Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories from the past year...
Tag - Taming of the Shrew
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 17th National Dance Awards,
★★★✰✰ Maillot’s ballet... belongs to Krysanova and Lantratov, who succeed in conveying that Kate and Petruchio are wildly, equally in love, however crassly they treat each other...
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
★★★✰✰ Jessica Lang's Wink is an attractive piece, well designed and well made with a clear structure.
★★★✰✰ "... Wink is a 4 star piece. We need to see more of Jessica Lang’s work..."
Margaret Willis has just been in St. Petersburg, catching up with the Dance Open Festival and also visiting the Vaganova Academy where she had some words with director Nikolai Tsiskaridze...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
So the company showed well enough to save the afternoon – but how much better they would look in a stronger piece.
The festival was as intensive as ever, with three performances running on seven days, four on one day, some concurrently. The range and quality of dance overall was impressive.