Dances of life: Bundesjugendballett
The ensemble of eight graduate dancers aged 18-23… brims with talent… a fabulous evening, one filled with energy, passion and fine dancing.
Reviews
L’Animale by Chiara Bersani
A work of subtle developments. Minute movements have great effect, should you make the effort to notice them, to appreciate their value to the whole
Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge by Marlene Monteori Freitas
Bacchae will stay with me for a long time… but sadly not for the right reasons. And I am still left with the question: Why?
Kenneth MacMillan and Robert Cohan spotlighted in a new film: Dance Revolutionaries
Both specially filmed on location, Cohan’s Portraits is a series of five solos, while MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles is his shot at Shakespeare’s Hamlet
New English Ballet Theatre & Norwegian National Ballet 2
A wonderfully varied, enjoyable evening that mixed out-and-out classical ballet with contemporary dance, although Oslo-based NNB2 had the edge
Ballet Nacional de España: Invocación
Escuela bolera, contemporary dance with a Spanish twist, danza estilizada, and of course, flamenco.
English National Ballet’s Swan Lake-in-the-round
Sangeun Lee had emotion in spades, her sharp-edged Odile contrasting starkly with her soft, sad, Odette
Czech visitors thrill at The Grange Festival: National Ballet of Brno in Oktetto
A programme designed to show “What we are, who we are, and to give a taste of what we do.” A fine evening of high-quality dancing
Ashton Celebrated at The Royal Ballet
The evening rounded off on a high with Rhapsody… Daichi Ikarashi did well, leaping and turning with aplomb
Alfonso Losa & Patricia Guerrero: Alter Ego
Alter Ego may begin as a performance, its initial solos tightly staged, but as it progresses, we witness a game, a provocative meeting of sorts
Sarasota Ballet brings Ashton home
The dancers gave generously, obviously enjoying their first time at the Royal Opera House