Hamburg Ballet: Nijinsky
Not a documentary, not a narrative account of his life. Neumeier rather calls it a biography of the soul, of the “feelings and states of the human condition.”
Reviews
Flamenco Festival 2026: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía in Tierra Bendita
David Chupute provided one of the highlights of the evening. In his hands, castanets became a whole orchestra section in themselves.
English National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
This Sleeping Beauty is not flawless. But the production’s strengths are considerable: the splendour of its costumes, the sweep of the music, the scale of the occasion, and above all Emma Hawes’ luminous Aurora.
School of the Hamburg Ballet: Erste Schritte
An evening featuring the whole school, and culminating with John Neumeier’s Yondering, which explores themes of innocence and adventure
Next Generation Festival: Rambert School & Junior Company of Polish National Ballet
An evening of contrasts with three contemporary dance works from Rambert School and five shorter neo-classical pieces from the Junior Company of the Polish National Ballet
Next Generation Festival: Chance to Dance
A celebratory and hopeful example of how Chance to Dance can catalyse the careers of dancers who may never have crossed paths with ballet otherwise
Tanztriennale: Fábio (Krayze) Januário’s Musseque
Musseque highlights the joy and strength found in moving together. It’s a celebration of people, of home, of Angola. It’s a work of belonging. Plus a look back at Tanztriennale generally.
Tanztriennale 2026: Chiara Bersani in Seeking Unicorns
She pauses. Looks. Smiles. There’s a laugh. She moves herself between the legs of one lady watching. Warm smiles are exchanged
Tanztriennale: Counter Balance and a ballet-hip hop fusion
As Reiko Ohta and Jospeh Simon play with the attitudes and aesthetics of the two dance forms, Routines doesn’t just bring them together, it blends and fuses them.
Flamenco Festival 2026: Rocío Molina’s Calentamiento
I loved it, I hated it. I was amused. I was mesmerised, I was bored. It was profound, it was pretentious. It was loud, you could hear a pin drop.
Hamburg Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky’s new Wunderland
Act One is based on Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Act Two on Alice Through the Looking Glass. In a ballet of around two hours dancing, it’s a lot to pack in.