Compelling: Akram Khan’s Giselle
Erina Takahashi brought to her rendition of Giselle, a delicacy, intimacy, and freshness… searing dramatisation of the doomed woman
A rollerblading love story: Moritz Ostruschnjak’s CRY WHY
A very intimate and intense love story between two people, who barely touch each other, and express their love through… rollerblades.
Modernity meets tradition in Lazgi by National Ballet of Uzbekistan
An unexpected surprise. The choreography is endlessly inventive, the corps moving seamlessly from interesting shape to interesting shape
London City Ballet: Resurgence
The highlight of the company’s inaugural programme is undoubtedly Kenneth MacMillan’s Ballade.
Irresistible: Scottish Dance Theatre in The Flock & Moving Cloud
A super evening. The finale of Moving Cloud is one of the most joyous five minutes or so I’ve witnessed on stage in a long time
Wildly creative. Ambiguous Dance Company in The Belt – Past and Future
These Korean dancers are a force of nature. I love their audacity, their phenomenal energy and most of all, their wild, fantastic creativity
Ghost Ships brings history to life
A look ahead with Nancy Hirst (Icon Theatre) and Amina Khayyam (Amina Khayyam Dance Company) to Ghost Ships at Historic Dockyard Chatham
The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition
The standard of dancing was superb, the gold medal being taken by Antonia Maria Cramb, currently training at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
ZooNation: The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
The narrative itself is thin. But who cares when the characterisation is so good, the dancing so terrific, and the energy levels so stratospheric.
Ballet Nights at Cadogan Hall
A mixed bill brought, inevitably perhaps, mixed success but without a shadow of a doubt, it was worth it for Set Fast alone.
Zürcher Theater Spektakel: a festival that confronts and includes
The festival’s main program showcased the perspectives of more than 240 artists from about 30 countries, with inequity often at the heart of works