An evening of many colours: Badisches Staatsballett’s International Benefit Gala
Invariably a wonderful evening’s dance… this year’s gala was also a farewell, and a thank you, to outgoing artistic director Bridget Breiner
David Dawson
Stuttgart Ballet: Novitzky/Dawson
It may be abstract in the sense of being non-narrative… but Dawson’s choreography and the company’s dancing reached inside and touched the soul
National Dance Awards 2023 nominations announced
In what is the best year yet for diversity, the nominations are spread across a record 29 separate companies
Ballet Nights 002
David Dawson’s Metamorphosis 1… as hypnotic as the music, following it in building in intensity and complexity.
English National Ballet: Our Voices
Hopes were up. ENB have been riding high of late, with particularly strong dancing from the men and exciting choices of programme.
Dance up close and personal: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence talks about Ballet Nights
David Mead talks to the artistic director of Ballet Nights, a new season of dance this autumn at Lanterns Studio Theatre in London’s Canary Wharf
Badisches Staatsballett International Benefit Gala
An enjoyable and interesting evening with the focus on duets and the more contemporary end of the spectrum, and only one firework pas de deux.
Two world premieres headline English National Ballet’s 2023/2024 season
ENB’s 2023-24 season will feature new ballets by Andrea Miller and David Dawson, plus the UK premiere of Johan Inger’s Carmen.
Clean, sleek, stylish: Badisches Staatsballett in David Dawson’s Giselle
Modern yes, but still a ballet driven by emotions and imperfect people…and that in Act II especially, touches in all the right places
Dutch National Ballet in David Dawson’s perfect The Four Seasons
One of those blissful moments when dance, music and design chassé into alignment…a moment of sublime beauty
A triumph for Dutch National Ballet: David Dawson’s Metamorphosis
Destined to become a contemporary ballet classic