Frantic Assembly x Aurora Orchestra: Carnival
The premise of ‘Dr Frompou’s Anatomical Study of an Orchestra,’ that locked up musical instruments escape, is amusing:
Southbank Centre
Sasha Waltz & Guests: In C
The piece is a sort of improvisational choreographic and musical exercise within a set structure of 53 musical and choreographic phrases.
Circa with the London Philharmonic Orchestra: Daphnis and Chloé
A seriously impressive, eclectic display of acro and aerial dance gymnastics, performed on mats, each other, poles, high wires, ropes and drapery
We Wear Our Wheels With Pride by Robyn Orlin
A wonderfully energetic, colourful, and creative piece of theatre based on Zulu rickshaw drivers during South Africa’s apartheid years.
Swan Lake meets The Ugly Duckling in Circa’s Duck Pond
There are plenty of the usual handstands and tumbling… But what is really memorable is the ease with which the performers fly through the air.
Chunky Move: 4/4
The couples were never anything less that absolutely precise and perfectly in sync. It is quite mesmerising. For a while.
Qudus Onikeku & The QDance Company: Re:Incarnation
High level energy, intense colour and loud sound! A non-stop assault on the senses!
Crazy Smooth: In My Body
This is a group of fierce individuals, each with their own style and story, and yet their ensemble work is outstanding
Wayne McGregor and Ben Cullen Williams: A Body for Harnasie
A reimagined concert production of Karol Szymanowski’s ballet score Harnasie. It’s a strange production; certainly an unusual way of presenting dance
Ballet national de Marseille by (LA) HORDE
Ballet national de Marseille are rooted in rebellion. They are identifiable by the personal risks taken by the dancers, and by (LA) HORDE’s direction
The McOnie Company’s Nutcracker at the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club
It is great fun; a show that will delight dance lovers and music lovers, young and old alike. The time flies. The dance comes pretty much non-stop