A tale of forbidden love: Northern Ballet’s The Little Mermaid
The excellent Saeka Shirai makes it dramatically clear just how isolated Marilla is. The pain she feels with every step is etched on her whole body.
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Chiara Bersani: chasing magic, Seeking Unicorns
By reaching toward what is imperceptible, unknown and unseen, Bersani implicates herself in a new and magical form of becoming
A triple bill to thrill: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Into the Music
A wonderfully varied evening…quite outstanding dancing, rounded off with the fireworks of Uwe Scholz’s The Seventh Symphony
Dance and music in a Bloomsbury oasis: Garden Unlocked
The dance and music seem to be shaped by the surroundings, by the architecture and space around, as well as with each other.
The Australian Ballet: Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet
An excellent production, including the wonderful Stephen Heathcote as Lord Capulet.
Ballet Black celebrates twenty years
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonOctober 19, 2022 Twenty-one years ago, Cassa Pancho founded Ballet Black with the aim of giving a voice to black and Asian dancers. But as the voiceover to Say It Loud, created by Pancho and the dancers to celebrate the company’s twentieth anniversary, tells us, initially, “No-one really noticed us. … Read more
A meditation on humanity: The Royal Ballet in Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage
It looks insanely beautiful. Pite’s choreography ebbs and flows again and again as it sweeps across the stage to Górecki’s evocative music
Chunky Move & Restless Dance Theatre: Rewards for the Tribe
Five dancers attempt to achieve perfect form, represented by Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man while interacting with colourful Mondrian-like objects
Stylish and dark. Rambert in Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
Full of familiar moments and familiar characters in familiar settings, and sometimes surprisingly deeply thoughtful
Women’s lockdown stories retold: Kantha Katha-K by Amina Khayyam Dance Company
Old traditions – dance, music and kanthas – are used in new ways to express the very modern experiences of Asian women during the pandemic
Shadows by Dutch National Ballet
Three works themed on war, hope and power, the earliest, Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table from 1932, as perennial as war itself