An evening of contrasts with three contemporary dance works from Rambert School and five shorter neo-classical pieces from the Junior Company of the Polish National Ballet
A celebratory and hopeful example of how Chance to Dance can catalyse the careers of dancers who may never have crossed paths with ballet otherwise
An evening of thirteen short works and excerpts, moving between heritage repertoire, 20th-century classics, contemporary choreography and creations
The Royal Ballet dancers looked terrific in both ballets, Salle de Danse in particular a super vehicle for their wonderful physicality.
Making her debut as Lise, Mayara Magri was technically flawless. Her dancing was a thing of beauty, her partnership with Leo Dixon wonderfully assured
A masterclass in building humour through movement… Sunny, innocent, orderly, and just absurd enough to keep it from becoming sentimental.
Demonstrated lots of quality in an excellent triple bill of diverse influences that also showed the versatility of the dancers.
Three works, three very different strategies, one shared demand: look at the stage, look at the people on it, and do not blink
The evening comes most alive in works such as Flux by Katya Bourvis for Ballet d’Jèrri which shows how power can shift through the duet form itself
Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet is built from fractured needs, twisted intimacies and bodies that say what the characters themselves cannot
Two works that, in different ways, speak about hope and togetherness that unfold as a conversation about what hope might mean, and what it takes for people to stand together.