April 2006
Royal Ballet in Giselle at Royal Opera House
“[Darcey] Bussell’s village girl is immediately real, with a freshness that lifts the ponderous naturalism of Peter Wright’s production. “
Jean Abreu in Mixed Bill at The Place
“Jean Abreu is one of those choreographers whose vocabulary seems hewn directly out of their own bodies.”
Jean Abreu in Mixed Bill at The Place
“Deliberately inconclusive, the piece seemed to symbolise the warring forces which have to be reconciled within all of us.”
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
“the dance is terrific. Tharp’s kids – and, really, this show is all about the guys – kick up a storm.”
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
“The plot is a thinner excuse for dancing than the feeblest 19th-century ballet, and there are as many examples of virtuoso spinning and jumping and acrobatics as are to be found in entire ballet galas.”
Zoe Anderson in THE ROYAL BALLET: 75 years at Published by Faber
“Anderson picks her way with admirable skill through a minefield of artistic and political inadequacies, as well as through the season-by-season history of the dance and its dancers. Her narrative is wisely and carefully factual, entirely proper for a celebratory h…
Ballets Russes in Documentary film at Selected cinemas
“This pacy, lovingly made film charts the rise and fall of the companies that took classical ballet from Melbourne to Montevideo after the death of Diaghilev, in 1929.”
News: Ballet Russes
A documentary about the remarkable ballet company brings together interviews with its dancers and rare footage of their performances.The film is on general release from 21 April. Background ‘Hard to imagin… Continue Reading
News: New Artistic Director-Phoenix
Javier De Frutos is to become the new Artistic Director of Phoenix Dance Company. He succeeds Darshan Singh Bhuller and will take up the post in August this year. Speaking about his appointment he said “I … Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Romeo & Juliet at Royal Opera House
‘The stage was drenched with flowers and there was barely a dry eye in the house when Sylvie Guillem took her bow amidst thunderous applause on Friday at the end of what is widely thought to have been her last performance as Juliet.’
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
‘Sensitive ballet fans will doubtless find Movin’ Out appallingly loud and vulgar, but anyone with a passion for popular culture at its electrifying best will have an absolute blast.’
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
‘For all the vaunted bittersweet lyricism of Joel’s songs, the music is too monochrome to force Tharp into any profound exploration of her material.’
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
‘..her dances here are music-theatre clichés, plus the odd ballet convention.’
Twyla Tharp/Billy Joel musical in Movin' Out at Apollo, Victoria
‘It’s the best show dancing in town’
News: Dance Umbrella - new Director
Dance Umbrella announced today that Betsy Gregory, currently their Associate Artistic Director, will become the Artistic Director when Val Bourne retires after this year festival. Announcing the appointment, Ric… Continue Reading