Reviews
Russell Maliphant’s Conceal Reveal in Stuttgart
An evening of light and shadow, subtlety, and fine dance that grabs you and doesn’t let go
Balanchine/Liang/Petipa: Singapore Dance Theatre, Masterpiece in Motion
Ambitious programming and one well worth watching
Displacement: hard hitting dance that embodies Syria’s tragedy
Presents the fight to survive with more potency than a thousand strident headlines.
A summer evening in the park with The Royal Ballet School
MacMillan’s Concerto: utterly beguiling and quite spine-tingling
Sweeping, swelling dance: les ballets C de la B in Nicht Schlafen
Relationships flit back and forth like summer lightning on a dry night crackling with tension
A strange community and an experience full on: Alexander Ekman’s Rooms
A weird gated community of characters where each solo, duet or trio occupies a bijou pad
Three short ballets from Birmingham Royal Ballet
The gilded topsail of the evening was John Cranko’s marvellous comedy, Pineapple Poll
Visualising the music: Richard Alston Dance Company
Making dance for almost 50 years, still a master of his craft.
Dresden Semperoper Ballett capture the persuasive power of Kylian’s Forgotten Land
Expectancy, fraught with hopes and fears