Bergen International Festival: Elements of Freestyle, Asylmottaket and more
But while Elements of Freestyle is full of thrills and tricks, perhaps its biggest trick of all is that it is so well-paced. Plus Asylmottaket and more
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No music but bags of rhythm: Carte Blanche in Cancel Bertha at the Bergen International Festival
There’s almost no musical accompaniment. But that doesn’t mean silence, because it still comes loaded with sound and rhythm, and is full of life.
International Dance Festival München: DANCE X AKADEMIE, Ewa Dziarnowska, Diego Tortelli & Miria Wurm
Reviews of ‘DANCE X AKADEMIE’, ‘This resting, patience’ by Ewa Dziarnowska, and TERRANOVA | hidden link by Diego Tortelli and Miria Wurm
Ballett des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz: Peter Pan
Emanuele Soavi’s Peter Pan has all the familiar characters, but is also a telling of the story that comes with one or two surprises.
International DANCE Festival München: study now steady by Ligia Lewis
What is fascinating is not what the dancers are doing… per se, but the immediacy of their relationship with those close-up audience members.
International DANCE Festival München: a lover, a motorbike and a dash of craziness
A sort of serenade, a work of myth, mystery and allure, man and machine, Radio Vinci Park grabbed one from the very beginning to its engine roaring finish
International DANCE Festival München: The Master’s Tools
Their stamina is astounding… It is all beautifully done, tightly choreographed but appearing as if spontaneous.
International DANCE Festival München: Powerful words and intriguing dance
19 shows. 11 days. 9 venues. The first of several reports focuses on director Tobias Staab’s opening remarks, and ‘deadlier than dead’ by Ligia Lewis.
Royal Swedish Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
Schonbrun delivered on all counts with beautifully placed feet, crystalline classical positions and a finely drawn reading of a complex, wilful Juliet.
Staatsballett Berlin: Edward Clug’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Whimsical, intricate and playful… an evening where dream and reality merge, and the boundaries between love and deception blur.
Ballett Zürich honours Hans Christian Andersen
In Of Light, Wind and Waters, Kim Brandstrup mixes three of Andersen’s stories with a brief glimpse into the author’s working-class background