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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....
Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO & JULIET, Sadler's Wells
In Matthew Bourne’s dystopian take on the classic love story, there are leaps aplenty - and not just in the physical sense....
Review: THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET: 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Royal Opera House
All good things come to an end, and to signify the culmination of their week-long residency at the Royal Opera House, The Australian Ballet offered a suitably wonderful Celebration Gala acknowledging their 60th anniversary....
Review: JEWELS, Royal Opera House
London welcomes The Australian Ballet to the Royal Opera House after 35 years, to celebrate their 60th anniversary, with six performances in total....
Review: CARLOS AT 50, Royal Opera House
How do mere mortals celebrate their 50th birthday? By having a midlife crisis? Not dance royalty Carlos Acosta, who seems to literally turn back time by making a return to the stage as a dancer - having retired from performing in 2016 - in Carlos at 50 at the Royal Opera House (with five, basically ...
Review: ONE DANCE at Lincoln Center-A Stunning Visual Display of Korean Dance
SK Group, the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is now presenting the Sejong Center’s exceptional display of dance with their program, One Dance during Korean Arts Week. ...
Review: FLAMENCO FESTIVAL: LA LEONA, Sadler's Wells
Sadler’s Wells' Flamenco Festival really is a festival. As in the programme includes a wide range of approaches and possibilities when dealing with the genre. It makes the relevance of flamenco in 2023 something to ponder - as there's clearly an interest, and different generations of creatives ver...
Review: SW!NG OUT at The Joyce Theater through July 2-The Dance Highlight of the Summer
'SW!NG OUT' is now at The Joyce Theater through July 2 and wow, just wow! The beloved genre of Lindy Hop, the pre-eminent form of swing-Jazz, partnered dance is being presented at its very best with choreography and improvisation by Director, Caleb Teicher and the Braintrust in collaboration with ul...
Review: CHERYLYN LAVAGNINO DANCE EXPLORES THE FRAGILITY OF EXISTENCE IN NEW PROGRAM at The Jack Crystal Theater
What did our critic think of CHERYLYN LAVAGNINO DANCE EXPLORES THE FRAGILITY OF EXISTENCE IN NEW PROGRAM at The Jack Crystal Theater?...
Review: CINDERELLA, Royal Albert Hall
It’s exactly four years since English National Ballet brought Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella to the Royal Albert Hall. It sat happily in my memory, from 2019, as a visual spectacle; the opulent ball scene, those slapstick sisters and Julian Crouch’s fantastical designs. Now it returns, thes...
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