Ballet meets rock in New English Ballet Theatre’s Genesis Dance Project
Genesis Dance Project features six choreographies to tracks by the iconic band. David Mead talks to Ruth Brill, one of the choreographers.
David Mead
Exploring a taboo: Forbidden by Aditi Mangaldas
Mangaldas commands the stage throughout. Forbidden is a journey, her journey based on personal emotions and experiences.
Divine. Pam Tanowitz and David Lang’s Song of Songs
Stripped of emotional content… her choreography is cool, refined and restrained. It’s also intensely beautiful.
Sound and movement: MOS by Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
They create their soundtrack using a variety of everyday objects and materials scattered around the stage that looks like a… children’s playground
The Royal Ballet: Don Quixote
You can’t deny it’s a crowd-pleaser. Sunny and warm, full of dancing bullfighters, gypsies and other locals, Don Quixote is real feelgood ballet
Change Tempo (Su Pin-wen and Alexandre Fandard)
Su Pin-wen (蘇品文) and Alexandre Fandard are engaging performers with considerable stage presence. Yet both works, failed to deliver fully
Reflecting on female sexual desire. Aditi Mangaldas talks about Forbidden
The noted Indian choreographer-dancer talks about her solo show, which considers to often taboo subject of female sexual desire
An evening of many moods and fine dance from Ailey 2
Pick of the evening was Robert Battle’s The Hunt. About the predatory side of human nature, it’s intense. Very intense.
A feast of outdoor dance: Derby Festé 2023
It was a very impressive two days programming. Noise, colour and community. Innovation and creativity.
Dance up close. Ballet Nights launches in London’s Docklands
A new season mixing classical, neoclassical and contemporary dance, well-known works and new choreography gets off to a fine start
Keeping the flag flying: Kyiv City Ballet
Most interesting of the fifteen excerpts and pieces danced, were the unknown. The undoubted highlight was Servant of the Muse by Volha Kastsel