A Nutcracker with a difference. Christian Spuck’s Nussknacker und Mausekönig for Ballett Zürich
Complex and a real puzzle, for a while, Spuck’s ballet is very disorienting although it does become increasingly clear as the familiar starts to emerge
Switzerland
Real and of today: Pontus Lidberg’s Giselle
The setting may be updated but this is very much a Giselle still full of powerful feelings that reach out and touch
Young dancers impress in new choreography: Junior Ballett Zürich in Impulse
New works by Craig Davidson, Bryan Arias and Juliano Nunes
Dark, bleak, magnificent. Ballett Zürich in Christian Spuck’s Winterreise
A deep, dark exploration of the soul
A dance of intense spirituality: Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 空Ku by Yuka Oishi
Dancers’ bodies moving poetically in a dreamlike atmosphere
Promise unfulfilled: Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Maurice Béjart’s The Magic Flute
Struggles for emotional nuance