As Charlotte Kasner points out in her in-depth look at Yuri Grigorovich, if there is one choreographer who dominated Russian ballet during the second half of the 20th-century it is surely Yuri Grigorovich, who on January 2nd, 2017, celebrates his 90th birthday, an occasion being marked by the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow with a season … Read more
Earth and heaven are united as peony petals rain from the sky. Beautiful
Poetry, beauty, mystery and folklore; political and moral corruption, religious superstition and abuse
Even the Stahlbaum’s bedecked living room got a round of applause as the curtain first rose.
The dance programme at the 2017 Hong Kong Arts Festival is packed with quality performers. The headlines are naturally taken by the three big visitors: the Bayerisches Staatsballett and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch from Germany, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal from Canada. There much more too, though, including plenty of local dance-making talent on … Read more
A platform to open dialogue between the worlds of dance and music.
Beckoning is a dance that’s colourful in just about every possible way
It delivers on every level, as do the company who fully engaged both physically and emotionally
Packed with fabulous and absorbing dance as Veldman and her outstanding cast explore ideas of happiness
Bournonville returns to his beloved Italy for a light-hearted love story and, naturally, an excuse to dance.
