Reviews 87 - SeeingDance

A Shakespeare classic collides with modernity as Carlos Curates: R&J Reimagined

June 23, 2026October 18, 2021 by David Mead

Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rosie Kay Dance Company. Indie rock and ballet. In Brum. And it was absolutely riveting.

June 23, 2026October 17, 2021 by Charlotte Kasner

Takeshi Matsumoto’s interactive and immersive dance show for the under-5s and their grown-ups that puts the emphasis on creativity through play

June 23, 2026October 12, 2021 by Daisy Hayes

The world of showbiz falls away and the dancers present the fragmented tales that lurk in Soho’s underbelly

June 23, 2026October 8, 2021 by David Mead

With Momoko Horata and César Morales. BRB did the ballet proud, dancing finely and making the spine tingle in all the right places.

October 5, 2021October 4, 2021 by Joy Wang X.Y.

Poignant reminders of dance’s ability to create universes with earthly moorings but lined with stardust

June 23, 2026September 30, 2021 by Maggie Foyer

A double bill of works startlingly new, meticulously structured given in performances that were exhausting, amazing and entertaining

October 7, 2021September 29, 2021 by Joy Wang X.Y.

Pazcoguin writes with eviscerating directness and a fiendish sense of humour that perhaps offers a certain distance from the darkness of her material

June 23, 2026September 29, 2021 by Daisy Hayes

Six dancers in bright red rise out of a sea of pews, folding backwards: a bird’s eye view of six women sleeping

June 23, 2026September 28, 2021 by Charlotte Kasner

Fraud, femme fatale or fallen star? In many ways, dancer and impresario Ida Rubinstein was all three as Christian Holder’s play confirms

June 23, 2026September 27, 2021 by David Mead

Magical special effects, super designs, and a dragon everyone will love. Following the story is a little tricky though

June 23, 2026September 24, 2021 by David Mead

Pathetic one minute, powerful and determined the next, his Creature is a tortured soul, but one still with feelings