Ballet Cymru: Made in Wales
Poems and Tiger Eggs is well described as a love letter to iconic Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas
UK
Past and present come together: Yorke Dance Project
Graham’s Lamentation, MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles, and new works by Robert Cohan and Yolande Yorke-Edgell in a fascinating programme.
A new ballet company debuts: Awakenings by McNicol Ballet Collective
Four contemporary ballet world premieres, all classically-rooted and inspired by music, but also modern-feeling and of today
Ballet Black at the Linbury: Then or Now and The Waiting Game
Ballet Black continues to lead the pack with two quality, new commissions, very different in style but balancing neatly.
A bold, risk-taking, heady mix: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Curated by Carlos
A programme that sees Birmingham Royal Ballet moving into the top league. Alessandra Ferri’s beauty permeates the stage like a heady perfume
Sensual, penetrating, emotional: Jose Agudo’s Carmen
A knockout. The tempestuous dance, coming straight from the heart, makes the blood and sweat tangible.
Sharon Eyal live at Selfridges with Family and Love Chapter 2
Torsos ripple like waves and arms stretch with sinew-cracking intensity, the body language is guarded and the knot of tension…never fully releases
Dimitris Papaioannou’s Transverse Orientation
Scenes are variously dream-like, surreal, absurd and disturbing, but always beautiful and eye-catching
What is love? New Art Club consider the eternal question in Cupid’s Revenge
An original, beautifully judged, sometimes funny but sometimes deeply heartfelt show… It left me feeling quite warm inside.
A Shakespeare classic collides with modernity as Carlos Curates: R&J Reimagined
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rosie Kay Dance Company. Indie rock and ballet. In Brum. And it was absolutely riveting.
Paper play: Club Origami
Takeshi Matsumoto’s interactive and immersive dance show for the under-5s and their grown-ups that puts the emphasis on creativity through play