Questions of identity to the fore in Quang Kien Van’s Lunar Shadows
Questions of identity and belonging give plenty of food for thought.
Reviews
A revisioned and meaty Don Quixote from the Semperoper Ballet
A revisioned plot now offers five meaty principal roles, generous in both dance and characterisation.
Quint-essential, five new ballets from New English Ballet Theatre
Peacock Theatre, London November 9, 2016 Charlotte Kasner It may seem like an odd choice to open a programme with a piece about falling asleep but Marcelino Sambé’s Land of Nod piques the interest throughout. He sets some fiendish choreography for his dancers and the combination of music by Nathan Halpern and Yann Tiersen, and … Read more
Yao Jin’s Marguerite charms: Hong Kong Ballet in Lady of the Camellias
With its sensual angst and tormented passion, Lady of the Camellias makes for a perfect ballet. In theory.
Wiener Staatsballett: Balanchine, Liang, Proietto
Liang’s Murmuration suits the company to perfection
Dance and digital technology in Alexander Whitley’s Pattern Recognition
The concept is not without interest, but this is a long 55 minutes
Startlingly beautiful: Under Siege by Yang Liping
Sadler’s Wells, London November 3, 2016 DavidMead At nigh on two hours without an interval, Under Siege (十面埋伏, which literally translates as ‘ambush from ten sides’) by Yang Liping (simp. 杨丽萍/trad. 杨丽萍) is far too long. Indeed, it seems to have grown 20 minutes since the programme (which reckoned 100 minutes) was printed. Is she … Read more
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/Eastman’s Fractus V: the extraordinary ordinary
Cherkaoui, a master of creative movement, meets Noam Chomsky, a master of verbal dexterity
