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.
Charlotte Kasner
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
English National Ballet: Our Voices
Hopes were up. ENB have been riding high of late, with particularly strong dancing from the men and exciting choices of programme.
The Royal Ballet School at Holland Park
The undoubted highlight of the evening was Robert Battle’s terrific solo, Takademe. Caspar Lench owned the stage…
The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall
A Nutcracker that provides all that is expected in an entertaining evening that left the audience very happy.
Freaky Bones: Israel Galván’s La Consagración de la Primavera
Goes far deeper than the spectacular or technique for technique’s sake. One comes out feeling awed and moved
An inspiring evening of contemporary ballet: English National Ballet, Ek/Forsythe/Quagebeur
Perhaps only a giant of choreography such as Mats Ek could so successfully pull off a reboot of such a familiar subject as The Rite of Spring
Celebrating male dance: Men In Motion
A largely enjoyable affair, Ivan Putrov must be congratulated for pulling everything together. Here’s to another ten years.