Review: RHIANNON FAITH COMPANY: LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS, Barbican
Rhiannon Faith Company premieres Lay Down Your Burdens at the Barbican Centre, another “socially conscious” work to add to their ever-growing portfolio
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Review: THE DANTE PROJECT, Royal Opera House
With a potent and varied score from Thomas Adès, vibrant choreography from Wayne McGregor, and intruguing design from Tacita Dean, The Dante Project captures the attention despite the assumption audiences know who's who in this revered Italian narrative poem.
Review: 'The Jungle Book Reimagined' Takes a Dark Look at Humankind
The beloved children’s classic gets a beautifully bleak update that compels audiences to confront our climate disaster and our predatory nature.
Review: LOVETRAIN2020, EMANUEL GAT, Sadler's Wells
LOVETRAIN2020 by Emanuel Gat started promisingly: atmospheric lighting, shafts of layered space and glimpses of new romantic courtiers bedecked in asymmetrical, louche garbs.
Review: PIONEERS, BALLET BLACK, Royal Opera House
Ballet Black return to the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre with their double bill Pioneers.
Review: RE:BIRTH, VAN HUYNH COMPANY, The Place
It seems unfathomable that a dance company has been based in London for 15 years and I've never seen their work before.
Review: MALAVIKA SARUKKAI: ANUBANDH – CONNECTEDNESS at The Kennedy Center
'Malavika Sarukkai: Anubandh – Connectedness' explores a narrative with a universalized touch – one that helped build the connections central to the piece itself.
Review: Pam Tanowitz, Artists at the Center Presents SONG OF SONGS at New York City Center
New York City Center is presenting the NYC premiere of 'Song of Songs' featuring gorgeous choreography by Pam Tanowitz perfectly set to David Lang’s exceptional choral music performed live on stage.
Review: KYLE MARSHALL CHOREOGRAPHY Makes Stunning Debut at The Joyce Theater
Broadwayworld had the pleasure of attending the opening night of “Kyle Marshall Choreography” at The Joyce Theater on Wednesday, November 8.
Review: NUTCRACKER, Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Southbank Centre
Every Christmas we are promised a 'new take' on either Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
Review: ZONA FRANCA, Southbank Centre
Welcome to Zona Franca, a show created by Brazilian choreographer Alice Ripoll and dance company Cia Suave that does its level best to defy being pigeonholed.
Review: NEW ENGLISH BALLET THEATRE: GENESIS DANCE PROJECT AND NEW WORKS, Sadler's Wells
New English Ballet Theatre is in its 13th year as a company and presents a mixed programme at the Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells that's also a rather mixed bag…
Review: GENERATIONS: THREE SHORT BALLETS, Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House
Northern Ballet presents the Generations: Three Short Ballets triple bill at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House as part of its national tour this autumn.
Review: MALEVO, Peacock Theatre
Bang-bang-bang.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
