National Youth Ballet: Evolving Visions
A happy couple of hours in the company of some very talented young dancers, whose joy and enthusiasm reached across the footlights.
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Flying high: London City Ballet in Resurgence
High standards and diverse repertory, including the much awaited revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade, and Arielle Smith’s new Five Dances
Singularly sensational: A Chorus Line
The final number apart, it’s not glitzy and it’s not glamourous but it is a terrific piece of theatre. And the singing and dancing are top-notch too.
Crazy Smooth: In My Body
This is a group of fierce individuals, each with their own style and story, and yet their ensemble work is outstanding
National Youth Dance Company: Wall
The dancers are outstanding. Their coherence was stunning, creating visual effects by moving as a group, shaping and reshaping
Creativity, performance, enjoyment: Making Moves National Platform
A very special evening at Sadler’s Wells as nine youth dance companies from all over England came together in an initiative to celebrate creativity
English National Ballet School annual performance
The third year’s classical work was Les Patineurs (1937), and then Pina Bausch’s Tannhăuser Bacchanal (1972), a fascinating piece of dance history
A new ballet ensemble puts storytelling to the fore: Ballet MAR in Warp & Weft
Excellent dancing, good choreography, efficient storytelling. And specially commissioned music. All rather impressive for a first outing by Ballet MAR
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
The standard was uniformly high although, as in the past couple of years, it was the men, who got two pieces all to themselves, who thrilled
London Children’s Ballet: The Secret Garden
Forget any preconceptions you might have about ‘children’s ballet’… a stunningly professional show… a super evening’s entertainment.
Acosta Danza in Carlos Acosta’s Carmen
What one remembers from this Carmen are the ensemble scenes. I don’t know what they were on, but their energy and stamina were incredible