January 2008
News: South Bank Show Awards
Christopher Wheeldon has won the South Bank Show Dance Award for the first UK performances of his new company Morphoses at Sadler’s Wells last autumn. The other nominees in the category were Hofesh Shecht… Continue Reading
News: Liverpool hosts the best British...
Dance artists, producers and promoters from all over the world are converging on Liverpool for British Dance Edition 2008 – the showcase for all that’s happening in Dance in the UK, taking place from… Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Sylvia at Royal Opera House
‘Sarah Lamb, making her debut, is fascinating casting. A dancer of magnificent technique and style, she has approached 19th-century classics with a reverence that becomes dull. Sylvia is a glimpse of how good Lamb could be in a tutu ballet, stepping past reverence …
Tango por Dos in Miguel Angel Zotto's Buenos Aires Tango at Peacock Theatre
‘Buenos Aires Tango is a great show. It’s Argentine tango, the smooth, slip-slide variety. Forget the sharp, staccato tango we see on ballroom shows with almost comical flicks of the head and shoulders. With Tango por Dos, it’s all Latin languor.’
Sampled at Sadler's Wells
‘..it’s the strength of the onstage programme that sells it…It’s a good mix of solo and company performances.’
Sampled at Sadler's Wells
‘This is Sadler’s Wells’ advert for itself, a chance to sample the dance wares on offer throughout the year at London’s premier dance venue. It cost just £10 – five for prommers – to see a hugely diverse programme.’
Review: Sampled at Sadler's Wells
In a frenzy of activity, Sadler’s Wells opened its doors even wider to the dance loving public this weekend. This cut-price show, (with the aim to create new dance audiences – and ultimately increase… Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Sylvia at Royal Opera House
‘Sylvia, the 1952 ballet by Frederick Ashton, is looking even emptier and sillier than it did when rescued from oblivion three years ago, now that curiosity is sated.’
Royal Ballet in Sylvia at Royal Opera House
‘…it wins in the charm, zest and wit of Ashton’s choreography, in the music, of course (beautifully played under Benjamin Pope), in the lovely original designs by Robin and Christopher Ironside, with Peter Farmer’s sympathetic additions – an…
Royal Ballet in Sylvia at Royal Opera House
‘The Delibes score, meanwhile, one of the most compelling in classical ballet (Tchaikovsky thought it better than Swan Lake) is delivered with all the sweep and colour of 19th-century Paris under the baton of Benjamin Pope.’
Tilted Productions/Maresa von Stockert in Glacier at Laban
‘There’s a good reason why dance makers rarely engage with political issues: movement, even with words to help, is just too blunt an instrument.’
Tilted Productions/Maresa von Stockert in Glacier at Laban
‘As clever as she is, too much of her stylistic obsession – the constant testing of a prop or object with or against the body – can become a limitation. We perceive her sense of conscience. What is missing, crucially, is a commensurate urgency of fee…
News: Apprenticeships for leaders in ballet
DanceEast’s Fourth Rural Retreat for some of the world’s leaders in ballet took place earlier this month. Twenty seven dancers, choreographers, producers and artistic directors came from twelve diffe… Continue Reading
News: Bill T Jones
New York based choreographer and activist Bill T Jones is using audience feedback to develop his latest work. Read more in the Guardian, 23 Jan 08 Continue Reading
News: Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal bring Café Muller (in which Bausch makes a now rare appearance) and The Rite of Spring, two of her seminal works from the the 1970’s to Sadler’s Wells next month. Love her work… Continue Reading