Ultima Vez / Vim Vandekeybus: Void
Sandborgh, Yee and Taddeo display a raw, aggressive and at times brutal male energy, which is rarely seen in choreography for women
Germany
Ballett des Staatstheaters am Gärtnerplatz: Stravinsky in Paris
“Having pulled you in, it holds you all the way to the final moment… An unusual Sacre for sure. But also one with a rare beauty.”
Goyo Montero says goodbye: Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett in Malditos Benditos
Montero’s final work for the Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett, Malditos Benditos is a series of personal revisiting of some of the his most popular works
Staatsballett Berlin: Gods and Dogs, Angels’ Atlas
The Staatsballett Berlin dancers were beautifully precise and neat in all the complex combinations, the movement looking fresh and innovative
Gauthier Dance Juniors & Barak Marshall: Barker
Full of boundless energy, fine dancing and pretty impressive acting… fifty minutes that’s hugely enjoyable and extremely entertaining.
Compagnie Marie Chouinard: Magnificat, Body Remix/Remix
Each movement has its own choreographic and lighting colour, the dance shifting easily from light and bouncy, to more earthy, floor-based
Nederlands Dans Theater: Figures in Extinction
A triptych that speaks about real, urgent, worrying and dramatic themes, realised through a combination of danced poetry and beauty
Badisches Staatsballett: Leuchtfeuer
Kristina Paulin’s ‘Das Schloss’, a ballet version of Kafka’s unfinished novel, Raimondo Rebeck’s Journey of a Memory, and Mauro Bigonzetti’s Cantata
Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours
During the show itself, there’s a lot of smiling, irreverence and poking fun at each other. It almost feels like play. You just know they are having a good time
Dance of many colours at Colours with Cie Amala Dianor
Here was dance of every shade… and all with not so much a smile on its face as a huge grin
Colours opens with an Akram Khan premiere: Gauthier Dance in Turning of Bones
Lines and patterns form, break and reform anew, Feet stomp arms whirl, torsos arc backwards… As the tension builds, the power of the group is tremendous