National Dance Awards nominations announced
The Royal Ballet tops the shortlists with eleven nominations, followed by seven for English National Ballet
Mark Bruce Company
A well of seething darkness: Mark Bruce Company’s Frankenstein
A “superb piece of dance theatre that comes with all the Gothic surrealness and cinematic qualities that Bruce is known for”
Bringing Frankenstein’s monster to the dance stage
Goddard describes Frankenstein as an episodic work, “A series of romantic era tableaux, inside of which I can kind of operate as The Monster.”
Nominations announced for the 23rd National Dance Awards
The Royal Ballet tops the short-list with 14 nominations. English National Ballet and Rambert have seven, and Birmingham Royal Ballet five.
A chilling tale of love and revenge in dance theatre at its very best: Phantoms by Mark Bruce Company
Phantoms isn’t just a trip to the dark side, it’s a trip to its deepest depths. It’s hauntingly beautiful, cinematic dance theatre, and is quite simply terrific
Mark Bruce Company returns with a triple bill of cinematic dance theatre
The show’s title work is a dance theatre tale of love, tragedy and revenge, set in a place where our phantoms roam free
The juicily dark and blood-stained world of Macbeth, Mark Bruce style
Jonathan Goddard has a malign gracefulness as he prowls the stage
Lost in the fog: Mark Bruce Company in Macbeth
Like the blood-besmirched hilt of a murderous blade, it slid from the grasp
Mark Bruce promises menace, murder and beauty in his new Macbeth
A haunting, new dance theatre interpretation touring through 2018
Searing action on an extraordinary journey: Mark Bruce Company in The Odyssey
Terrific. Crammed full of drama. The action glides seamlessly.