MK ULTRA: Bold new dance exploring mind control and the illuminati from Rosie Kay
Dancers explore Kay’s ideas with a rare technical virtuosity that is jaw-droppingly good
Reviews
Of faces and clothes: Maguy Marin’s Singspiele
Interpreter David Mambouch is alone on stage save for a variety of clothes, male and female, and a pad of headshots
Starkly beautiful pictures in The Eternal Tides by Legend Lin Dance Theatre
Lin draws local and national culture and an overwhelming sense of ritual into her dance
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
Lin Chun-yu: Here I love you
Picnic, a duet danced beautifully on a patch of synthetic grass amid a sea of opened black umbrellas
Hot, hot, hot! Tavaziva in Africarmen
A take on the story that’s as fresh as post-drought grass on the veldt for this spot-on company
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
Urgent vitality: Scottish Dance Theatre in Dreamers and Tutumucky
They remain a rightly celebrated company and it is exciting watching such energy on stage