A masterclass in building humour through movement. The Royal Ballet in La Fille mal gardée
A masterclass in building humour through movement… Sunny, innocent, orderly, and just absurd enough to keep it from becoming sentimental.
Reviews
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Open Call Programme
A look at six works in the Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表) Open Call Program, which takes place across multiple venues simultaneously
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Curator Programme
Contemporary dance, tango, circus, and butoh meets wrestling. All in the Curator Program at the 2026 Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表)
Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre: Weaving It Together
Built around a theme of threads, a work in five sections that brings together dance and live improvisational performance by Saha World Band
Limonada Dance Company in Enrique Gasa Valga’s Dorian Gray
It is a complex story to put into dance, but Valga successfully reduces the action to the essentials: sex, drugs, two murders and an array of music…
Estonian National Ballet: La Fille mal gardée
Estonian National Opera, TallinnMay 9, 2026 La Fille mal gardée is just too good a story not to be reused. Apparently, Jean Dauberval, who created the original version of the ballet in Bordeaux in 1789, was inspired by an engraving at a printing house. It showed a fierce mother scolding her tearful daughter while a … Read more
Want to Dance Festival 2026: Exchange Program
The Exchange Program of Taipei’s Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表), curated by Shinehouse Theatre saw two very mixed programmes
Northern Ballet: Gentleman Jack
A triumph in every respect… Compelling… A masterful piece of storytelling in the true Northern Ballet tradition
Tulsa Ballet: Made in America
Demonstrated lots of quality in an excellent triple bill of diverse influences that also showed the versatility of the dancers.
Still Pointless: BalletBoyz at 25
What remains most impressive is the calibre of the dancers. They show athletic power, musical responsiveness, sharp ensemble work and superb technique
Rendez-Vous Dance: The Monocle
The limitations of only focusing on sexual relationships are all-too apparent. People are so much more than their sexuality but you wouldn’t think it