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A delicious confection: The Tokyo Ballet in The Nutcracker

February 1, 2023 by David Mead

Akira Akiyama allies strength with a lovely soft delicacy. She finds remarkable lightness is everything as she speaks with her whole body

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Japan/日本 Reviews Tags Nutcracker The Tokyo Ballet Yukari Saito

Translating a divergent body

December 27, 2022December 12, 2022 by David Agudelo Restrepo (艾達巍 )

David Agudelo Restrepo on a work that asks how translatable is the disabled experience to those who do not inhabit bodies with such limitations

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣

B.DANCE in The Cell: a mesmerising look at self conversation in a time of chaos

November 29, 2022 by Huang Shuo-te (黃碩德)

Riveting choreography. By looking at the madness we…have gone through, Tsai Po-Cheng invites the audience to let go, explore our deeper feelings

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags B.DANCE Tsai Po-cheng

三十舞蹈劇場: 《不易察覺的嘆息2.0》

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 by David Mead

這支舞作細分成12個不同段落,”舞蹈散文采集”也許是這支舞作最佳的形容。在這支舞作中,有些段落重疊,但其暗藏的含意仍不離主題

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags Chang Hsiu-ping (張秀萍) Sun Shier Dance Theatre (三十舞蹈劇場)

Dreams, determination, passion: Ballet in Tandem looks at the state of ballet in Taiwan

January 17, 2023November 8, 2022 by David Mead

A look at the scene as it is through the eyes of the dancers past and present, while glancing back at some of the history of ballet on the island

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags Ballet in Taiwan Universal Ballet

Sun Shier Dance Theatre: In Time You Will 2.0

November 10, 2022November 6, 2022 by David Mead

Perhaps best described as a collection of dance essays. Some overlap, some do not… but the underlying theme of time is never too far away.

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags Chang Hsiu-ping (張秀萍) Sun Shier Dance Theatre (三十舞蹈劇場)

A spectrum of urban flair: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s Send in a Cloud

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 by Yatin Lin

An explosion of strong and lively colours; a visually stunning production that leaves a lasting impression for audiences to take home and savour

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags Cheng Tsung-lung (鄭宗龍) Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (雲門舞集) National Theater Taipei

Revealing personal, hidden trauma: Frontier Danceland’s Stage On-Screen

April 6, 2022 by David Mead

Unlock draws you almost immediately, the mood set inside seconds. Dancers dressed in simple, plain gowns pad slowly through the space

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions Reviews Singapore Tags Chiew Peishan Frontier Danceland Low Mei Yoke

Béjart’s spellbinding Les Chaises headlines Programme B of the 16th World Ballet Festival on demand

December 22, 2021 by David Mead

The most interesting work without doubt is Béjart’s Les Chaises. Gil Roman is a fine actor while Alessandra Ferri is the powerful presence you would expect

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Japan/日本 Reviews Tags Béjart Ballet Lausanne Ben Stevenson Don Quixote John Neumeier Jorma Elo Le Corsaire Marius Petipa Maurice Bejart Swan Lake Victor Gsovsky

The 16th World Ballet Festival on demand

December 22, 2021December 21, 2021 by David Mead

Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Japan/日本 Reviews Tags August Bournonville John Cranko John Neumeier Le Corsaire Leonid Lavrovsky Marius Petipa Mikhail Fokine Onegin Raymonda Romeo & Juliet

Reflections on life: In Time You Will by Sun-Shier Dance Theatre

December 17, 2021 by David Mead

The older performers steal the show. It could easily have become over-sentimental, yet it’s all done with a beautiful light touch delicacy

Categories Asia Asia Pages/亞洲頁 Reviews Taiwan/臺灣 Tags Chang Hsiu-ping (張秀萍) Sun Shier Dance Theatre (三十舞蹈劇場)
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