★★★✰✰ The key to La Fresque (The Wall Painting) is that it was originally commissioned in France as a piece to be seen by young people. Choreographed by Angelin Preljocaj, it's based on a 14th century Chinese fable...
Archive - October 2019
★★★★✰ As in all three pieces, these female artists and choreographers are formidable figures, descendants of dance pioneers from the Indian sub-continent.
★★★✰✰ Okur’s style of movement is highly distinctive - as if locking and popping have had the jerkiness removed and replaced with something altogether more silky.
The Royal Ballet 2019/20 season opens on Wednesday 2 October with one of Kenneth MacMillan's masterworks - Manon. Dancing that night will be Sarah Lamb - time to catch up with her we thought...
★★★✰✰ Baal conveys a convincing Brechtian essence framed through a contemporary gaze. It’s an intriguing work that celebrates the company’s wild creativity...
★★★✰✰ Redd is another bold exploration of the storytelling potential of hip-hop dance, which succeeds in showing that beyond the crowd-pleasing tricks, this form can mine powerful, complex, gutsy emotions.