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Review: MALEVO, Peacock Theatre
Bang-bang-bang. Tap-tap-tap. Stomp-stomp-stomp. Crackity-crack-crack. Matías Jaime’s Argentinian hit Malevo sounds like the world’s loudest hailstorm while serving up a feast of blistering choreography....
Review: MAUD LE PLADEC-TWENTY-SEVEN PERSPECTIVES, Sadler's Wells
I wonder why London has had to wait five whole years to see this extremely worthwhile piece? ...
Review: THE LIMIT, Royal Opera House
A play about the limits of language ought to easily translate into a ballet. Words naturally count for less and speech is no longer the primary means of communicating emotions. But does Sam Steiner’s indie darling Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons make the leap into dance?...
Review: HOPEBOYKINDANCE Presents STATES OF HOPE At The Joyce Theater
Through States Of Hope, a fully scripted, evening-length, new dance theater work, Hope Boykin shares experiences and insights in a multifaceted excavation of self-discovery, reshaping, and renewal—a dance memoir of sorts....
Review: ANEMOI/THE CELLIST, Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet presents revivals of two contrasting yet sublime one act ballets. The abstract nature of Anemoi is ethereal and makes for an enthralling ballet. The Cellist is a commission by the Royal Ballet, Choreographed by Cathy Marston. Marston’s skills are a masterclass in clear balletic st...
Review: BLACK SABBATH - THE BALLET, Sadler's Wells
A stunning celebration of the music of Birmingham legends Black Sabbath performed by the Birmingham Royal Ballet. The combination of heavy metal music with ballet may not seem an obvious one but here we are thanks to the direction of Carlos Acosta, who had the vision to celebrate Birmingham’s most...
Review: POCKETART COLLECTIVE/LOUISE ORWIN DOUBLE BILL, The Place
Autumn at The Place continues with a double bill featuring the Prague-based Pocketart Collective with The Lion’s Den and Louise Orwin's Famehungry.
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Review: JEKYLL & HYDE at KC Ballet
An instant hit for fans of the gothic and the macabre...
Review: MOS, IOANNA PARASKEVOPOULOU, Barbican Centre
Foley artists don’t often get moments to shine - step forward Athens based dancer and choreographer Ioanna Paraskevopoulou with her work MOS presented by Dance Umbrella....
Review: SONG OF SONGS, PAM TANOWITZ, Barbican Theatre
Song of Songs premiered in 2022 and now has its London opening at the Barbican Centre. The work sees American dance maker Pam Tanowitz collaborate with Pulitzer prize-winning composer David Lang....
Review: SEA OF TROUBLES, Screening, Royal Opera House
Kenneth MacMillan was renowned for being a major film buff, so we can assume he’d revel in his 1988 work Sea of Troubles being transferred to the big screen...
Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, Peacock Theatre
If using the relaxing music of dinner party favourite Sting as the basis for a wild and inventive hip hop dance show isn’t an act of iconoclastic bravado, then what is?...
Review: Fall for Dance Festival Falls Flat
'The New York City Center's Festival, known for its diverse programming, offered audiences a selection of works that were artful, if not a little boring.'...
Review: CHANGE TEMPO, DANCE UMBRELLA, The Place
Dance Umbrella present their international double-bill Change Tempo with SU PinWen and Alexandre Fandard. ...
Review: MÁM, MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN, Sadler's Wells
A mega night at the theatre....
Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Opera House
Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov sizzle in a crowdpleasing revival of the Royal Ballet's 2013 production...
Review: MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center?...
Review: FALL FOR DANCE at New York City Center Thrills-Now Through October 8th
The marvelous dance event of the season, “Fall for Dance” is now happening at New York City Center and audiences love it!...
Review: CAN THIS PLACE BE A TEMPLE? AKSHAY SHARMA, The Place
Everyone loves a thinker, and Akshay Sharma definitely seems to be one. He presented his rigorous, 2023 solo Can This Place be a Temple? at The Place 3 October for one night only....
Review: THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, The Coronet Theatre
Stephanie Mohr’s new production of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist novella The Yellow Wallpaper is described as a “genre-defying production blending theatre, dance, live video and sound” - no pressure then!
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Review: EMILYN CLAID, UNTITLED, The Place
Claid herself is many things: “choreographer, writer, director and teacher” - and so is the nature of the piece....
Review: RHYTHM OF HUMAN, Coronet Theatre
Ambiguous present the UK premiere of Rhythm of Human, choreographed by Kim at The Coronet Theatre. The work looks at the present day Korean man wrestling with societal expectations, and the Ambiguous blurb proposes “undefinable” content in order to communicate the narrative agenda through Kim's ...
Review: THE REVENGE OF POPPERFACE, The Place
The Revenge of Popperface by Gareth Chambers invites the audience to muse over 'an experimental exploration of masculinity' through the occult and opera no less....
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: CONTEMPORARY VOICES, Sadler's Wells
As the most widely seen modern dance work in the world, Alvin Ailey's Revelations has become part of the DNA of contemporary and popular dance, and it is a privilege to finally experience it on a live stage, alongside its more modern yet complementary 21st century cousins from Kyle Abraham and Rob...
Review: San Francisco Ballet's STARRY NIGHTS at Stanford Live Offered Up a Sumptuous Summer Evening of Dance
What did our critic think of San Francisco Ballet's STARRY NIGHTS at Stanford Live? BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's sumptuous summer program....
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