Scottish Ballet’s Twice-Born programme ranges unsatisfactorily from the whimsical to the frankly disconcerting, but with one saving grace Star Ratings: Dive: 4* Schachmatt: 3* Twice-Born: 2* A visit to Sadler’s Wells by Glasgow-based Scottish Ballet is normally reason to cheer:…
Deepstaria, choreographer Wayne McGregor’s probe into the deep sea and jellyfish, had its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells A deepstaria is a type of large jellyfish, about which not much is known. It provides the title and inspiration for choreographer…
The Place hosts Mariposa, choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra’s queer take on Puccini’s Madama Butterfly for DeNada Dance Theatre Mariposa is, to coin a phrase, a game of two halves; and if the very busy first half left me cold, I…
The dancers of Portugal’s Companhia National de Bailado give their all in the varied, demanding triple bill Forsythe/McNicol/Balanchine The works featured in the Forsythe/McNicol/Balanchine triple bill have much in common: all display the choreographers’ meticulous responses to their music, with…
Acosta Danza breeds irresistible life into uneven material in its latest triple bill, Folclor, at the Linbury Theatre Cuba has a wealth of excellent dancers and by virtue of its very name Acosta Danza has the pick of the best. …
Hofesh Shechter’s disquieting dances impart heft to a strangely muted adaptation of Oedipus Rex at The Old Vic The decision to bring choreographer Hofesh Shechter’s frenzied dances into an adaptation of the tragedy of Oedipus was inspired. Part Greek…
The inaugural Rose Prize for Dance picked its winners but raised questions about the nature of dance today The suspense is over: the winner of the main £40,000 Rose Prize for an established choreographer is Christos Papadopoulos from Greece for…
Sadler’s Wells East, the newest theatre in London purpose built for dance, got going with Our Mighty Groove, hip hop for all Sadler’s Wells East has opened if not with a bang, then with a jolly club night entitled Our…
Ancient Greek myth comes powerfully alive in Phaedra + Minotaur, which pairs Britten and Brandstrup at the Linbury… Taken individually, Benjamin Britten’s cantata Phaedra and Kim Brandstrup’s ballet Minotaur each packs a powerful punch. Together, though, they inform and mirror…
Tight choreographies knit together magic and juggling in Gandini Juggling’s latest show, Heka, part of the MimeLondon festival Sean Gandini, co-founder of Gandini Juggling with his wife Kati Ylä-Hokkala, has an insatiably curious mind and an ever expanding range of…
Northern Ballet brings a rare but hugely enjoyable triple bill, Three Short Ballets, to the ROH Linbury Theatre The dancers of Northern Ballet are a pleasure to watch and this wide-ranging triple bill, Three Short Ballets, which had its London…
Choreographers from around the world compete for the brand new Rose International Dance Prize at Sadler’s Wells, London Dance making is a special craft. True, anybody can string together a few steps, link a series of movements; but few can…