Brilliant, high-intensity theatre: Ruination by Lost Dog
Ben Duke has found a sweet spot to set his trial of Medea. The kingdom of Hades, across the River Styx but not yet in Elysium, is just right
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Northern Ballet: Made in Leeds
The superb Nostalgia is yet more evidence of Quagebeur’s talent. It’s no wonder she’s in demand at home and abroad.
Two cities, three Mayerlings
Mayerling in London and Paris. “Muntagirov is a rare Rudolph, one whose decline is as agonizingly real as it is exquisitely danced.”
Ballet Black celebrates twenty years
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonOctober 19, 2022 Twenty-one years ago, Cassa Pancho founded Ballet Black with the aim of giving a voice to black and Asian dancers. But as the voiceover to Say It Loud, created by Pancho and the dancers to celebrate the company’s twentieth anniversary, tells us, initially, “No-one really noticed us. … Read more
A meditation on humanity: The Royal Ballet in Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage
It looks insanely beautiful. Pite’s choreography ebbs and flows again and again as it sweeps across the stage to Górecki’s evocative music
Curtain Up! takes younger readers behind-the-scenes at the Royal Opera House
Curtain Up! packs a lot into its 40 pages… a super insight for young people (and possibly their grown-ups) into the world of ballet and opera.
Yondering into the future: The Royal Ballet School Summer Performance 2022
It was a super afternoon, but you really do have to pinch yourself to remind yourself that they are all still in their late-teens
Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonJune 20, 2022 Maggie Foyer In an atmosphere of celebration, enthusiasm and commitment, the students of Rambert School took to the Linbury stage (as part of the Next Generation Festival) in a programme dedicated to Lord John Sainsbury who, with his wife Anya, has given such sterling support to the … Read more
A super evening of many colours and emotions from New English Ballet Theatre
The company look in fine fettle. It was an evening that ran from emotionally intense and thoughtful to fizzling like the best English sparkling wine
Past and present come together: Yorke Dance Project
Graham’s Lamentation, MacMillan’s Sea of Troubles, and new works by Robert Cohan and Yolande Yorke-Edgell in a fascinating programme.
Ballet Black at the Linbury: Then or Now and The Waiting Game
Ballet Black continues to lead the pack with two quality, new commissions, very different in style but balancing neatly.