★★★★✰ ...I was again struck by just how effortlessly a story can be communicated and emotions laid bare by ballet - it was a triumph.
Tag - Northern Ballet
★★★★✰ In his new ballet, Kenneth Tindall takes Casanova on an epic adventure in absorbing dance theatre that aligns his inventive choreography and mime with a strong and exciting narrative...
★★★★✰ This is Northern Ballet firing on all dramatic cylinders - a fine show made great by the entire company.
The Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards for 2016 were presented today at a ceremony in London, hosted by Kenrick ‘H2O’ Sandy MBE and Michael ‘Mikey J’ Asante, the creative team behind the highly successful dance company, Boy Blue Entertainment.
Featuring: Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Dorrance Dance, Northern Ballet, dotdotdot dance, Iron Skulls Co, Julia Hiriart Urruty and Claudio Gonzalez. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories from the past year...
★★★✰✰ Veldman sure knows how to pick all the right ingredients for a dance show - but they really need presenting in a less cryptic way than they are here. But do go to see great contemporary dancers and a great violinist strut their stuff and enjoy it for that...
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 17th National Dance Awards,
★★★✰✰ In a nutshell Bintley's Tempest is a visual triumph but feels slight choreographically and you'd be well advised to mug up on the story before seeing it.
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Taming of the Shrew (Birmingham) and Northern Ballet: Jane Eyre (Leicester)
★★★✰✰ for BRB's troublesome fun packed Taming of the Shrew and ★★★★✰ Northern Ballet's Jane Eyre with Hannah Bateman in the lead...
★★★★✰ ...their final duet, when Rochester is blinded and broken, is truly touching...
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
★★★★✰ ...an excellent reminder of how enduring Orwell’s work is, and how powerful a channel ballet can be for complex human emotions like distrust and defeat.
"He lived a life of excess and theatrical flare!" Kenneth Tindall on Casanova.
★★★★✰ It's actually the best new narrative work I've seen Northern Ballet do in many years.
★★★✰✰ Although David Nixon authored this ballet long before Lord Grantham was a twinkle in Julian Fellowes’ eye, it certainly provides an inkling of Swan Lake meets Downton Abbey.
★★★★✰ 2016 marks the tenth annual “Sadler’s Wells Sampled,” a January taster of the London dance house’s upcoming season.
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year…
One essential factor in the current success of Phoenix is a cohort of excellent dancers...
Seeing Northern Ballet's Nutcracker is a lot like going to a favourite local trattoria. It's not incredibly fancy but the base ingredients are rather good - in this case the dancers and music...