★★★★★ Sir Peter Wright, who was in the audience on Thursday’s opening night, must be very proud of his production, tweaked over the years since its staging in 1985.
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★★★✰✰ Rubinstein, the performers and her creative team are good climate change ambassadors as Dance No 2° reminds us how to live sustainably on our land... Ultimately the tone is one of optimism, a meditation on how people can live together, work together and nurture planet home
Alessandra Ferri and Carlos Acosta perform the world premiere of a new pas de deux, by Goyo Montero, as part of an extended version of Montero's Chacona. The work can be seen in Birmingham Royal Ballet's Curated by Carlos triple bill presented on 4-6 Nov 2021 at Sadler’s Wells. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
With Natalia Osipova and Reece Clarke in the lead roles. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★✰✰ All Jose Agudo tells us is that he has drawn on Prosper Merimée’s novella. But the operatic version casts a long shadow in our minds...
★★★★✰ The opening night program of the Martha Graham Dance Company’s current New York City season at the Joyce Theater served up generous and satisfying nourishment for the human soul.
★★★✰✰ Delightful moments shone in both Shadow (part 1) and The Healer, though there were also moments with less clarity.
★★★✰✰ "Sometimes, American Ballet Theatre is a conundrum... The repertory can be so uneven that from one day to the next, one’s opinion of the entire company shifts."
Isamu Noguchi and Martha Graham collaborated for over fifty years, from 1934 until his death in 1988, and the new Barbican exhibition in part covers their rich artistic relationship. The exhibition also included a live performance of Martha Graham's "Lamentation", danced by Yolande Yorke-Edgell.
★★★✰✰ Featuring Alexei Ratmansky's 'Fandango', Justin Peck's 'Bloom' and Ayodele Casel's 'Where We Dwell'...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★★✰ With its rich narratives and striking choreography, Lyra had much to offer. Another element it had going for it was the cast. Each and every performer went much further than just ‘playing’ or ‘dancing’...
★★★★✰ I caught four débuts in the lead roles of Giselle and Albrecht: Skylar Brandt with Herman Cornejo on Oct. 21, Thomas Forster alongside Gillian Murphy on Oct. 22, and both Cassandra Trenary and Calvin Royal III at the Oct. 22 matinee
The first Graham Studio Series event of 2021/22 was a working rehearsal of Andrea Miller's new work, "Scavengers", which will be premiered at the Joyce Theatre on the 26 October 2021. Karen Greenspan on the first of a fascinating series of events...
★★★★✰ Some will argue that the original cast embodied an authentic postmodernism that has been lost. But Dance, as it currently exists, offers an unusual means of observing past and present simultaneously, which, in itself, is rewarding.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★✰✰ The return of the company’s Giselle is a return to a kind of normalcy, even if the performance itself contained reminders that this time is anything but normal.
★★★✰✰ Birmingham Royal Ballet's latest bill, Carlos Curates: R&J Reimagined, had the company dancing in Edward Clug's Radio and Juliet (★★✰✰✰) and presenting Rosie Kay Dance Company in their new Romeo + Juliet (★★★★✰)
Authors Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder parachute into the mid 20th century, a time when men were men, girls were girls, and White supremacy was supreme. And Americans exulted in their good fortune by dancing and the dance albums came thick and fast...
With Fumi Kaneko and William Bracewell in the lead roles. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...