★★★★✰ A harmonious blending of music and dance, it proved seventy-five minutes of non-stop bliss!
Tag - Linbury Studio Theatre
Semperoper Ballett Dresden were another new visitor in the summer, with a programme of Forsythe works, some not seen here before. But Forsythe is a theme this year in himself.
To celebrate 10 year of live relays the Royal Opera House is hosting a Cinema Festival of past works in the newly rebuilt Linbury Studio Theatre. Jann Parry was there for the screening of Ashton's Sylvia (recorded in 2005) and which included Darcey Bussell reminiscing about dancing the lead role...
★★★★✰ Wright's ending is the best ever, preserving the assurance of the Grand pas de deux that the future must surely be blissful.
★★★★✰ All credit to Viviana Durante (supported by Royal Ballet, Ballet Black and Scottish Ballet dancers) for contributing to the 25th anniversary of Kenneth MacMillan's death with recreations of his early work.
Head and shoulders above other new work this year was Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern for the Royal Ballet...
The Metropolitan Opera in New York staged "Le Rossignol" in December 1981 as part of a programme commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Stravinsky’s birth... the producer was John Dexter. He told Ashton, back in London, that he could choreograph two dancers as the Nightingale and the Fisherman on stage, while the roles would be sung by opera singers in the orchestra pit...
★★✰✰✰ ...an intriguing idea inflated into unwieldy modern dance-theatre.
She found that she came back to perform with the company she left five years ago with a different approach. ‘I know more about why I love to perform...'
★★★★✰ Bausch with added balls.
★★★★✰ ZooNation's "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party" has come a long way as a thoughtful Royal Opera House alternative to the Royal Ballet's "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories from the past year...
★★★★✰ I’ve long admired Ballet Black’s efforts to make ballet a more accessible art form to both dancers and audiences who’ve historically been excluded from it.
It's a busy time for Kim Brandstrup with premieres at Rambert, New York City Ballet and, later in spring, a full-evening work for Royal Danish Ballet. Jann Parry interviews one of the most thoughtful and reflective of choreographers...
reciting, along with modern bits of exposition to keep the audience informed of who’s who. Tuckett’s movement language is similarly diverse...
With Zenaida Yanowsky and Carlos Acosta in the lead roles. Gallery by Dave Morgan...
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
Odedra undoubtedly feels passionate about dyslexia ...and succeeds here in making what might seem an unlikely subject into a compelling account of struggle and wonder.
The solemnity of the middle section of the programme is alleviated by irreverent visions of heaven and hell...
The Royal Ballet’s 2015/2016 season is providing big opportunities for James Hay, promoted to First Soloist in June...