Laura Cappelle is a freelance dance writer based in France. She regularly writes for the Financial Times, Pointe and Dance Magazine, and has also contributed articles in French to Le Monde and Le Huffington Post.
Under are the articles written for DanceTabs. Reviews on Balletco
Perm Ballet – Serenade, Concerto Barocco, The Second Detail – Paris
The Perm Ballet has become a regular fixture in France over the past six years… the company embarks every winter on a countrywide tour akin to a Ballets Russes expedition. This year, they visited 19 different venues…
Mora Godoy – Chantecler Tango – Paris
…Chantecler Tango’s assertion that it is “bringing the genre up to date” should be taken with a pinch of salt, but expectations were high for the first tango musical staged in Paris since Tanguera, created in 2002.
Mikhailovsky Ballet – The Flames of Paris – St. Petersburg
There is a lack of egotism to Messerer’s work that is immensely appealing, too: unlike Nureyev or Grigorovitch, he never appears to be coercing the music or the steps into fitting his idiosyncratic vision.
Mariinsky Ballet – Gala – Baden-Baden
The Mariinsky Ballet’s annual Baden-Baden tour is something of a balletomane’s winter retreat and, with mild weather to boot over Christmas, provided yet another opportunity this season to catch up with the St. Petersburg company.
Paris Opera Ballet – Don Quixote – Paris
It’s not every day Petipa’s carefree Don Quixote comes with a health and safety warning. …Injuries played havoc with the casting throughout November and December…
Baltic Dance Theatre – Kylian/Weiss bill: Windows, No More Play, Six Dances – Gdansk
It is refreshing to see Jiri Kylian’s repertoire performed by a mostly modern company, and the two works of his that completed the programme were danced with an encouraging sense of theatrical flair.
La Scala Ballet – Marguerite and Armand, Concerto DSCH – Milan
La Scala Ballet is often dismissed as a company without depth, a haven for international guest artists living on a steady regime of full-length ballets. And yet Makhar Vaziev, who left the Mariinsky to take the helm in Milan in 2008, has been taking on more ambitious projects, one baby step at a time…
