Curious and questioning: Jasmin Vardimon on her new ALiCE
A conversation with Jasmin Vardimon about her new production, ALiCE, and a look at her company’s fabulous new creative hub in Ashford, Kent.
Sadler’s Wells
South Pacific: enchanting and hugely entertaining but with a message
The music is gorgeous, the set is fabulous, there’s romance and real, fully-fleshed out characters everywhere you look
A sparkling triumph: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote
A production… that can rightly be called a triumph… the dance was virtuosic, the speed incendiary and the vitality never flagged
Compañía Jesús Carmona in El Salto
It perhaps isn’t surprising to see another show purporting to examine gender fluidity but El Salto could not be more different to ¡Viva!
Gala Fiesta de la Bulería de Jerez, Mujeres de Cal y Cante
Fantastic dance but the music… so much more than accompaniment. It’s the source of everything. The emotional incentive, the rhythmical propeller
¡Viva! by Compañía Manuel Liñán
We had been promised something new and refreshing for this long-awaited Flamenco Festival, and in ¡Viva! we certainly got it.
Liz Aggiss and Charlotta Öfverholm: Elixir Extracts
Aggis is charismatic to the point of perplexing. Her spoken word shared a wide range of experiences and thoughts
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham in Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth
While most sections capture the attention, the way the work wanders around with little obvious link between them, makes life difficult for the viewer
Ben Duke’s darkly delicious Cerberus leads Rambert’s latest mixed bill
“A standout in its very distinctive strangeness… a delicious mix of outrageous comedy with some very neat choreography snuck in between”
Dynamism and energy from Ballet Central
The choreography may often be busy and fast-paced, but the dancers rise to it with energy levels that need to be seen to be believed.
Top ballet schools Unite for Ukraine in a special London evening
An evening of goodwill and youthful enthusiasm bringing together six of Britain’s top dance schools to show support for Ukraine