David Mead
A ballet thriller: Stuttgart Ballet in Lulu. Eine Monstretragödie
A dance-drama out of the top drawer
Summer Creations from Elmhurst Ballet School
Elmhurst Studio Theatre, Birmingham July 10, 2018 David Mead Summer performances are always a little bit different at Elmhurst to the other vocational schools, with a much wider range of dance on show: tap, jazz and show dance besides the expected contemporary and ballet. Most dances are also rather shorter than elsewhere and made by … Read more
Glimpsing the future II: The Royal Ballet School at Covent Garden
An enjoyable if unbalanced afternoon
Nao Sakuma’s sunny ‘Goodbye’. Birmingham Royal Ballet in La Fille mal gardée
The BRB ballerina of 23 years says goodbye
Entertaining but… Hofesh Shechter Company in Grand Finale
Sadler’s Wells, London July 4, 2018 Maggie Foyer We will all eventually reach our grand finale and living such a rational age, we might think we have it all sorted. Not so, as revelationist beliefs abound, including the literal interpretations of the premillennialists, the miracle of the ‘rapture’ and the eschatology of Ezekiel speaking to … Read more
Andersson Dance and Scottish Ensemble: 11 Musicians. 5 Dancers and Bach’s Goldberg Variations
A sometimes tongue-in-cheek, irreverent commentary on the music
Paying homage to a master: Beethoven Project by Hamburg Ballett, John Neumeier
Passions ripple continually through the dance
Glimpsing the future I: The Royal Ballet School at Holland Park
A fine evening at one of London’s most pleasant venues