It’s full of very appealing pictures but is in many ways an old-fashioned ballet in that most of the dance is incidental rather than integral to the story
As if the juggling wasn’t skilful enough, fiendish ports de bras and footwork are built up ball by ball. I can’t help thinking Merce would have approved.
It turns the black box theatre space into a universe of imaginative ideas… a thoroughly enjoyable journey
Erina Takahashi and Francesco Gabriele Frola were an elegant pair in the big Act II pas de deux, where the ballet truly burst into glittering life
The hardcore centre of the work is played out on the battlefield but it is bookended by more profound moments of birth and something of a rebirth.
At this time of heightened awareness of our environment and mortality, Xenos proves indisputably that art is what makes us human
When you find yourself engrossed once more by a work you’ve seen several times previously, it’s a sure sign it’s something special.
Each of the six dancers has an original movement quality, harnessing the energy of a coiled spring and combining fluidity and strength
An evening of classical and contemporary new works and gala favourites performed by leading artists from around the world
Starstruck, subtitled ‘Gene Kelly’s Love Letter to Ballet’, is a real delight; a fresh, vibrant ballet full of colour and energy.
It’s Christmas, it’s Birmingham, and The Nutcracker is back live. Except that it’s not quite the one we have all been used to the past 30 years.