Company of Elders
They Look Like People is a whimsical exploration of identity… a ‘dance play,’ it is engaging, moving, funny, and entirely in keeping with the dancers
Sadler’s Wells
Hofesh Shechter Company: Theatre of Dreams
Theatre of Dreams is so far out of the box, that I found it impossible to follow… The staging is certainly innovative and exciting
English National Ballet in R:Evolution
David Dawson’s Four Last Songs: sleek, extremely physical and emotional… Poetry in motion, it is utterly, utterly gorgeous.
Acosta Danza: A Decade in Motion
All seventeen dancers were outstanding throughout, never dropping their attention to detail, bringing intense emotion to their dancing.
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui / Eastman: Vlaemsch (chez moi)
Picasso bent women with a brush. Holbein crushed ambassadors with a skull. Cherkaoui piles his house with dancers, books, frames, bones.
“Wonderful and really magical.” The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
A wonderful rendition of this much-loved C.S. Lewis story… festooned with magical effects and magnificent puppetry
Rambert’s Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby
A wonderful, wonderful, wonderful show! The dancing and choreography are outstanding, the storytelling pitch-perfect storytelling
Gravity by the National Youth Dance Company with Boy Blue
A joyous eruption of 33 young people taking over the Sadlers Wells stage for an hour of non-stop dance.
Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet
I can’t think of a single thing that I would want to change… The dancing, choreography and immersive visuals are all outstanding
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
London Flamenco Festival: Pineda, Flamenco by Cantaora, Queralt Lahoz
In Pineda, Patricia Guerrero does an impressive job in giving body and soul to the character in what is a compelling flamenco ballet.