The Place Korean Season: Company SIGA
A double bill of works startlingly new, meticulously structured given in performances that were exhausting, amazing and entertaining
Maggie Foyer
The Place Korean Season: W.A.Y (re-work) by Sung Im Her
Engaging and highly enjoyable. Avoid the words, enjoy the dance and never underestimate the fun factor!
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer: A Celebration
An evening to celebrate: the traditions of classicism driven forward by innovation, and free to watch on demand
Loughlan Prior’s The Firebird for Royal New Zealand Ballet brings the old story up to date
Totally committed performances… awesome animations and effects… theatre magic
A tribute to men in sandals: Don Gnu’s Two Men and a Plank
The plank is a sturdy piece of stripped pine and the men, two everyday guys. Well, not quite…
A magical setting for an Eastern fantasy: B.DANCE in Alice
The choreography is innovative and exciting and has a sensitive partner in the music conjured up by Rockid Lee
EDGE Digital: a triple bill of dance films
EDGE had to cancel their live shows this year but filmmakers stepped in to deliver a different and exciting graduation programme
Sharing and shining: English National Ballet School’s Summer Show
A very diverse and challenging programme including Frederick Ashton’s Les Rendezvous
Eye Candy and Rouge: Rambert’s Summer Livestream
Two very different pieces and an exceptionally good evening’s viewing. Well done, Benoit Swan Pouffer
Stuttgart Ballet New/Works: an evening by Spuck, Goecke, Clug and Forsythe
An evening of top quality performances and choreography across an exciting range of styles, a feast after the famine
Dutch National Ballet dance Beethoven
Hans van Manen’s Grosse Fuge proves convincingly that Beethoven’s music is perfectly suitable for dance