A strange community and an experience full on: Alexander Ekman’s Rooms
A weird gated community of characters where each solo, duet or trio occupies a bijou pad
Europe
Dresden Semperoper Ballett capture the persuasive power of Kylian’s Forgotten Land
Expectancy, fraught with hopes and fears
Krzysztof Pastor’s new Swan Lake for Polish National Ballet is a tour de force
The rewritten story is both radical and traditional in an intriguing new mix.
Ballett Zürich’s Quintett: Godani, Van Manen, Forsythe
A well-balanced triple bill of contemporary ballet
Made in Amsterdam by Dutch National Ballet
Two programmes of new and revived works, including David Dawson’s new Citizen Nowhere
Computer-controlled mannequins, a rock-star homage and a bubble-blonde Coppélia
Mannequins become break-dancers, David Bowie and a James Bond in Dutch National Ballet’s Coppelia
Goecke and Clug’s contemporary takes on Stravinsky classics Petrushka and Sacre
Clug’s Sacre takes us back to a primeval world and a bleak landscape
The Royal Swedish Ballet recreate Bournonville’s Ponte Molle
Bournonville returns to his beloved Italy for a light-hearted love story and, naturally, an excuse to dance.
A revisioned and meaty Don Quixote from the Semperoper Ballet
A revisioned plot now offers five meaty principal roles, generous in both dance and characterisation.
Wiener Staatsballett: Balanchine, Liang, Proietto
Liang’s Murmuration suits the company to perfection