A delicious confection: The Tokyo Ballet in The Nutcracker
Akira Akiyama allies strength with a lovely soft delicacy. She finds remarkable lightness is everything as she speaks with her whole body
Akira Akiyama allies strength with a lovely soft delicacy. She finds remarkable lightness is everything as she speaks with her whole body
David Agudelo Restrepo on a work that asks how translatable is the disabled experience to those who do not inhabit bodies with such limitations
Riveting choreography. By looking at the madness we…have gone through, Tsai Po-Cheng invites the audience to let go, explore our deeper feelings
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
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.
An explosion of strong and lively colours; a visually stunning production that leaves a lasting impression for audiences to take home and savour
Unlock draws you almost immediately, the mood set inside seconds. Dancers dressed in simple, plain gowns pad slowly through the space
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
Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021
The older performers steal the show. It could easily have become over-sentimental, yet it’s all done with a beautiful light touch delicacy