Cloud Gate Dance Theatre: Lunar Halo
The total commitment of the dancers produces a torrid intensity that sears across the footlights.
London & SE
Ballet Nights 003
Proximity was highlight of the second half. Choreographed and performed by Pett|Clausen-Knight, it is a mature, sophisticated duet
Powerlessness, politics and pulsating dance: Company MEK’s Father Politics
I have rarely seen choreography that speaks a message so clearly, so profoundly, and so directly.
Rambert: Death Trap
A somewhat mysterious, weird evening. Dark yet humorous. And, while it has death at its core, perhaps, in its own way, even more a show about life.
The Mongol Khan
A sort of Peking Opera meets Bollywood mish-mash, with a generous amount of Shakespeare at its roots
The Snowman
Taking my seat with the real audience, my two grandchildren, the excitement in the auditorium was palpable. It doesn’t disappoint
Van Huynh Company: Re:birth
A collage of recollected impressions and sensations, and to a lesser extent emotions, of the refugee experience
New BFI exhibition celebrates 75 years of The Red Shoes
The exhibition… certainly whets the appetite for the forthcoming screening of the re-mastered film. What it lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality
BalletBoyz: England on Fire
The dancers are talented and committed. They bring to the stage control and technique that contrasts starkly with the chaos the piece portrays.
New English Ballet Theatre: Genesis Dance Project and New Works
The most impressive of the works proved to be Daniela Cardim’s unashamedly neoclassical ballet to two of Bach’s harpsichord compositions
The McOnie Company’s Nutcracker at the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
It is great fun; a show that will delight dance lovers and music lovers, young and old alike. The time flies. The dance comes pretty much non-stop