A night of the best in ballet: Ballet Icons Gala
New and unfamiliar works rub shoulders with old favourites, with Sergio Bernal’s The Thinker the unexpected highlight of a super evening
Charlotte Kasner
New York City Ballet’s London return
While the company has always projected a sense of excitement and even danger… alas, little was evident in this quadruple bill.
Ockham’s Razor: Tess
The circus work is skilful. Joshua Fraser’s use of a cyr wheel to symbolise Alec’s immorality and avarice is effective and very well executed
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre: Lunar Halo
The total commitment of the dancers produces a torrid intensity that sears across the footlights.
Ballet Nights 003
Proximity was highlight of the second half. Choreographed and performed by Pett|Clausen-Knight, it is a mature, sophisticated duet
The Mongol Khan
A sort of Peking Opera meets Bollywood mish-mash, with a generous amount of Shakespeare at its roots
Brought to vivid life. A classic remastered: The Red Shoes
Beautifully re-mastered, Powell and Pressburger’s The Red Shoes has lost nothing of its power after 75 years. If anything it has gained it.
Sir Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes on the big screen
Bourne manages to pull off the tricky challenge of being faithful to the original while giving his production an inner life all of its own
Dynamo: Michael Somes A Life In The Royal Ballet
A long-overdue look at an underrated and perhaps now largely forgotten principal dancer.
New BFI exhibition celebrates 75 years of The Red Shoes
The exhibition… certainly whets the appetite for the forthcoming screening of the re-mastered film. What it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality
Stephanie Mohr’s The Yellow Wallpaper
Although the scenario is rich with possibilities, director Stephane Mohr fails to exploit them. With Aurélia Thiérrée and Fukiko Takase