2012 Dance Memories – London
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
Choreographers Alexander Whitley, Paolo Mangiola and Robert Binet – Random Dance and the ROH, 10 years on
Interviews with Alexander Whitley, Paolo Mangiola and Robert Binet about their new pieces commissioned by Wayne McGregor | Random Dance and the Royal Opera House…
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance – Rain Room – London
One issue that arose is the fact that too many people in the Rain Room – whether dancers or audience – really starts to destroy the illusion of controlling the rainfall or being enclosed in the rain.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Agua – London
Sometimes Água’s moving images are dizzyingly beautiful, undulating palm fronds echoing the women’s waving tresses; sometimes they seem reminders that civilisation is only skin deep; or that the untamed jungle is indifferent to human concerns.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Ten Chi – London
Ten Chi is like a musical composition mostly in a minor key – an accumulation of moments and motifs without a strong sense of purpose. In fact, much of the recorded music seems half-heard in sleep. There’s a pervasive feeling of melancholy, of a culture beyond comprehension except in crass tourist terms.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Bamboo Blues – London
Once again, the performers of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch win over the audience with an apparently effortless ease…. Anna Wehsarg – a gorgeous statuesque redhead with legs that go on forever – can just walk on the stage, gazing into the audience and she has me captured.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si… – London
I have had some of the best dreams ever while wide awake and watching Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. The company conjures imagery that no conscious mind seems capable of assembling.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Nur Du (Only You), part of World Cities 2012 – London
With every Bausch work some of the images and sketches stick in the mind and linger as the particular flavour of the piece, and these will vary for every audience member. For me, it was how tough it is being a woman in Nur Du.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Viktor, part of World Cities 2012 – London
…the 30-strong company, which has one of the widest ranges in dancer age I’ve seen, is sensational to watch… For these cameos, and others, I’m glad I caught up with Viktor, but once is enough for a good while.
Barbican 2012/13 Season – New Work From Michael Clark Company
2012/13 does not look a great year for dance at the Barbican – judged by today’s press release anyway. It mainly comes down to Michael Clark it seems. Now Clark is not to…
Hofesh Shechter and Antony Gormley – Survivor – London
As has happened so often before, this collaboration by two individuals who are outstanding innovators in their own art, didn’t quite add up to the sum total of that brilliance.
