Birmingham Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
Carlos Acosta’s sunny ballet provides “a lot of joy and a much-needed splash of sunshine on yet another grey, damp, dismal February day.”
David Mead
Fun, laughs and a lot of love for dance: Chicos Mambo’s Tutu
Seventy minutes of scenes that poke fun at and parody dance in all its forms, although there are a couple of very poignant moments in there too
BalletMAR: From Ash to Promise
The young classical ensemble led by Marika Brussel and Richard Bermange return with three ballets that reimagine history and Jewish narratives
Teaċ Daṁsa in Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MÁM
It’s a gathering. At times, it has the joy of a ceilidh, but it also has a dark, mysterious edge, and is often quite disconcerting.
Ballet Nights 010: Decadance
An evening that brought together well-known names and Ballet Nights favourites, and featured the UK debut of Mexico’s Ballet de Monterrey.
Ockham’s Razor: Collaborator
A very appealing and always engaging 55-minute look at what it really takes to work creatively with another person
Sadiq Ali Company: Tell Me
About HIV/AIDS, Tell Me certainly leaves its mark. For all its difficult subject matter, it’s also a work that’s warm and full of hope and optimism.
The Ballet Icons Gala celebrates 20 years
As the always much-anticipated annual Ballet Icons Gala reaches a milestone, David Mead talks to founder-director Olga Balakleets.
A wintery delight: Scottish Ballet’s The Snow Queen
Christopher Hampson’s version of the Snow Queen for Scottish Ballet is like a breath of fresh air. A terrifically entertaining spectacle,
Modern dance and the heartbeat of Ireland: Michael Keegan-Dolan on MÁM
This February and March, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MÁM tours to nine venues. David Mead talks to the choreographer to talk about the work
Circa: Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show
A lot of fun: eighty minutes or so of physical theatre, tricks, impressive acrobatics… includes much of the humour, mischief and anarchy of the TV series