The Royal Ballet: Manon
MacMillan gives his characters room to behave foolishly, selfishly, passionately and sometimes with startling cruelty, all within the discipline of classical ballet.
Zoë Hewitt
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: A Japanese-French encounter with the absurd
An encounter in which the choreography too often serves to connect or decorate scenes, without adding much to the drama itself
Pam Tanowitz’s Pastoral. Beautiful pieces, strangely little pull
The dancers are excellent, the movement has a sly sense of humour, the set is beautiful, the sound world keeps throwing up new ideas. But those pleasures rarely seem to gather.
“No dancing tonight. This is a concert.” Charlie Khalil Prince’s the body symphonic
Sound dominates the evening from the start. Prince swings a microphone above his head until the amplified rush begins to resemble wind
Northern Ballet: Three Short Ballets
The dancers moved from Peck’s musical intricacy to van Manen’s cool precision and November’s high-energy theatricality without losing their own presence
A Spiritual Journey: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New Works
“Awakening, spiritual searching, visions of heaven and the complications of human desire, before Revelations arrived with sorrow… sinners, salvation”
The Royal Ballet: The McRae / Vassilev Project
McRae’s attack, Lamb’s nerve, Nicholson’s theatrical instinct and Vassilev’s swagger feed off one another… pleasure keeps spilling outwards.
Why Hamlet? A conversation with Ben Duke
Ahead of performances in Paris in September and then Sadler’s Wells East in November, Zoë Hewitt talks to Lost Dog director Ben Duke about his new production, ‘The Last Hamlet’
Cats: an evening at the Jellicle Ball
Framed by trees, open sky and an atmospheric set, the production embraces its surroundings with confidence. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score has lost none of its appeal. Drew McOnie’s choreography is frequently inventive and full of theatrical pleasure.
Love’s Labour’s Lost: Much ado about noise
Flamenco brings exactly the right kind of commotion to Indiana Lown-Collins’ production: hot, busy and impossible to keep private… Pablo Egea, in particular, brings a striking sculptural quality to the flamenco posture
5 Soldiers: The Body is the Frontline – the documentary
Sixteen years after 5 Soldiers first appeared, Rosie Kay’s new documentary brings its five dancing bodies together with the voices of five former soldiers