Latin flair: São Paulo Dance Company
All three pieces call for a great deal of ensemble work, executed with such control and precision that at times they seemed to be come a single entity.
Nicola Claire
A classic classic: English National Ballet’s Giselle
A pleasure to watch in every respect: the dancing is a joy, and the costumes and sets some of the best around.
A Gothic delight: Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands
Trumps both The Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet’s traditional Christmas Nutcrackers… a Christmas fairytale like no other
Powerlessness, politics and pulsating dance: Company MEK’s Father Politics
I have rarely seen choreography that speaks a message so clearly, so profoundly, and so directly.
The Snowman
Taking my seat with the real audience, my two grandchildren, the excitement in the auditorium was palpable. It doesn’t disappoint
BalletBoyz: England on Fire
The dancers are talented and committed. They bring to the stage control and technique that contrasts starkly with the chaos the piece portrays.
Malevo: dance and music to blow you away
The drummers coalesce into a pulsating oneness of movement, dance, and drumming. The pounding rhythm gets inside you and sweeps you along
Lore by James Wilton Dance
There are lots of lifts and combinations. Unfortunately, they are repeated and repeated in sequences that themselves also become repetitive
Message in a Bottle, extraordinary and totally unforgettable
A complete unity, where everything is slotted-in and tied together so profoundly that it is hard to imagine them as separate entities
Akeim Toussiant Buck and Crystal Zillwood: Souls and Cells
The couple created an intimate relationship. One sequence of coming together and drawing apart… was surprisingly compelling.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Ailey Classics
As dancer Constance Stamatiou says in the programme notes “…this was such an amazing performance you have to go.”