Charlotte Kasner
A dark fairy, satyr and other animals: Birmingham Royal Ballet at Sadler’s Wells
One waits for ages, then two Baiser de la fées come along at once.
Hamlet short but sweet: Sea of Troubles by Yorke Dance Project
MacMillan manages to make quite a lot of the pretty nasty storyline look beautiful
The strange world of Victoria Thierrée Chaplin’s Bells and Spells
Weird and wonderful sights come thick and fast
British Ballet gives tribute to Kenneth MacMillan
Concerto: as fresh choreographically as the day it was made
5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline
A tight, emotive evening that never strays into sentiment, never oversteps the mark
Sweeping, swelling dance: les ballets C de la B in Nicht Schlafen
Relationships flit back and forth like summer lightning on a dry night crackling with tension
Ghost Dances as powerful as ever: Rambert at Sadler’s Wells
The haunting breathness of pan pipes sounds like respiration proceeding a death-rattle.
I know this place – but I don’t: The Toad Knew by James Thierrée and Compagnie du Hanneton
Marvellous, inventive theatre