Ballet Hispánico: CARMEN.maquia
A more authentically Spanish take on the story, traditional yet innovative and with a contemporary vibe. It looks terrific, and was wonderfully danced
A more authentically Spanish take on the story, traditional yet innovative and with a contemporary vibe. It looks terrific, and was wonderfully danced
The best performance of the afternoon came in the closing pas de deux from The Firebird… Alexandra Manuel was quite simply terrific
Not only a super demonstration of the range of his output, but the title encapsulates neatly his journey from classical ballet to musical theatre.
One of the most beautifully danced ballets I have seen in a long while. All the dancers were both technically and expressively excellent
For sheer athleticism, expression and the multiple techniques of the dancers, all on show in Cuban Eclectico, they are hard to beat.
The narrative takes convoluted turns and tangents; the fine lines of the Specky’s reality an ambiguous jumble
Erina Takahashi remains a dancer and actor par excellence. There were excellent performances all round in Taipei, but it was very much her evening.
An hour of extraordinary dance and mesmerising choreography as 16 dancers bring the jungle to the stage, to a music by Marihiko Hara.
Earplugs are handed out as hip-hop theatre legend Jonzi D demands the packed audience ‘make some big noise’ and gets the right response.
The premise of ‘Dr Frompou’s Anatomical Study of an Orchestra,’ that locked up musical instruments escape, is amusing: