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Tag - Sadler’s Wells
The cast’s collective maturity serves the work well since the central theme of many of the 50 or so episodes concerns the passage of life; concentrating especially on memories of childhood and youth contrasting with images of old age.
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
The production has been touring since 2006, and will probably welcome near-full houses again on this run. I’m left with an overwhelming sense of an opportunity missed, however...
...the men Ivan Putrov has chosen for his latest Men in Motion programme are exceptional dance-interpreters, not self-glorifiers...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
“I want audiences to leave inspired, not scratching themselves in boredom."
Where Cheap Lecture seemed content to dispense casual and unpretentious pearls of wisdom in rhythmic form (“things made with effort sometimes only show effort”), Rebelling Against Limits seems shot-through with a minor angst...
Lynette Halewood with her personal selection of London dance memories this last year...
Strongest to emerge was Dzierzon's 'Hikikomori' apparently about social reclusiveness, though Dzierzon’s treatment of her theme was not didactic...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
I’m not ashamed to admit to a tear in my eye at the final curtain...
Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
Nothing says more about Rambert's need for new premises than a sign taken down from one of the old studios: "Jumping is not allowed in this studio due to structural weakness"
Who knew that Beethoven composed his own cover version of ‘Sally in our Alley’? Mark Morris, obviously: the (English) song is the centrepiece of The Muir...
In this programme we got some shiny new toys, maybe quirkier than we imagined, but some definitely to keep and treasure.
...very definitely worth catching for an energetic and engrossing evening of dance.
So the company showed well enough to save the afternoon – but how much better they would look in a stronger piece.
Reid Anderson can certainly pick dancers and choreographers in the making. We really do need to see Stuttgart Ballet more often in order to keep up with his discoveries.