London & SE
Old favourites, new challenges: Russian Ballet Icons Gala
A tribute to Diaghilev that looked backward, showcased the contemporary and offered something new
Icarus soars highest in Project Polunin
Mindful of his heritage and looking to the future, Sergei Polunin focuses his energies on an ambitious project
Journeys of self-discovery: Aakash Odedra in Echoes and I Imagine
Echoes by Aditi Mangaldas, a classical kathak work, transports the audience into the sublime.
Company Wayne McGregor and Paris Opera Ballet in Tree of Codes
McGregor’s company dancers were on brilliant form, in choreography that stretches them to the limit
Promise unfulfilled: Stopgap’s The Enormous Room
The premise is good but some judicious rewriting required
Ballet Black score again with a Red Riding Hood danced with undisguised glee
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Red Riding Hood is a ‘coming of age’ work for the company
maliphantworks: an evening of bliss
A bijou venue, five exceptional artists, four of his finest small works, effective design and music
Pina Bausch sunny side up: Masurca Fogo
Lisbon in snapshot, the work is infused with sensual warmth, the heady perfume of flowers and the sea
Dance that flickers and dies: ŻfinMalta Dance Ensemble
They have some interesting young dancers but the programme did not serve them well.