Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
The festival’s dance evening this year saw the return of Ballet Black in a double-bill of If At First and A Shadow Work, plus Jacob Wye’s Perennial
Reviews
Elmhurst Ballet School: Voices & Virtues
The programme for the Upper School showcased the talent, technique and artistry of the students across in classical ballet, contemporary and jazz
London Children’s Ballet in Ella’s Big Chance: A Jazz Age Cinderella
Kristen McNally’s choreography tells the story clearly, making the most of each dancer’s abilities. The ensemble dances are delightful too.
London City Ballet 2025: Chris Marney in conversation
London City Ballet’s ‘Momentum’ 2025 UK tour gets underway on July 12. Artistic director Chris Marney talks about this year’s programme
Badisches Staatsballett: Leuchtfeuer
Kristina Paulin’s ‘Das Schloss’, a ballet version of Kafka’s unfinished novel, Raimondo Rebeck’s Journey of a Memory, and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Cantata
Gala de Danza’s London debut
Gala fireworks don’t come much brighter than Flames of Paris and the performance from Viola Pantuso and Shale Wagman was a winner
ZooNation Youth Company: Lights Out
The seventeen young dancers, including two who can’t be in their teens yet, all already hip-hop dancers of calibre… sweep the audience away
Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours
During the show itself, there’s a lot of smiling, irreverence and poking fun at each other. It almost feels like play. You just know they are having a good time
Dance of many colours at Colours with Cie Amala Dianor
Here was dance of every shade… and all with not so much a smile on its face as a huge grin
Colours opens with an Akram Khan premiere: Gauthier Dance in Turning of Bones
Lines and patterns form, break and reform anew, Feet stomp arms whirl, torsos arc backwards… As the tension builds, the power of the group is tremendous
Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet
I can’t think of a single thing that I would want to change… The dancing, choreography and immersive visuals are all outstanding