Three world and one European premiere in Dutch National Ballet’s 2016-2017 season
A packed season with much must-see dance.
David Mead
Freefalling through time
Beyond time (時間之外) by U-Theatre (優人神鼓) from Taiwan begins with a lone man rotating centre stage, his robe gathering like waves around his lower body.
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty – A Gothic Romance
It’s with the supernatural element that he has the most fun in this production full of classic Bourne touches
The ultimate ballet love story
David Mead dips into the history of Romeo and Juliet, and reflects on why Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet continues to be an audience favourite
An Evening of Music and Dance
Pure joy. Birmingham Royal Ballet and The Royal Ballet Sinfonia at Symphony Hall
Life minutely observed: Familie Flöz in Infinita
Teetering on the fine edge between laughter and tears, a warts-and-all celebration of what it is to be human
Lots of blood, lots of fun
If you want your horror with lots of blood, axe-wielding humans and ghosts, mayhem and madness…
Shakespeare’s tempestuous love story
The Bolshoi Ballet in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s The Taming of the Shrew