April 2008
Feature: Siobhan Davies Primary Bank
For more information on this project go to the “Siobhan Davies Website”:http://www.siobhandavies.com/dance/creative-projects/primary-bank/primary-bank-2007.html Supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundatio… Continue Reading
DV8 in To Be Straight With You at Nottingham & touring
‘In this work, which is a loosely linked series of solo and ensemble turns by a polyglot mob of talents, Newson fashions a thrilling entertainment around the obliquely suggested idea that taking personal responsibility for one’s own attitudes, on the one hand…
News: Breakin' Convention 08
Breakin’ Convention is back again this May Bank Holiday weekend for the fifth International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre. Over three days there’s the chance to catch performances by poppers, lo… Continue Reading
Phoenix Dance Theatre in Mixed Bill at Sadler's Wells
‘If his first two seasons are anything to go by, this is extremely good. De Frutos ditched the so-so works from so-so choreographers, and created his own still eyebrow-raising pieces as well as bringing in little-seen giants from the past.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘The big news of this production is the music. Brandstrup uses a recently rediscovered Prokofiev score, sketches for a film project that was never completed, arranged and expanded by composer Michael Berkeley.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘Brandstrup’s twisting, restless choreography works well on the corps, but is best in the partnerwork, particularly in the detail given to the women – fingers flick in annoyance, shoulders square up defensively or slouch in resignation.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘Nuñez and Pennefather are wonderful, she deftly shading her performance with foreboding, he simply fading into unknowability, but it’s Lauren Cuthbertson’s Russian Girl who is the revelation. [Serenade]’
Cirque Du Soleil in Delirium at 02 arena
‘About halfway through Delirium, there are are two Chinese acrobats of such staggering skill that they almost stop the show.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘His [Balanchine’s] Serenade opened The Royal Ballet’s triple bill at the Opera House last night and easily eclipsed all else.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘Brandstrup’s fondness for elliptical choreography is well served by their emotional turmoil, which plays out in long phrases that reveal inner suffering with an outward stretch.’
Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
‘The result [Rushes] is one of the richest and most dramatic new ballets seen on the stage of the Royal Opera House for a good long time, a sensual, fluid creation.’
News: Youth dance science project at Laban
Laban has received a grant of over £180,000 from The Leverhulme Trust to help fund a unique three year dance study which will use scientific methods to examine the processes of identifying and developing talent… Continue Reading
Review: Royal Ballet in Serenade/Rushes – Fragments of a Lost Story/Homage to the Queen at Royal Opera House
23 April 2008 This was an evening that fell unaccountably flat even though it’s hard to fault any of its ingredients; perhaps it was the lack of any continuity in the theme or style of the overall programm… Continue Reading
Review: Royal Ballet in Sleeping Beauty at Royal Opera House
Nothing exposes the ballerina like the balances in the Rose Adagio. If Roberta Marquez hastily took the hand of her suitor during the first few moments of this famous sequence, she more than made up for any wobb… Continue Reading
News: Rushes
Kim Brandstrup talks about his new work for the Royal Ballet, which is inspired by Dostoevsky and has two very different casts, led by Carlos Acosta and Tom Whitehead. Brandstrup talks to Ismene Brown about the … Continue Reading