May 2007

1. Jonzi D in TAG... Me vs the City at Peacock Theatre

   Press Review Luke Jennings, Observer, Tuesday 8 May 2007Performance 2-4 May 07

   ‘it’s the skill of the dancers which gives the thing its beef. Most recognisable to UK audiences will be L’il Tim and K. L’il Tim is the preposterous one – back-flipping, head-spinning – while K is all shimmer and rippling line. ‘ 

2. News:

   Tuesday 8 May 2007

   Jasmin Vardimon gives a glimpse into what it is that drives her work Laura Barnett, Guardian, 8 May.07 Continue Reading

3. News: Bringing ballet to life

   Tuesday 8 May 2007

   Yuri Uchiumi, a répétiteur at the English National Ballet, explains how she translates a choreographer’s steps recorded in Benesh Movement Notation into living breathing dance. Clare Dight, Times, 19 Apr… Continue Reading

4. Jasmin Vardimon Company in Justitia at Touring

   Press Review Donald Hutera, Times, Friday 4 May 2007Performance

   ‘Vardimon’s staging can be ingenious, especially in the wordless, climactic tableaux when the set becomes both carousel and climbing gym.’  

5. Jonzi D in TAG... Me vs the City at Peacock Theatre

   Press Review Mark Monahan, Telegraph, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 2-4 May 07

   ‘It begins terrifically. To the audience’s astonishment, each of the large “sculptures” on stage from the start, resembling three-dimensional graffiti letters, turns out to have a dancer wrapped around it – one by one, they hypnotically unco… 

6. Darkin Ensemble in Augustine at The Place & touring

   Press Review Lyndsey Winship, The Stage, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 1&2 May 07

   ‘All good stuff, and chilling in parts, but by attempting to nail some deep and subtle ideas, Darkin sets herself a huge challenge and the construction of the work doesn’t match the eloquence of the accompanying notes.’ 

7. Darkin Ensemble in Augustine at The Place & touring

   Press Review Sarah Crompton, Telegraph, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 1&2 May 07

   ‘Watching Fleur Darkin’s Augustine is an exercise in the suppression of expectation. It never quite delivers what it promises, but it does engross and enfold.’ 

8. Darkin Ensemble in Augustine at The Place & touring

   Press Review Zoe Anderson, Independent, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 1&2 May 07

   ‘Darkin is much more interesting when she comes to the idea of madness performed and recorded, something she evokes with sympathy and energy.’  

9. Darkin Ensemble in Augustine at The Place & touring

   Press Review Debra Craine, Times, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 1&2 May 07

   ‘From one young girl’s “dancing to a music of memory and feeling” Darkin takes a leap into the meaning of hysteria and the importance of dance in connecting us to our innermost feelings.’  

10. Darkin Ensemble in Augustine at The Place & touring

    Press Review Judith Mackrell, Guardian, Friday 4 May 2007Performance 1&2 May 07

    ‘… as the language is unpacked into longer choreographed vignettes, slivers of sweetness, humour and fantasy emerge, along with a liberating energy.’  

11. Feature: Spring at the Savoy

    Wednesday 2 May 2007

    *Want to dance with Will Kemp or Zenaida Yanowsky? Dance Umbrella’s fundraising event at Spring at the Savoy gives you the chance…* Dance Umbrella is taking over the ballroom at the Savoy on Sunday 1… Continue Reading

12. 

    News: Spring Dance at the London Coliseum

    Tuesday 1 May 2007

    *Spring Dance 2010 at the London Coliseum includes Nacional Ballet De Cuba (30 March – 4 April & 6 – 11 April); Mark Morris Dance Group (14 – 17 April); Birmingham Royal Ballet (20 – … Continue Reading

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