Memorable Performances of 2018 – London
Semperoper Ballett Dresden were another new visitor in the summer, with a programme of Forsythe works, some not seen here before. But Forsythe is a theme this year in himself.
2018 National Dance Awards – Announcement of Nominations
The Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle is pleased to announce the nominations for the 19th National Dance Awards…
Lost Dog – Juliet and Romeo: A Guide to Long Life & Happy Marriage – London
★★★✰✰ Ben Duke’s speciality, in the works he devises for Lost Dog, the company he founded in 2004 with Raquel Meseguer, is conflating high art with low life – epic literature with everyday banalities.
Joan Clevillé Dance – The North – London
★★✰✰✰ The opening scene of The North, a new dance theatre work from Dundee-based troupe Joan Clevillé Dance, starts with a scene plucked straight from a Scandi noir…
Joan Cleville Dance – Plan B for Utopia – London
★★★✰✰ This hour-long work …poses in its opening lines the following question: “Why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the world changing for the better?”
Lost Dog – It Needs Horses, Home for Broken Turns – London
This is a work that is dark and deep, like a bottomless black pool requiring forensic exploration.
Scottish Dance Theatre – Pavlova’s Dogs quad bill – London
There is a refreshing honesty and endeavour to Scottish Dance Theatre, which this programme – surely crying out to be sub-titled ‘Love & Dogs’ – showcased splendidly.
