Dancing emotion: Nederlands Dans Theater in Taiwan
Works by Marco Goecke, Crystal Pite and Lightfoot-León in a strong triple bill
Reviews
Bayerishes Staatsballett II: The Triadic Ballet and a truly mixed, mixed bill
Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts February 21, 2017 David Mead It opens with Sinthia Liz, a porcelain ballerina with an upturned rainbow saucer for a tutu. That’s the first of a series of weird and wonderful costumes including tutus of golden, hooped wire, concertinaed material and coloured balls. Another dancer looks … Read more
Made in Amsterdam by Dutch National Ballet
Two programmes of new and revived works, including David Dawson’s new Citizen Nowhere
La Bayadère misfires: Bayerisches Staatsballett in Hong Kong
Ryzhkova was as divine as a bayadère should be; lovely arms, beautiful technique and she makes you want to watch
Arthur Pita and HeadSpaceDance: Stepmother/Stepfather
The audience was left in limbo wondering whether it was funny or something else
Working girl to princess: David Bintley’s Cinderella
Momoko Hirata is exquisite as the transcendent Cinders
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.
Richness and ingenious invention: Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes
Matthew Bourne admits that this is his personal love letter to a life in theatre and dance. It really shows.
Hamlet with incidental swans: The Bolshoi Ballet’s Swan Lake in cinema
Svetlana Zakharova is an astonishing Odette/Odile. She is simply exquisite as Odette.