DanceTabs photographer Foteini Christofilopoulou recently spent the day with Birmingham Royal Ballet starting with company class, followed by rehearsals of two works involving the company with Miguel Altunaga, Goyo Montero, Alessandra Ferri, and director Carlos Acosta.
Tag - Miguel Altunaga
★★★✰✰ "These two extraordinary ballet stars gave a masterclass in elegant partnering, Ferri precise on pointe and soaring in a demanding series of lifts, Acosta charismatic, graceful and gracious."
★★★✰✰ A night of premieres for BRB this week with two World premieres (from Miguel Altunaga and Daniela Cardim) and one British premiere (from Goyo Montero) in their latest triple bill - "Curated By Carlos"...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
★★★★✰ As part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial celebrations, Rambert dance company took over all four floors of Sadler's Wells before the on-stage performance of this year's Event.
★★★✰✰ The bill is a bold statement of intent – but a little underwhelming in reality.
★★★✰✰ The 2019 winner is London-born Julia Conway and her success was well deserved.
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 19th National Dance Awards…
★★★✰✰ Brandstrup keeps so many options open that the narrative thread of Life is a Dream is hard to pin down, even if you have read the programme notes and mugged up the 1635 play of the same name.
Life is a Dream is Kim Brandstrup's new work for Rambert. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Head and shoulders above other new work this year was Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern for the Royal Ballet...
★★★★✰ There is a cocksure, swaggering confidence about this company and these dancers, in this programme.
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 18th National Dance Awards...
★★★★✰ This is the largest production yet mounted by Rambert - celebrating its 90th Anniversary, this year - accounting for over 110 performers, including 70 musicians and singers.
★★★✰✰ Malgorzata Dzierzon, Patricia Okenwa and Alexander Whitley are all at different stages of their emergence as choreographers. Each of them has progressed with the active support of Rambert’s choreographic development programme...
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 17th National Dance Awards,
Gallery by Stephen Wright...
The Future is a collaboration between Rambert and The Lowry to showcase original works choreographed and performed by Rambert’s dancers and artists from the north of England. Gallery by Stephen Wright...
★★★★✰ “Thank you, Carlos,” boomed one audience member as Acosta ended his performance by changing out of his dance gear, sitting meditatively on stage...
★★★★✰ The centrepiece of this richly diverse programme was a dance puzzle, perhaps broadly equivalent to a game of three-dimensional chess.