Singapore Dance Theatre returns with Masterpiece in Motion
Poignant reminders of dance’s ability to create universes with earthly moorings but lined with stardust
Reviews
The Place Korean Season: Company SIGA
A double bill of works startlingly new, meticulously structured given in performances that were exhausting, amazing and entertaining
Witty, candid, sobering: Georgina Pazcoguin’s Swan Dive
Pazcoguin writes with eviscerating directness and a fiendish sense of humour that perhaps offers a certain distance from the darkness of her material
At one with its site: Shobana Jeyasingh’s TooMortal returns
Six dancers in bright red rise out of a sea of pews, folding backwards: a bird’s eye view of six women sleeping
A dancer, impresario and femme fatale remembers: Ida Rubinstein – The Final Act
Fraud, femme fatale or fallen star? In many ways, dancer and impresario Ida Rubinstein was all three as Christian Holder’s play confirms
Colour and action aplenty in Northern Ballet’s new Merlin
Magical special effects, super designs, and a dragon everyone will love. Following the story is a little tricky though
Jeffrey Cirio mesmerises in Akram Khan’s dark and chilling Creature for English National Ballet
Pathetic one minute, powerful and determined the next, his Creature is a tortured soul, but one still with feelings
Dark days, inner voices and coming through: Nobody by Motionhouse
With its digital imagery, shape-shifting set and athletic, highly physical choreography, Nobody is spectacular
The Place Korean Season: W.A.Y (re-work) by Sung Im Her
Engaging and highly enjoyable. Avoid the words, enjoy the dance and never underestimate the fun factor!
Coming together again: Charlotte Spencer Projects’ Is this a Waste Land?
My experience was one of seesawing emotions: excitement and embarrassment, exhilaration and awkwardness
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer: A Celebration
An evening to celebrate: the traditions of classicism driven forward by innovation, and free to watch on demand