Brim-full of ideas and fabulous images… a really terrific piece that holds the attention from start to finish”
Month: March 2025
The Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Anna Rose O’Sullivan stole the performance with depiction of a headstrong, intuitive, naïve, madly in love teenager
Sparkle, fireworks: Ballet Icons Gala 2025
A terrific evening. It was also one that probably contained more chances to see fouttées than most in the audience get in a year. No one disappointed.
In The Bushes by Léa Tirabasso
“A strange piece; and strangely compelling… thought provoking, at times humorous, highly original, if abstract-feeling dance”
Scottish Ballet: Twice-Born
Choreographically, Mbi ‘rebriths’ many classic dance movements, giving them a twist, an edge, that creates a sense of danger
James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight talk about A Stranding
For A Stranding, which premieres at the Ballet Icons Gala 2025, James and Travis will be joined by former Paris Opera Ballet étoile, Marie Agnès Gillot
Ballett Zürich honours Hans Christian Andersen
In Of Light, Wind and Waters, Kim Brandstrup mixes three of Andersen’s stories with a brief glimpse into the author’s working-class background