October 2009
Feature: Svapnagata Festival 2009
Aditi Mangaldas & Priyadarshini Govind – 21 November An evening of short works from kathak dancer Aditi Mangaldas and bharatanatyam dancer Priyadarshini Govind. This evening juxtaposes the two great I… Continue Reading
Mark Morris Dance Group in Prog2:Visitation/Going Away Party/Three Preludes/Grand Duo at Sadler's Wells
‘In no other dance company and with no other living choreographer do dance and music exist so perfectly as one.’
Review: ACE Dance and Music in Switch at Rich Mix
Reviewed 28 October ACE Dance and Music came to Rich Mix in East London this week with their _*Switch*_double-bill. This Birmingham based company who combine contemporary dance with African and Caribbean movemen… Continue Reading
Feature: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Cyrano
Cyrano is a hilarious and heartbreaking story of one man’s truly self-sacrificing devotion, choreographed by David Bintley with music by Carl Davis. Catch the Birmingham Royal Ballet in London at Sadler&#… Continue Reading
Review: Michael Clark Company in Swamp / Come, Been and Gone at Barbican
Reviewed: 29 October Two works created 23 years apart made up the current Michael Clark Company programme – in London for this years Dance Umbrella and Barbican Bite:09 seasons as part of a European tour. … Continue Reading
News: Under Surveillance
November sees the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event which provided a rich vein for choreographer Maresa von Stockert’s questioning intellect and her company Tilted Productions.… Continue Reading
James Thierree in Raoul at Barbican Theatre
‘Doubtless the people who applauded James Thiérrée loud and long would award him more stars than I.’
News: New Arts Editor for BBC
Will Gompertz, is moving to the BBC from Tate Modern, where he’s been Head of Online Media. He’s also done stand up at Edinburgh and once upon a time was a Sadler’s Wells stagehand… Read … Continue Reading
News: Michael Clark interviewed
“I’ve always thought that my goal was to be ambitious for dance…When I was starting out, there was suspicion of modern dance in the classical dance world – it was considered what people d… Continue Reading
News: Finding common ground through dance
Watch a video about the making of Rosemary Lee’s new work for the Borough Hall, Greenwich in the Guardian, 28 Oct 09 Continue Reading
Morphoses - The Wheeldon Company in Programme 2: Continuum / Softly As I Leave You / Rhapsody Fantaisie at Sadler's Wells
‘…the real problem lies with Wheeldon’s relationship with the Rachmaninoff piano suites that are his chosen music. He seems deliberately to ignore their soaring romanticism in favour of a more earthbound cleverness….’
Royal Ballet in Sleeping Beauty at Sadler's Wells
Cojacuru is the perfect Aurora. Her tiny size helps – she looks every inch a 16-year-old launching herself on the world. But it is the detail of her dancing combined with an extraordinary technique that enable her to make such an impact.’
The Royal Ballet in Sleeping Beauty at Royal Opera House
‘Good, but not as good as it could be. There are plenty of virtues here, but the production is just a step away from being magical.’
Mark Morris Dance Group in Prog1: Empire Garden / Bedtime / V at Sadler's Wells
‘When you have lost your faith in the power of pure dance to touch the heart and feed the head, this is where you come to have faith restored.’