Cloud Gate Dance Theatre: Lunar Halo
The total commitment of the dancers produces a torrid intensity that sears across the footlights.
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Ballet Nights 003
Proximity was highlight of the second half. Choreographed and performed by Pett|Clausen-Knight, it is a mature, sophisticated duet
Powerlessness, politics and pulsating dance: Company MEK’s Father Politics
I have rarely seen choreography that speaks a message so clearly, so profoundly, and so directly.
Thomas Hardy’s masterwork delivered with power and drama. Tess by Ockham’s Razor
A telling that captures beautifully the poetry of Hardy and the depth of the novel. It sweeps you away in its story and characters.
Rambert: Death Trap
A somewhat mysterious, weird evening. Dark yet humorous. And, while it has death at its core, perhaps, in its own way, even more a show about life.
A festive space adventure: Motionhouse’s Starchitects Save Santa!
The show is colourful, hi-tempo and non-stop. It’s amazing what you can do with a few large boxes, some imagination and a dash of the ‘inner child.’
The Mongol Khan
A sort of Peking Opera meets Bollywood mish-mash, with a generous amount of Shakespeare at its roots
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
Momoko Hirata and Mathias Digman lit up the stage in the grand pas de deux. ‘Polished’ does not do them justice. Hirata sparkled like a cut diamond
The Snowman
Taking my seat with the real audience, my two grandchildren, the excitement in the auditorium was palpable. It doesn’t disappoint
Van Huynh Company: Re:birth
A collage of recollected impressions and sensations, and to a lesser extent emotions, of the refugee experience
If ever a wiz there was: Ballet Theatre UK’s The Wizard of Oz
A joyful two hours. Light, entertaining and wonderfully optimistic. And sometimes, that’s precisely what’s needed