The Last Hamlet by Lost Dog: The trouble with being Hamlet
“For someone who has spent more than four centuries asking whether to be or not to be, Hamlet is remarkably reluctant to disappear.”
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An enduring legacy. Madam: A celebration of Dame Ninette de Valois
An intimate and beautifully conceived celebration of de Valois and the centenary of The Royal Ballet School, also with dancers from The Royal Ballet
Mesmeric Mutant Motion (Part II). D_Antidote Production in Palingenesis
Imagine the mythical conjoined tri-leg of the Manx flag. If that’s level 1 of strange body combinations, the three masked dancers of Palingenesis crank it up to level 10
Mesmeric Mutant Motion (Part I). D_Antidote Production in Non-Ordinary Services
Clad from head to toe in tight white suits, they’re faceless and genderless… their extraordinary quality is perhaps best described as mutant motion.
Scottish Dance Theatre: The Game of Life, Rotten Work
The more my questions and thoughts piled up, the more I found Rotten Work increasingly fascinating. The more it drew me in. The more intently I found myself watching. And the more I would rather like to see it again
Ballett Zürich in Cathy Marston’s new A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Marston’s outlook on the story is contemporary, fun and hits the heart, because it successfully fuses an old tale full of recognisable emotions with elements of today.