Akram Khan’s Giselle: a ballet about being moved
Even the afterlife offers no freedom, only a different choreography of obedience. In this Giselle, death is not release. It is relocation.
Resolution 26: Megan Westpfel Co, Wild Guess and Ming-Chin Hsieh
Some works appear fully formed, while others feel provisional, still in dialogue with larger ideas yet to come… energy emerges as a shared currency
Resolution 26: Isadora D’Héloïsa, Qi Song, Seirian Griffiths
In Interchange, Seirian Griffiths’ choreography of dance, gymnastics and more is totally absorbing… grace, fluidity and tremendous technical skill
Resolution 26: Maya Inniss, Aurora Casatori, Ty Burrows
Across the evening, each work investigates the combination of different art forms as a means of shaping a personal artistic language.
Resolution 26: Sana El-Wakili, Esther Cheong, Paxton Ricketts
Sound repeatedly insists on being more than accompaniment. It presses into the choreography, shaping timing, attention and pressure on the body
Modern dance and the heartbeat of Ireland: Michael Keegan-Dolan on MÁM
This February and March, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MÁM tours to nine venues. David Mead talks to the choreographer to talk about the work
Dutch National Ballet’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
It is still a lovely ballet with a warm child centred approach, designed with flair by Van Schayk.
Ballet Nights New Year’s Day Concert
A concert that mixed dance and music, the latter a little more to the fore… a largely successful and enjoyable programme.
Circa: Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show
A lot of fun: eighty minutes or so of physical theatre, tricks, impressive acrobatics… includes much of the humour, mischief and anarchy of the TV series
New English Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
Audrey Nelson is a lovey Clara, capturing that well that moment in life when one is starting to edge into adulthood but still young enough to be childlike
The Magic Flute by Luca Silvestrini’s Protein
There is a good amount of dancing, which is pretty, well-executed and, very importantly, appeals to its audience.