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Dances new and old by Pam Tanowitz and Balanchine elevated week 3 of Dance Reflections to new heights A premiere from the New York choreographer Pam Tanowitz and a cross-section of work by George Balanchine, the third giant of 20th…
A young audience relished a performance of Romeo and Juliet, part of The Royal Ballet’s Schools Matinees programme Very few thrills beat watching a live stage performance in a theatre packed with schoolchildren. Their uncontained excitement and their unfiltered,…
Week 2 of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels ranged from the sublime to the frankly tedious In the UK now we rarely see work from the second giant of contemporary dance featured in Dance Reflections by Van Cleef…
Week 1 of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels brought a range of postmodern dance to London London is hosting its second Dance Reflections festival, sponsored by the French Maison of Jewellery Van Cleef & Arpels, which has a…
Human shadows and dancing drapes join Russell Maliphant on stage at the Coronet Theatre in the new maliphantworks4 Dancer and choreographer Russel Maliphant has accustomed us to shows of remarkable immersive power, where his characteristic hybrid movement combines with sound…
Vadim Muntagirov and Fumi Kaneko raise MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet to a new level on its 60th anniversary… In a lifetime of watching dance, many performances have, with time, slipped entirely out of my mind. Others remain as cherished, if…
International ballet stars converged on the London Coliseum for Ballet Icons Gala 2025, this annual event’s latest edition Old and new, classical and contemporary, the 16 pieces that made up the Ballet Icons Gala 2025 had much to commend them,…
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…