The 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021
DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions
An evening of tap with Michelle Dorrance, Dormeshia and Guests
The ninety minutes glided by. Perfectly understated, the evening felt more like a meeting of friends than a theatrical performance
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s 13 Tongues, open-air amid the rice fields of Chihshang
With its fields of rice, sky in multiple shades of grey, and clouds slowly drifting across the mountains, the landscape provides a magnificent backdrop
A festive tale to make you think: Arthur Pita’s The Little Match Girl
When you find yourself engrossed once more by a work you’ve seen several times previously, it’s a sure sign it’s something special.
New duets and solos in Ripple by Yin Yue Dance Company
A series of duets and solos bookended by ensemble sections draw you in as they flow together effortlessly in a totally captivating performance
Animation meets live action dance in a modern retelling of Coppélia
Inspired by Ted Brandsen’s witty 2008 production for Dutch National Ballet, dancers and a slick corps of female robots share the big screen
Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck on film
Starstruck, subtitled ‘Gene Kelly’s Love Letter to Ballet’, is a real delight; a fresh, vibrant ballet full of colour and energy.
A shape-shifting tale of love and desire: Fox Tales by GuoGuang Opera Company
A super production that fuses traditional Chinese opera with vivid digital multimedia design that brings the imaginary world to spectacular life
Witty, candid, sobering: Georgina Pazcoguin’s Swan Dive
Pazcoguin writes with eviscerating directness and a fiendish sense of humour that perhaps offers a certain distance from the darkness of her material
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer: A Celebration
An evening to celebrate: the traditions of classicism driven forward by innovation, and free to watch on demand
Memories real and invented: Rambert2 in Note To Self
A disjointed journey through recollections of a life. As Eve, the outstanding Karlina Grace-Paṣeda wanders ghost-like through them