★★★✰✰ In a nutshell Bintley's Tempest is a visual triumph but feels slight choreographically and you'd be well advised to mug up on the story before seeing it.
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His is an insider’s account, complete with waspish comments and cameos of the famous people he encountered...
★★★✰✰ Liam Scarlett treats Mary Shelley’s 1818 gothic horror novel, Frankenstein, as essentially a domestic drama.
The Royal Ballet’s 2015/2016 season is providing big opportunities for James Hay, promoted to First Soloist in June...
Vadim Muntagirov, making his debut as Jack, is any girl’s dream of a dancing partner.
In his programme note, Bintley claims to have foregone sexual romance in favour of ‘something more mystical and subtle’, connected with Japanese veneration of its Imperial family. It doesn’t resonate in this royal kingdom.
One of Bintley’s other notable commitments as Director is the rapid development of young dancers. For a graduating dance student, hungry for big roles, BRB is the company to aim for....
Bintley has created a solidly entertaining family work that never bores but never soars to another emotional level, either...
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon is currently at the San Francisco Ballet preparing for the American premiere of his Cinderella. He has a rehearsal in forty-five minutes so we quickly set off to discuss his latest full-length ballet and many other things...
A tribute to Nina Ananiashvili - with personal memories - on her 50th birthday.
All up, I came out entertained and it's a piece that will endure. And if all the company can conqueror Act 1 there will be smiling families all the way, I think - smiling at the drama and the movement.
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year...
Waltz is about big ideas in 'Continu' but if you don't pick up on them there is not a lot of choreography to keep you going.
A gallery of 36 images by Dave Morgan.
27 Pictures by Dave Morgan.