Ockham’s Razor: Tess
The circus work is skilful. Joshua Fraser’s use of a cyr wheel to symbolise Alec’s immorality and avarice is effective and very well executed
Reviews
Alina Cojocaru presents La Strada
La Strada really lights up when Kobborg and Cojocaru come together. She doesn’t just smile her way through their duet, she radiates happiness
Flaubert’s Madame Bovary comes to rich balletic life at the Staatsballett Berlin
The bored middle-class housewife is raised to literary heights by the novel’s rich romantic language and Spuck follows suit in high choreographic art
Extended Play: How to Build a Universe
The work flips easily between physical theatre and playful contemporary dance, at its best in unison sequences that are invariably tightly performed
The Royal Ballet: Manon
Period melodrama brought to vivid life. Love, jealousy, criminality, sexual abuse, murder… And Francesca Hayward was near perfect in the title role
A patchwork narrative of treacherous journeys: Kin by Gecko
The creases of individuality have not been ironed smooth… delightfully unpolished in its finer details, and yet musically and choreographically tight.
After five years, Onegin returns at the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Reid Anderson has brought a freshness to the Staatsballett performance and its strong characters as they journey through complicated emotions
New Movement Collective: Les Noces – The Departure
The new Les Noces choreography, very much collaborative, embodies Stravinsky’s music absolutely. There’s a powerful sense of direction of travel.
A classic classic: English National Ballet’s Giselle
A pleasure to watch in every respect: the dancing is a joy, and the costumes and sets some of the best around.
Meredith Monk: Calling
A unique retrospective of her immersive creations. Across three large rooms, the Munich exhibition presents major creations from her catalogue
Badisches Staatsballett: The Girl & the Nutcracker
Bridget Breiner shifts the action to early 20th-century America. The all-new choreography is refreshingly classical, the ballet a showcase for technique