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Royal Ballet – Anastasia – streamed archive recording of 2016 performance
★★★★✰ Osipova inhabits the role of Anna Anderson with gruelling sincerity. She appears deranged from the beginning with close-up camera angles revealing a depth of despair that is tremendously affecting.
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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Francois Rousseau and Julie Gardette – Where do the birds go? – Streamed premiere
★★★✰✰ No lockdown for Annabelle Lopez Ochoa who has just choreographed “Where do the birds go?” over five Zoom sessions with Norwegian National Ballet’s Francois Rousseau and Julie Gardette in their Oslo living room…
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New Adventures – Reel Adventures festival: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man
★★★★✰ It doesn’t get much steamier than Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man, the third of his productions to be presented and screened on Sky Arts during lockdown.
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New Adventures – Reel Adventures festival: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet
★★★★✰ Performances across the board are stupendous, reminding us that interpretations evolve and change, and do not disappoint.
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Stuttgart Ballet – Mayerling – streamed archive recording of Stuttgart premiere
Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling in new Jürgen Rose designs – “I am not reviewing the recording so much as commenting on the differences between Stuttgart Ballet’s 2019 production and the Royal Ballet’s version that dates back to the ballet’s premiere in 1978…”
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Feature – Ashton Rediscovered Masterclass: Voices of Spring, coached by Merle Park and Wayne Eagling
For anyone with an interest in the machinations of bringing a difficult pas de deux to performance standard, this was an experience to cherish.
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Carnaval in Guadeloupe
To say Carnival can be an all-consuming celebration of life seems something of an understatement for some communities and nations. Susanna Sloat with a lively and detailed account of a recent Eastern Caribbean jaunt to Guadeloupe. And the spelling? Well, it’s always Carnaval in Guadeloupe…
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SystemsLAB mixed bill, curated by Freddie Opoku-Addaie – London
★★★✰✰ Featuring works by Jonzi D, Theo Inart, Becky Namgauds and the due of Ffion Campbell-Davies and tyroneisaacstuart.
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2Faced Dance Company – EVERYTHING [But the Girl] triple bill – London
★★★✰✰ This triple bill marks 2Faced Dance Company’s 20th anniversary. EVERYTHING [but the girl], presents two new pieces alongside a reworked number from 2011…
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May 30, 2020Gallery – Avatâra Ayuso & Zhao Zhibo’s LIMBO 无间
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February 29, 2020
Gallery – Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in 13 Tongues & Dust
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February 25, 2020
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February 22, 2020
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February 17, 2020
Gallery – Royal Ballet in The Cellist and Dances at a Gathering
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February 17, 2020
Gallery – Acosta Danza in Up Close: Mundo Interpretado and Two
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February 16, 2020
Gallery – Russell Maliphant & Dana Fouras in The Space Between (Maliphantworks3)
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February 16, 2020
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February 7, 2020
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January 31, 2020
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May 28, 2020Royal Ballet – Anastasia – streamed archive recording of 2016 performance
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May 26, 2020
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May 19, 2020
New Adventures – Reel Adventures festival: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man
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May 12, 2020
New Adventures – Reel Adventures festival: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, Romeo and Juliet
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April 14, 2020
SystemsLAB mixed bill, curated by Freddie Opoku-Addaie – London
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April 9, 2020
2Faced Dance Company – EVERYTHING [But the Girl] triple bill – London
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April 1, 2020
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March 30, 2020
BalletBoyz – Deluxe: The Intro, Bradley 4:18, Ripple – Online and TV
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March 27, 2020
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March 12, 2020
Nona Hendryx and Disciples of Sun Ra in the Temple – New York
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February 9, 2020Interview: Trey McIntyre on creating The Big Hunger for San Francisco Ballet
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February 4, 2020
Cathy Marston on The Cellist & Mrs. Robinson – new works for The Royal Ballet & San Francisco Ballet
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November 3, 2019
Interview – Jonathan Watkins and his new film ‘Kes Reimagined’ – a Kes for Today
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October 23, 2019
Interview: Arthur Pita on choreographing “Alice in Californiland” for AXIS Dance Company
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October 21, 2019
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October 1, 2019
5 Questions to Sarah Lamb, Royal Ballet Principal, about dancing Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon…
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September 26, 2019
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July 29, 2019
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July 28, 2019
Interview – Claire Cunningham and her new Elvis inspired work “Thank You Very Much”
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July 10, 2019
5 Questions to Iain Mackay, Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars
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April 27, 2020Stuttgart Ballet – Mayerling – streamed archive recording of Stuttgart premiere
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April 24, 2020
Feature – Ashton Rediscovered Masterclass: Voices of Spring, coached by Merle Park and Wayne Eagling
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April 20, 2020
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April 3, 2020
‘CUNNINGHAM’ – Alla Kovgan’s film about Legendary Dancer and Choreographer Merce Cunningham
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April 2, 2020
Exhibition – X6 Dance Space (1976-80): Liberation Notes – London
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December 30, 2019
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December 26, 2019
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December 24, 2019
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November 12, 2019
Feature – Ashton Rediscovered Masterclass: Foyer de danse and the Le Papillon solo
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October 17, 2019
