Like her recent "Cesena and En Atendant", "Partita 2" is very much about the experience of listening.
Archive - October 2015
...mostly the ballet (AfterEffect) is an enthusiastic love letter from Gomes to his company, and was received as such by the enthusiastic audience at the Koch...
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 16th National Dance Awards,
Unlike Kylián, Weiss generally works from an overt storyline and her own libretto for Body Master is loosely based on the life of Gordon Craig, the English pioneer of modernist theatre...
Acosta’s Carmen is far from a disaster, propelled by committed performances and Tim Hatley’s dramatic designs...
Without a doubt, the most eccentric piece on the program is Gabrielle Lamb’s I Am a Woman: Moult, originally commissioned as part of an evening of works by women choreographers. (A noble cause.) ...
A good night, illustrated by 24 pictures in total - a full gallery scattered amongst the text...
This challenging programme presents three very different takes on modern dance, each rooted in the vernacular of India, then and now.
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
A highlight of the season is the return of Kurt Jooss’s The Green Table, made in 1932. This meditation on the folly of war in eight scenes has lost none of its punch...
The Walker Art Center classifies Schlichting's work as 'movement art,' and there does seem to be some truth in this.
James Cousins is back at the Place in London after extensively touring his double bill inspired by Haruki Murakami's book "Norwegian Wood". 11 months on Graham Watts looks at the show afresh...
...a perfect example of what can happen when an exceptional practitioner is led astray by an excess of theatrical ideas and special effects.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
ABT galas are more laid-back than City Ballet’s; they’re less “produced,” with fewer speeches or slick video presentations. For the most part, the company just gets on with the show, with minimum fuss.
I rather warm to the Nureyev Romeo - its the big gory sweep of it, with more focus on the family feuding and a cinematic approach.
What does all this mean? Beats me.
The 28-strong cast rose to the challenge of Themes and Variations, with its tricky footwork and complicated formations...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Packed overfull with ideas, it’s a way of looking at how our behaviour changes over the years, while we continue to feel much the same inside.