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The Sleeping Beauty – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 24 April 2024
Every decent ballet company needs a Sleeping Beauty; it’s a barometer of what kind of shape they’re in. Its wafer-thin plot allows plenty of room for tricky pas de deux and solos and you need a lot of dancers in … Continue reading
Mary Skeaping’s Giselle – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 11 January 2024
It turns out there’s a good reason why most modern productions of Giselle are heavily edited. Left to its own devices, as with Mary Skeaping’s 1971 production, it’s far too long, especially the first act. Skeaping’s great innovation, having found … Continue reading
Swan Lake – English National Ballet: London Coliseum, 12 January 2023
Just beautiful. Emma Hawes & The Corps work Swan Lake to the max. Photo by Tristram Kenton I haven’t seen Swan Lake for four years now which, for a dance writer is a flipping long time. The break’s done me … Continue reading
Nureyev: Legend & Legacy: Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London, 5 September 2022
Rudolf Nureyev. Now there was a guy who knew how to make an impact. Undoubtedly the most famous ballet dancer of all time, he was renowned for his physical prowess, his extraordinary charisma and, most of all, his incredibly brave … Continue reading
Posted in Alina Cojocaru, Berlin State Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, English National Ballet, John Neumeier, Laurencia, Le Corsaire, Natalia Osipova, National Ballet of Canada, Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Vadim Muntagirov, Xander Parish
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Don Quixote – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 6 July 2022
In 2013 Carlos Acosta created a new production of Don Quixote for The Royal Ballet. Roll on nine years and he’s made another one, this time for their Brummy sister company, a company he’s now the director of. They make … Continue reading
Spring Special – Dutch National Ballet: Livestream, 10 April 2021
Boing! Spring has sprung and, like the rest of the northern hemisphere, hopes are rising in the Netherlands for some kind of respite from the everlasting Covid pandemic. Dutch National Ballet are clearly feeling the same optimism and have put … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch National Ballet, Livestream, Online
Tagged Alignment, Anna Ol, Anna Tsygankova, Delibes Suite, Dutch National Ballet, Giselle, Jakob Feyferlik, James Stout, Jan Spunda, Jessica Xuan, Jose Carlos Martinez, Juliano Nunes, Livestream, Maia Makhateli, Nina Tonoli, Pyotr Gusev, Qian Liu, review, Salome Leverashvili, Semyon Velichko, Sho Yamada, Sleeping Beauty, Spring Special, Talisman pas de deux, Young Gyu Choi
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Hans van Manen Variations – Dutch National Ballet: Live streaming, 5 March 2021
Hans van Manen is one of the great choreographic names of the 20th and 21st centuries, and not just because he somehow makes unitards look good. His deeply musical work is beautifully crafted, inventively detailed in the steps and it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dutch National Ballet, Hans van Manen, Online
Tagged Adagio Hammerklavier, Anna Tsygankova, Constantine Allen, Deja Vu, Dutch National Ballet, Edo Wijnen, Floor Eimers, Hans van Manen, Hans van Manen Variations, Jakob Feyferlik, James Stout, Luiza Bertho, Qian Liu, Rachel Beaujean, review, Salome Leverashvili, Sarcasmen, Timothy van Poucke, Trois gnossiennes, Two pieces for HET, Variations for two couples
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Dancing Nation: Episode 3 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021
The ambitious Dancing Nation reached its conclusion without really hitting any great heights. Or little ones. It may be due to the deliberate lack of narrative and emotional connection between dancers but, somehow, contemporary dance just doesn’t seem to transcribe … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Matsena Productions, Northern Ballet, Online, Rambert Dance Company, Sadler's Wells, Shobana Jeyasingh
Tagged BBC, Contagion, Dancing Nation, Episode 3, Kenneth Tindall, Marion Motin, Matsena Productions, Northern Ballet, Rambert, review, Rouge, Sadler's Wells, Shades of Blue, Shobana Jeyasingh, States of Mind
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Dancing Nation: Episode 2 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021
The big draw for episode 2 of Dancing Nation was the debut collaboration between Akram Khan and The Royal Ballet’s Natalia Osipova. Mud of Sorrow: Touch is a lovely piece with elegant, flowing choreography that highlights humanity’s desire to retain … Continue reading
Posted in Akram Khan, BBC, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Botis Seva, Boy Blue, Far From the Norm, Humanhood, Natalia Osipova, Oona Doherty, Sadler's Wells, Uncategorized
Tagged Akram Khan, BBC, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Blak Whyte Gray, Botis Seva, Botis Seva BLKDOG, Boy Blue, Dancing Nation, Episode 2, Hope Hunt and the Ascension int Lazarus, Humanhood, Lazuli Sky, Mud of Sorrow: Touch, Natalia Osipova, Oona Doherty, review, Sadler's Wells, Sphera, Will Tuckett
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Dancing Nation: Episode 1 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021
Over the past nine months or so there’s been plenty of ballet made available to watch online. There’s not been quite the same volume of contemporary dance to witness, presumably a question of budgets and company structures. Finally, however, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Breakin' Convention, Candoco, English National Ballet, Humanhood, Matthew Bourne, Online, Sadler's Wells
Tagged BBC, Breakin' Convention, Candoco Dance Company, Dancing Nation, English National Ballet, Face In, Hollow, Humanhood, Matthew Bourne, Orbis, review, Sadler's Wells, Spitfire, Stina Quagebeur, Window Shopping, Yasmeen Godder
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