Gallery by Dave Morgan...
Tag - Sadler’s Wells
This programme exploits their open-hearted zest for dancing and gives them some meaty choreographic challenges.
Alain Platel was inspired to make this work by the life of an elderly Brazilian woman named Estamira. Suffering from schizophrenia, yet charismatic and philosophical, she lived on a municipal rubbish dump...
Savion Glover’s latest show is the ultimate exposition of world-beating virtuosity, performed as an act of spiritual devotion that venerates past leaders of the Hoofer faith.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Dance at the Hong Kong Arts Festival 2014: Trisha Brown, Akram Khan, Pina Bausch, Jockey Club Series
The 2014 Arts Festival offered contemporary dance from established international masters along with new wave work from Asia, Scandinavia and Hong Kong itself.
It takes Thiérrée a long time to make each new work. Tabac Rouge is his fourth production in a decade...
I was not surprised to discover that Farruquito was voted one of the world’s great beauties by People magazine since I spent much of this show wondering if he had a talking mirror in his dressing room...
If Maya is a consummate performer who manages to be both elegant and ebullient in equal measure, then her guest, Manuel Liñán is easily the crème-de-la-crème of the male dancers seen thus far...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
...he, as the solo dancer in the show, is the dominating and controlling force. But much of the joy in the performance comes from the musicians he shares the stage with...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Miguel Poveda is impossibly boyish for a man who recently passed his 41st birthday...
Gallery by Dave Morgan...
Les Nuits is inspired by the Thousand and One Nights, stories which have come together from Indian, Persian, Arabian and North African sources. Preljocaj is quoted as being influenced by the erotic content of the stories...
Cloud Gate's lotuses set the scene for a lengthy work which is meditative, poetic and often beautiful to look at.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
The highlight of the evening is Claes’ own piece, Is My Whining Winding You Up? Three female friends – portrayed by Claes, Andrea Queens and Natalie Baylie – meet for coffee and to unburden themselves