L’Animale by Chiara Bersani
A work of subtle developments. Minute movements have great effect, should you make the effort to notice them, to appreciate their value to the whole
London & SE
Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge by Marlene Monteori Freitas
Bacchae will stay with me for a long time… but sadly not for the right reasons. And I am still left with the question: Why?
New English Ballet Theatre & Norwegian National Ballet 2
A wonderfully varied, enjoyable evening that mixed out-and-out classical ballet with contemporary dance, although Oslo-based NNB2 had the edge
Ballet Nacional de España: Invocación
Escuela bolera, contemporary dance with a Spanish twist, danza estilizada, and of course, flamenco.
English National Ballet’s Swan Lake-in-the-round
Sangeun Lee had emotion in spades, her sharp-edged Odile contrasting starkly with her soft, sad, Odette
Ashton Celebrated at The Royal Ballet
The evening rounded off on a high with Rhapsody… Daichi Ikarashi did well, leaping and turning with aplomb
Alfonso Losa & Patricia Guerrero: Alter Ego
Alter Ego may begin as a performance, its initial solos tightly staged, but as it progresses, we witness a game, a provocative meeting of sorts
Sarasota Ballet brings Ashton home
The dancers gave generously, obviously enjoying their first time at the Royal Opera House
Vicente Amigo: Memoria de los Sentidos
Memoria de los Sentidos spurns the usual flamenco hierarchy to put the guitar at the forefront with a nod to cante and baille towards the end
Amina Khayyam Dance Company: You&Me, BIRD
Despite the dark and difficult subject matter that is domestic abuse, Khayyam and her five fellow dancers create some beautiful images
Rocío Molina: Al Fondo Riela
It ends with more fabulous guitar playing as Molina appears, dressed bizarrely as some kind of black and red insect. Have we strayed into Kafka?