Some Memorable Performances of 2019 – London
Lynette Halewood with some reflections on London dance performances over the last year – the good and the less good…
Merce Cunningham Trust – Night of 100 Solos, Centennial Event – London
★★★★✰ A quote from The Observer’s dance critic, Nigel Gosling, in 1964: ‘Merce Cunningham and his company have burst on the British scene like a bomb …heart-warming proof that here is an art with a future…’
BalletBoyz – Them/Us – London
★★★★✰ There’s lots to savour in this burst of creative expression from the present crop of Boyz.
Russell Maliphant Company – maliphantworks2: Critical Mass, Two Times Two, Still, Duet – London
★★★★✰ Duet, the new work for Maliphant and Fouras closes the programme. This has a surprisingly eclectic soundtrack. After bursts of static as if from a radio, a vintage recording of Una furtive lacrima tenderly sung by Caruso…
BalletBoyz – Fourteen Days bill – London
★★★★✰ Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt’s all-male company are on sparkling form right now.
BalletBoyz – Life: Rabbit, Fiction – London
★★★★✰ Having missed the opening night of the BalletBoyz tour, at Sadler’s Wells, a few weeks ago, I caught up with it, just three bus stops away from my home…
BalletBoyz – Life: Rabbit, Fiction – London
★★★★✰ Michael Nunn and William Trevitt never fail to surprise: this latest double-bill for their ten-strong all-male dance company is a case in point.
Inheriting Broken Fall – New Russell Maliphant dancers take on a legendary piece of dance
An interview with Adam Kirkham, Carys Staton, Nathan Young and Yu-Hsien Wu of Russell Maliphant Company as they take on roles first created by Guillem and the BalletBoyz. Also advice to graduating students and discussion of Maliphant’s approach to creating new work…
English National Ballet – Emerging Dancer Competition 2015
Like ENB at large, the eight finalists for 2015 are a noticeably international bunch, representing Germany, America, Ukraine, Brazil, China and the UK between them.
BalletBoyz – Young Men – London
William Trevitt and Michael Nunn have taken their BalletBoyz company up a few gears with this latest work; pitching their 11 male dancers – and two guest women – into an intense, demanding, full-length piece exploring the horrors of war.
BalletBoyz, The Talent, at Deloitte Ignite 2014 – The Murmuring, MeTheus, Mesmerics – London
I like McNally’s sense of fun but I also like this more serious side because the movement is also fresh and unpredictable. Of all the ballet choreographers coming through I think hers is one of the most original voices.
BalletBoyz: The Talent 2013 – Serpent, Fallen – London
…very definitely worth catching for an energetic and engrossing evening of dance.
The Forsythe Company – N.N.N.N., Study #3 – London
What Merce Cunningham devised as an Event, William Forsythe calls a Study. In both cases, the choreographer has combined selections from his back catalogue to make a ‘new’ work…
BalletBoyz: The Talent 2013 – Serpent, Fallen – London
Fallen, an exhilarating closer of the double bill, presents the company at its heart-stopping best.
Liam Scarlett – Choreographer and Royal Ballet Artist in Residence
5 Questions for Liam Scarlett – catching up on new commissions, including BalletBoyz, Miami City Ballet and the new job…
