Motionhouse in Hidden
The two-act, full-length work impressed greatly at its premiere back in February but on the much larger Hippodrome stage it looked even better
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Dan Daw: EXXY
The metaphor of a treadmill is expressed through movement. The entire cast move in a circle as if whipped by a tornado
Ben Duke, Artist Encounters: Making Text Move
He does not speak so much as perform. His body moves faster than his words, revealing that his mind is running at least ten thoughts at once
Dance Umbrella: Change Tempo
Steiner is instantly magnetic. The toes of her pointe shoes rapidly strike the stage, rooting the lower body so the upper body can flourish and ripple
We Caliban: Shobana Jeyasingh’s sideways look at The Tempest
A work that both fascinates and confuses, and that shows Caliban, danced strikingly by Raúl Reinoso Acanda, from a very different perspective.
English National Ballet in R:Evolution
David Dawson’s Four Last Songs: sleek, extremely physical and emotional… Poetry in motion, it is utterly, utterly gorgeous.
The Royal Ballet: Like Water for Chocolate
As entertainment, Like Water for Chocolate succeeds. It is a rich, magical, exotic tragedy. But in terms of substance, it remains at the surface.
An impressive start for Regent’s Park Theatre’s Theatre Dance Lab
Drew McOnie really has also got a good thing going with this new programme to nurture the next generation of musical theatre choreographers.
Acosta Danza: A Decade in Motion
All seventeen dancers were outstanding throughout, never dropping their attention to detail, bringing intense emotion to their dancing.
Frauke Requardt and Vivienne Franzmann: Anatomy of Survival
The story revolves around a woman trying to buy a coffee, and the barista not understanding what she wanted.
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / Eastman: Vlaemsch (chez moi)
Picasso bent women with a brush. Holbein crushed ambassadors with a skull. Cherkaoui piles his house with dancers, books, frames, bones.