Love, desire, people: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell
There’s no overall plot. The focus is rather on creating a world, painting pictures, of time, place and people, all of which he does superbly
There’s no overall plot. The focus is rather on creating a world, painting pictures, of time, place and people, all of which he does superbly
The Royal Ballet tops the shortlists with eleven nominations, followed by seven for English National Ballet
The visits of Tiler Peck and Friends and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater garner both two awards, with the De Valois lifetime award going to Ian Webb.
In what is the best year yet for diversity, the nominations are spread across a record 29 separate companies
The fabulous cast are on a par with any West End musical as they give everything, dancing and projecting character for all they are worth
Trumps both The Royal Ballet and the English National Ballet’s traditional Christmas Nutcrackers… a Christmas fairytale like no other
Bourne manages to pull off the tricky challenge of being faithful to the original while giving his production an inner life all of its own
Paris Fitzpatrick and Cordelia Braithwaite danced the title roles with a totality of emotional commitment that was, at times, almost overwhelming.
With some of Bourne’s best choreography in the detail of the variations, the passion of the duets and strong ensemble numbers.
Classical ballet dominates even more than usual, although this is likely a consequence of the unique circumstances of the year.
The Royal Ballet tops the list with a total of 17 nominations, followed by English National Ballet and New Adventures (7 apiece)