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Review: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT, Royal Opera House

Review: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT, Royal Opera House

by Franco Milazzo — February 13, 2024

Appearing as part of their Festival of New Choreography, the Royal Ballet have partnered with the National Ballet of Canada for Dark With Excessive Bright, an extraordinarily intimate experiment which allows audience to experience the art form in a radical way.

Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre

Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre

by Franco Milazzo — February 2, 2024

Filled with a couple of operas’ worth of tragedy, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles is not the likeliest source of inspiration for a dramatic circus show but Ockham's Razor are here to prove us wrong.

Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet

Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet

by Jim Munson — January 30, 2024

What did our critic think of MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the world premiere of 'Mere Mortals' at San Francisco Ballet, a wildly ambitious collaboration between much in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Sam Shepherd.

Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum

Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum

by Vikki Jane Vile — January 13, 2024

Fresh from no fewer than 40 performances of Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker (a production which now seems to thankfully be going into retirement) English National Ballet, are back less than a week later to round off their Coliseum season, this time it’s Mary Skeaping’s Giselle which they last perfo

Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Sadler's Wells

Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Sadler's Wells

by Matthew Paluch — December 14, 2023

No Sugarplum Fairy at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas…they've got Edward Scissorhands instead! Specifically Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures production running until 20 January.

Review: DORRANCE DANCE: NUTCRACKER SUITE at Kennedy Center

Review: DORRANCE DANCE: NUTCRACKER SUITE at Kennedy Center

by Elliot Lanes — December 4, 2023

The New York City based tap ensemble Dorrance Dance roared into Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre this past weekend with their take on Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn.

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