Tom Dale Company in Surge and Sub:Version
Digital meets dance plus music and visuals. A double bill that is a superb evening of total theatre.
The Place
Everything Falls Dramatic, Sung Im Her’s dance about life, death and resilience headlines the Festival of Korean Dance
She explains that the work explores the complex layering of the various forms of decay, fading and loss to which we are forever exposed…
Gandini Juggling: The Games We Play
A fun, playful, informative but above all celebratory hour in the company of Gandini Juggling, known for their combining juggling with dance.
Celebrating life and belonging: And by Charlotte McLean
Although each new turn provides [her] body with new ways to think and move, in Mclean’s world freedom is also a vulnerable act.
Ballet leads the way in the 22nd National Dance Awards
Classical ballet dominates even more than usual, although this is likely a consequence of the unique circumstances of the year.
Resolution: Marita Anastasi, Hannah Finn, Engholm Danseteater
The works on Resolution programmes can have little in common. Not so on this evening, with the three linked by memory and the act of remembering
A lifetime shared: Theo Clinkard’s The Days
It feels like one is watching snippets of narrative from a lifetime together as Maria Nurmela and Ville Oinonen’s exchanges loop around
Coming to terms with a hidden secret: Nikki Rummer’s Unbroken
Rummer is an engaging storyteller; Unbroken is a deeply affecting, deeply personal show that hits you right where it should.
A beacon of joy: Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in The Little Prince
It turns the black box theatre space into a universe of imaginative ideas… a thoroughly enjoyable journey
Sensual, penetrating, emotional: Jose Agudo’s Carmen
A knockout. The tempestuous dance, coming straight from the heart, makes the blood and sweat tangible.
What is love? New Art Club consider the eternal question in Cupid’s Revenge
An original, beautifully judged, sometimes funny but sometimes deeply heartfelt show… It left me feeling quite warm inside.