Birmingham Royal Ballet – Autumn delights: La fille mal gardée & The Nutcracker – London & Birmingham
★★★★✰ 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.
Rosie Kay Dance Company – MK Ultra – London
★★★✰✰ Rosie Kay’s MK Ultra is an ambitious project which tackles complex thematic sources – conspiracy theories, brain washing and mind-control, not to mention myths about secret societies such as the Illuminati…
Leo Butler, Roxana Silbert and Rosie Kay – Woyzeck – Birmingham
★★★✰✰ As Woyzeck productions go this was rather different featuring just two professional actors, supported by a community company of over 80 who supplied the other named roles but for the most part super-colourful reality and dancing. For me, it’s their show and the big reason to see the staging.
Royal Danish Ballet – The Queen of Spades – Copenhagen
★★★✰✰ The good news is that Queen of Spades is a good-looking crowd pleaser and the RDB dancers look fantastic in it – I can’t emphasise that enough. Also good that it’s a step up from his last commission, Frankenstein – thank goodness, really.
Memorable Performances of 2017 – London
Head and shoulders above other new work this year was Crystal Pite’s Flight Pattern for the Royal Ballet…
Rosie Kay Dance Company – 5 Soldiers: the Body is the Frontline – London
★★★★✰ The physicality of 5 Soldiers during the hour-long performance brings home the breaking of bodies…
Gallery – Rosie Kay Dance Company in 5 Soldiers: The Body is The Frontline
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
Rosie Kay Dance Company – MK Ultra – London
★★★✰✰ Kay has produced a visually exciting and sexy work based on a theory that is all clearly nonsense.
Rosie Kay Dance Company – MK Ultra – Birmingham
★★★✰✰ Overall I came away impressed by an intelligent multimedia show that really makes you think about your views and how they have been influenced by what you see and hear…
Rosie Kay on her new MK Ultra – exploring the world of conspiracy theory and the Illuminati
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.
Rosie Kay Dance Company – Double Points: K, Motel – Birmingham
★★★★✰ Motel is a gem… An award-winning company in great creative form.
David Massingham on International Dance Festival Birmingham – now running (May 2016)
International Dance Festival Birmingham is back for a fifth time, running now (1 – 22 May 2016) and larger than ever we think. To find out more we did an email interview with David Massingham – Co-Artistic Director of IDFB…
BalletLORENT – Snow White – London
★★★★✰ It’s taken me a while to catch up with Lorent but my goodness I won’t miss much from here on.
2015 National Dance Awards – Winners Announced
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…
2015 National Dance Awards – Announcement of Nominations
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 16th National Dance Awards,
Rosie Kay Dance Company – 5 Soldiers: The Body is The Frontline – London
Kay’s cast all look real, raw, anxious and laser sharp, ready for action…
Gallery – Rosie Kay Dance Company in 5 Soldiers: The Body is The Frontline
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou…
Rosie Kay – Choreographer and Company Director, talking about the return of 5 Soldiers
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.
