Sylvie Guillem – 6000 Miles Away – London
At the end of Bye, a man nearby leapt to his feet and shouted “awesome”. She sure is.
Northern Ballet – The Great Gatsby – London
The ballet succeeds most in its incidental scenes – though everything is presented fortissimo. Most clever is the way in which Nixon depicts Myrtle and George Wilson …The performances of Benjamin Mitchell and Victoria Sibson were the strongest of the evening.
Gallery – Alina Cojocaru Gala – Preparations and Rehearsals
Picture above is from Dave Morgan: Alina Cojocaru Gala – Preparations and Rehearsals – 30 pictures These are pics of the preparations and practise runs in the afternoon before the show. Many thanks…
Breakin’ Convention – Day 1, 4 May 2013 – London
…the crowds – from the six-year-old toprocking on stage for a prize t-shirt to the octogenarian gentleman seated next to me in polite raptures – were most definitely entertained.
Sarah Crompton, writer & editor, on her book: ‘Sadler’s Wells – Dance House’
5 Questions to Sarah Crompton about her new book “Sadler’s Wells – Dance House”
Hofesh Shechter Company — Uprising & The Art of Not Looking Back – London
Each revisiting seems to offer up more than the sum of its parts, giving these former works a new and exciting lease of life
English National Ballet – Ecstasy and Death bill – London
Rojo has declared that her ambition as artistic director of ENB is to make audiences hold their breath. I certainly did during Le Jeune Homme et la Mort…
National Ballet of Canada – Romeo and Juliet – London
The result is oddly old-fashioned – even more so than John Cranko’s version, which the Canadians had performed since 1964.
Fabulous Beast – Rite of Spring, Petrushka – London
The vernal equinox having passed, here was my first sighting of The Rite of Spring in this the Centenary year of Stravinsky’s great masterpiece…
Gallery – Fabulous Beast in The Rite of Spring and Petrushka
30 pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
Alina Cojocaru Charity Gala – 12 May 2013, Sadler’s Wells
An evening of artists celebrating the past present and the future, with highlights from the classical repertoire along side new or rarely seen pieces including choreography by Marius Petipa, John Neumeier, Tim Rushton, Johan Kobborg and others.
Rocio Molina – Danzaora – London
Sadler’s Wells has found the dance equivalent of the Yukon in making this young Spaniard one of its International New Wave Artists.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Two Cigarettes in the Dark – London
Working backwards from the title song that ends Two Cigarettes in the Dark, it’s possible to discern a theme in Pina Bausch’s 1985 piece…
Gallery – Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Two Cigarettes in the Dark
18 pictures by Dave Morgan as part of our overall review…
2012 Dance Memories – London
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
The Place presents – Fresh – London
People talk about wanting to get new and younger audiences in for dance and this was really a great way of achieving it.
Matthew Bourne / New Adventures – Sleeping Beauty – London
He knows he can’t surpass Petipa (or Ivanov for ‘Swan Lake’) – but he can tweak their scenarios into something uniquely his own. And he’s magnificently served by a cast of just 17, capable of switching roles at the twitch of a fairy’s wing.
