A tale of two queens: Badisches Staatsballett in Maria Stuart
While Sophie Martin is a commanding presence as Elizabeth, albeit someone aloof and alone… it is Bridgett Zehr as Mary who stalks every scene
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
Overall, the modern pieces showcased the dancers’ skill, technique and emotional engagement somewhat better than the classical ones.
Opposites attract: Badisches Staatsballett do Jazz
Sleek, slinky and smooth, sophisticated yet playful, Stina Quagebeur’s Deviations feels like peeking in on an easy going jazz club.
A hip hop Rite of Spring. Tanzkomplizen’s A Human Race: The Rite of Krump
Right from its premiere in 1913, ‘Sacre’ has broken with tradition, challenging listeners and viewers, often very successfully. And it does here too
An explosion of shapes and colours: Alma by Sara Baras
Sadler’s WellsJuly 5, 2023 As part of the London Flamenco Festival, Sara Baras, the worldwide acclaimed Spanish dancer, returned to Sadler’s Wells with Alma (‘soul’), a show directed, scripted, danced and choreographed by herself. Without a doubt, it showed the talent that she has cultivated in her thirty-year career. Even if you have seen flamenco … Read more
English National Ballet School, 2023 Summer Performance
An exciting evening for the English National Ballet School… back on track as a quality professional ballet school after a couple of difficult years.
Doing it his way. Gauthier Dance in Hofesh Shechter’s Contemporary Dance 2.0
It demands precision. It demands total commitment. And it got all three in full from Gauthier Dance. The beat never stops, and neither do they.
The Royal Ballet School at Holland Park
The undoubted highlight of the evening was Robert Battle’s terrific solo, Takademe. Caspar Lench owned the stage…
A symphony of dance: Badisches Staatsballett in Per aspera ad astra
Glen Tetley’s Voluntaries is intensely moving. The dance soars literally, in its cruciform overhead lifts, and in its spirituality.
A human journey: Dance Theatre Heidelberg in Reality and the Cosmos
“Very much rooted in the actuality of people as human beings… a journey… through the development of identity and who we are.
Crazy for You. Who could ask for anything more?
The show is rammed with instantly hummable melodies. What dance too. The chorus-line, tap, ballroom and comedy numbers just keep giving.