Category Archives: Sadler’s Wells

The Sleeping Beauty – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 24 April 2024

Posted on April 25, 2024 by gerarddavis09

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 →

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Don Quixote – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 6 July 2022

Posted on July 8, 2022 by gerarddavis09

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 →

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Dancing Nation: Episode 3 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021

Posted on February 7, 2021 by gerarddavis09

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 →

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Dancing Nation: Episode 2 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by gerarddavis09

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 →

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Dancing Nation: Episode 1 – Sadler’s Wells & BBC: BBC iPlayer & Sadler’s Wells website, from 28 January 2021

Posted on January 29, 2021 by gerarddavis09

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 →

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Sadler’s Wells Global Gala: Online, 5 December 2020

Posted on December 7, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Plenty to see here Like so many theatres across the world, Sadler’s Wells’ attempts at putting on performances over the last few months have been hamstrung by their government’s measures to combat Covid-19. The lights at Sadler’s came on briefly … Continue reading →

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Mám – Michael Keegan-Dolan: Sadler’s Wells, 5 February 2020

Posted on February 6, 2020 by gerarddavis09

Feeling sheepish Michael Keegan-Dolan and his company Teaċ Daṁsa (House of Dance) shot to fame with their debut production – Loch na hEala, a fresh take on Swan Lake. Mám is their follow-up and although it got a pretty universal … Continue reading →

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Giselle – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 1 November 2019

Posted on November 3, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Wili or won’t he? Galina Samsova and David Bintley’s 1999 Giselle is as traditional as they come – in fact, it’s more traditional than most, even to the point of restoring music from the original 1841 production (a perfectly pleasant … Continue reading →

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Triple Bill – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 29 October 2019

Posted on October 30, 2019 by gerarddavis09

Nein, Sinatra Songs As ballet triple bills go, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s latest was as diverse as they come. The night opened with a brand new piece, Jack Lister’s A Brief Nostalgia, and closed with Twyla Tharp’s ballroom-lite Nine Sinatra Songs, … Continue reading →

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Hobson’s Choice – Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, 29 June 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by gerarddavis09

A Proper Gentleman This was the last performance of David Bintley’s 24-year long directorship of Birmingham Royal Ballet [BRB] and it was held not in Birmingham but in London’s Sadler’s Wells, the Company’s abode in a previous guise. At the … Continue reading →

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