ZooNation and hip hop meet Charles Dickens in Ebony Scrooge
The dancing is terrific. Every single member of the cast bursts with energy and athleticism. Everything is so sharp, so precise, it takes your breath away
La Sylphide with the Bayerisches Staatsballett
Keller not only looks like an incarnation of the sylphs in the engravings of the ballet from the Romantic era, she also fills her creature with life
Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker
A ballet that wraps young and old alike in a warm, familiar fantasy, it’s a chance to snuggle down and forget the world outside for a couple of hours.
TanzLuzern: HOPE
Two pieces by young choreographers, both of whom have a special relationship with the company: Mthuthuzeli November and Phoebe Jewitt.
Adam Garcia’s Emerald Storm
A very enjoyable evening’s entertainment; a good night out… a little rough around the edges maybe, but then the urban feel is part of the fun
Ballet Black: Shadows
Ballet Black have had a difficult year having to relocate to West London. It doesn’t show in performance, however.
Gauthier Dance Juniors: Dream Team
All six dancers appeared in all four pieces, performing with class, commitment and bags of energy. Best, though was the way all connected with the audience
A Symbiosis of Dance and Music: Listen! by Ceren Oran
As musicians and dancers shared the stage, the music seemed to be bound together by moving bodies, which again were bound through the music
Sao Paulo Dance Company: Goecke, Binyamini, Céspedes
In Marco Goecke’s Le Chant du Rossignol, the dancers, all terrifically sharp, precise, appear from and disappear back into a deep, abyss-like upstage blackness.
The Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker
At the curtain call, the audience greets Sir Peter Wright, his 99th birthday days away. Fiction and reality touch lightly. The ballet’s tradition no longer distant.
Theater Pforzheim: Swan Lake
I can safely say that I have never felt a swan’s breath on the back of my neck. Until now. Because that’s precisely what happened during Act Two…