Ballet Nights 008
Nemesis is a real juicy nugget of a work, one that makes you want to see more of Ihsan Rustem’s choreography and Ballett Augsburg.
David Mead
International Dance Festival München: DANCE X AKADEMIE, Ewa Dziarnowska, Diego Tortelli & Miria Wurm
Reviews of ‘DANCE X AKADEMIE’, ‘This resting, patience’ by Ewa Dziarnowska, and TERRANOVA | hidden link by Diego Tortelli and Miria Wurm
Ballett des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz: Peter Pan
Emanuele Soavi’s Peter Pan has all the familiar characters, but is also a telling of the story that comes with one or two surprises.
International DANCE Festival München: study now steady by Ligia Lewis
What is fascinating is not what the dancers are doing… per se, but the immediacy of their relationship with those close-up audience members.
International DANCE Festival München: a lover, a motorbike and a dash of craziness
A sort of serenade, a work of myth, mystery and allure, man and machine, Radio Vinci Park grabbed one from the very beginning to its engine roaring finish
International DANCE Festival München: The Master’s Tools
Their stamina is astounding… It is all beautifully done, tightly choreographed but appearing as if spontaneous.
International DANCE Festival München: Powerful words and intriguing dance
19 shows. 11 days. 9 venues. The first of several reports focuses on director Tobias Staab’s opening remarks, and ‘deadlier than dead’ by Ligia Lewis.
Ballet BC: Frontier, Passing
Crystal Pite’s Frontier takes the audience on a fabulous thirty-minute journey to a place somewhere between conscious and unconscious
Ballet Hispánico: CARMEN.maquia
A more authentically Spanish take on the story, traditional yet innovative and with a contemporary vibe. It looks terrific, and was wonderfully danced
A trip down ballet’s memory lane with BRB2
The best performance of the afternoon came in the closing pas de deux from The Firebird… Alexandra Manuel was quite simply terrific
“A living language of emotion”
That’s flamenco says London Flamenco Festival director Miguel Marin, who talks to David Mead ahead of the festival’s 20th anniversary, 2025 edition