The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
A fine afternoon’s dancing, this year mostly by the Upper School, highlighted by Elite Syncopations
David Mead
A fabulous feel-good evening with Circolombia and Choir of Man
With Circolombia, it’s the acrobatics that provide all the highlights. Much of it is aerial, which means a grandstand view for all.
Pirates and Sylphs with Ballet Central
The highlight was a superb performance of the Act II of Matthew Bourne’s ‘romantic wee ballet’, Highland Fling
Motionhouse go Wild
The partner work is as fabulous as you would expect with some great ‘human constructions’ and striking images
A complex emotional cocktail: Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother: The Final Cut
A superb film that captures completely the spirit of the original, albeit with a slightly quieter, more reflective feel.
Threshold by Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
A classically-rooted work by Igal Perry about relationships, and a sharper but still very human one from Yin Yue
“A spirit unshakeable…unbreakable”: LaGuardia High School Graduation Dance Concert 2021
Not surprisingly, the pandemic never felt far away, but neither also was the energy and optimism of youth
César Morales and Simone Damberg Würtz take the top individual prizes in the 21st National Dance Awards
Würtz is the first contemporary dancer to win Best Female Dancer. Elsewhere, Cathy Marston’s The Cellist picked up three prizes
School of Ballet Theatre UK in Swan Lake
The School of BTUK not only go classical for their end-of-year streaming, but for Swan Lake, in full
Rambert School: Next Generation
Rambert School Principal and Artistic Director Amanda Britton spoke for all when she said how happy everyone was to be back performing live
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore and School Celebration
It has been “a season unlike any other,” says Artistic Director Peter Boal as the company bids a fond farewell to departing dancers