Joy Womack: The White Swan
It’s a courageous film, one that presents a very honest, warts and all view of its subject: darkness as well as light, black swan as well as white swan
A Summer Celebration from ABT
Introduced by First Lady Jill Biden, and featuring digital premieres of works by Silas Farley, Helen Pickett, and James Whiteside
The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance
A fine afternoon’s dancing, this year mostly by the Upper School, highlighted by Elite Syncopations
A fabulous feel-good evening with Circolombia and Choir of Man
With Circolombia, it’s the acrobatics that provide all the highlights. Much of it is aerial, which means a grandstand view for all.
Pirates and Sylphs with Ballet Central
The highlight was a superb performance of the Act II of Matthew Bourne’s ‘romantic wee ballet’, Highland Fling
Motionhouse go Wild
The partner work is as fabulous as you would expect with some great ‘human constructions’ and striking images
Gifford’s Circus: The Hooley
There’s lots of silly goings on along with the regular circus acts, music and dance
Stuttgart Ballet New/Works: an evening by Spuck, Goecke, Clug and Forsythe
An evening of top quality performances and choreography across an exciting range of styles, a feast after the famine
A complex emotional cocktail: Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother: The Final Cut
A superb film that captures completely the spirit of the original, albeit with a slightly quieter, more reflective feel.
Threshold by Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
A classically-rooted work by Igal Perry about relationships, and a sharper but still very human one from Yin Yue
“A spirit unshakeable…unbreakable”: LaGuardia High School Graduation Dance Concert 2021
Not surprisingly, the pandemic never felt far away, but neither also was the energy and optimism of youth