Checking in with The Receptionists by Kallo Collective
Björn and Tammisalo have you in the palm of their hands. Every look, facial contortion and raised eyebrow says so much
Europe
A journey into identity: Home by Sebastian Abarbanell
From highly controlled movements, often on one leg, he dance detonates into raging, rave-like moments
Roni Rotem and Janan Laubscher’s 9 Muses
Rotem and Laubscher underline the necessity of the arts, most of all, the strong need to dance as a liberating and healing response
A splash of colour and joy, a hint of darkness: Goyo Montero’s Blitirí
A dance that doesn’t take itself too seriously, for much of the time at least. But, like the real world, darker things lurk beneath
Reflecting the complexity and madness of today’s world: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in Schlafende Frau
A thought-provoking creation that shakes the ground; a work of rich of fiery contents to reflect upon. A Pandora’s box revealed
Joy Womack: The White Swan
It’s a courageous film, one that presents a very honest, warts and all view of its subject: darkness as well as light, black swan as well as white swan
Stuttgart Ballet New/Works: an evening by Spuck, Goecke, Clug and Forsythe
An evening of top quality performances and choreography across an exciting range of styles, a feast after the famine
Dutch National Ballet dance Beethoven
Hans van Manen’s Grosse Fuge proves convincingly that Beethoven’s music is perfectly suitable for dance
Dutch National Ballet in David Dawson’s perfect The Four Seasons
One of those blissful moments when dance, music and design chassé into alignment…a moment of sublime beauty
A unique piece of theatre: Circus Days and Nights by Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera
This unique commingling of poetry, opera by Philip Glass and and circus has created something quite magical
A triumph for Dutch National Ballet: David Dawson’s Metamorphosis
Destined to become a contemporary ballet classic