★★★★✰ "Ultimately both versions of "Soldiers" have the same impact of sending you home aware of the sacrifice involved and proud of what the military does."
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★★★★✰ I look forward to the changes inevitably coming to BRB, but I can't believe any new director will turn their back on such repertoire gems as La fille mal gardee and their Peter Wright Nutcracker.
Head and shoulders above other new work this year was Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern for the Royal Ballet...
★★★★✰ The physicality of 5 Soldiers during the hour-long performance brings home the breaking of bodies...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★✰✰ Kay has produced a visually exciting and sexy work based on a theory that is all clearly nonsense.
Not heard of the Illuminati and the New World Order? Read on for a fascinating take on alternative news and brainwashing... and also a terrific record of just how a piece of dance gets created.
★★★★✰ Motel is a gem... An award-winning company in great creative form.
2015 National Dance Awards – The Nominations Gallery of awards pictures Press release 25 January 2016 The 16th National Dance Awards The Place, London: 25th January 2016 The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for 2015 were presented today at a ceremony in London, hosted by Arlene Phillips CBE. Unusually, the judges decided to give two De Valois Awards for Outstanding Achievement in 2015 to...
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 16th National Dance Awards,
Kay’s cast all look real, raw, anxious and laser sharp, ready for action...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
5 Questions for Rosie Kay on the-up-and-coming national tour of '5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Frontline' - her powerful piece about war and those who fight for us.
Dance Odysseys at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival with reviews on 20 dance works by Scottish Ballet, Scottish Dance Theatre, Gelabert Azzopardi Companyia de Dansa, James Cousins and Rosie Kay. Also thoughts on 4 rare films and links to much video material and many other reviews. It's big!
I've seen 'There is Hope' twice now and want to again - there is so much to unpack. ...It's a beautifully-crafted piece with the band an integral part of the telling - as much as the dancers. It deserves a lot more touring...
5 Questions for Rosie Kay – catching up on her latest work and new role as Artist in Residence at the Biocultural Variation and Obesity unit, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford.
People talk about wanting to get new and younger audiences in for dance and this was really a great way of achieving it.