Gauthier Dance Juniors & Barak Marshall: Barker
Full of boundless energy, fine dancing and pretty impressive acting… fifty minutes that’s hugely enjoyable and extremely entertaining.
David Mead
Compagnie Marie Chouinard: Magnificat, Body Remix/Remix
Each movement has its own choreographic and lighting colour, the dance shifting easily from light and bouncy, to more earthy, floor-based
Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
The festival’s dance evening this year saw the return of Ballet Black in a double-bill of If At First and A Shadow Work, plus Jacob Wye’s Perennial
Elmhurst Ballet School: Voices & Virtues
The programme for the Upper School showcased the talent, technique and artistry of the students across in classical ballet, contemporary and jazz
London Children’s Ballet in Ella’s Big Chance: A Jazz Age Cinderella
Kristen McNally’s choreography tells the story clearly, making the most of each dancer’s abilities. The ensemble dances are delightful too.
Badisches Staatsballett: Leuchtfeuer
Kristina Paulin’s ‘Das Schloss’, a ballet version of Kafka’s unfinished novel, Raimondo Rebeck’s Journey of a Memory, and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Cantata
Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours
During the show itself, there’s a lot of smiling, irreverence and poking fun at each other. It almost feels like play. You just know they are having a good time
Dance of many colours at Colours with Cie Amala Dianor
Here was dance of every shade… and all with not so much a smile on its face as a huge grin
Colours opens with an Akram Khan premiere: Gauthier Dance in Turning of Bones
Lines and patterns form, break and reform anew, Feet stomp arms whirl, torsos arc backwards… As the tension builds, the power of the group is tremendous
A dream evening: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Dream Ballets
Carousel, Allegro, Oklahoma! A fine evening, full of variety, colour and wonderful dance; a couple of hours to put a smile on anyone’s face
Ballet Central
The company presented four works with a reconstruction of Frederick Ashton’s early Foyer de Danse that held the most interest.