Three short ballets from Birmingham Royal Ballet
The gilded topsail of the evening was John Cranko’s marvellous comedy, Pineapple Poll
Reviews
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
Pite, Preljocaj and Scottish Ballet
Pite’s E,mergence is another strong, gorgeously constructed work, brim-full of ideas and images
Daft, thought-provoking, moving and utterly sincere: Plan B for Utopia
Funny, occasionally daft even, thought provoking and moving
Ballet Central students impress in a strong and varied evening
The young cast captured the spirit and wicked humour of Bourne’s Highland Fling perfectly
Northern Ballet take on the holocaust with The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
I walked away feeling uncomfortable. Not with the events portrayed, but with the way they are portrayed
Cristian Duarte’s & is a real winner for Transitions Dance Company
Duarte’s work ensured that the audience went home in a warm glow
Krzysztof Pastor’s new Swan Lake for Polish National Ballet is a tour de force
The rewritten story is both radical and traditional in an intriguing new mix.