The Royal Ballet: Manon
MacMillan gives his characters room to behave foolishly, selfishly, passionately and sometimes with startling cruelty, all within the discipline of classical ballet.
Past and present, dreams and reality, life and art. Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar
Not a linear narrative, Oscar looks back at key moments in Wilde’s life and relationships, revisiting the glittering world he once inhabited, and then at the effects of his time in Reading Gaol.
Waves of Korean Contemporary Dance
Andamiro Art Company and choreographer Lee Dongha from Korea, and White Wave Dance, Brooklyn-based but led by Korean artistic director Young Soon Kim
Simon Le Borgne & Ulysse Zangs: Ad Libitum
Ad Libitum is about the desire to create, to step outside oneself, to expand. And that’s precisely what it delivers. The effort and intensity throughout from both really was something special.
A Centenary Celebration – The Royal Ballet School
Presenting works by choreographers whose careers have been shaped by the School, the evening offered a remarkable showcase of its enduring contribution to British ballet.
End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland: A Japanese-French encounter with the absurd
An encounter in which the choreography too often serves to connect or decorate scenes, without adding much to the drama itself
New York City Ballet: Eclectic NYCB
Three ballets, very different in style and mood: Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum, Alexei Ratmansky’s Solitude, George Balanchine’s Bourrée Fantasque
Something old, something new. Limón Dance Company in Mazurkas and Join
As in Mazurkas, everyone performed with superb assurance. There was power, there was grace, there was beauty. Join draws you in and never lets go.
New York City Ballet: Contemporary Choreographers
The new works that premiered at this year’s Fall Fashion Gala, including Jennifer Archibald’s terrific Shared Rain, alongside two from previous years
Polymer DMT / Lo Fang-yun: The Seas Between Us
Taking the unresolved conflict between China and Taiwan as its starting point, a look at how political systems and cultural influences shape identity, behaviour and relationships
Fall for Dance Program 5: Pony Cam, Miami City Ballet, Australian Ballet
Some gentle ribbing of the art form from Pony Cam, a Ratmansky from Miami City Ballet, and Australian Ballet in Stephanie Lake’s Seven Days