Saturday, December 26, 2020
Our critic chooses her highlights, recalling inventive lockdown venues and the emotional return of the Royal Ballet
Film: Mark Kermode’s 10 best of 2020
The Observer critics’ review of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:32PMSaturday, December 5, 2020
Available onlineFive diversely enjoyable new dance works filmed to watch at home are a testament to artistic director Tamara Rojo’s ambitious guiding principles
In her time in charge of En…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AMSaturday, November 21, 2020
Available onlineEven on a laptop, the Royal Ballet’s latest mixed bill is a joy to behold
When our everyday lives are so confined, there are few more exhilarating pleasures than watching a…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMWednesday, October 28, 2020
Birmingham RepA timely new work by William Tuckett is the compelling centrepiece of a fine new mixed bill from Carlos Acosta’s BRB
“Ballet is back,” announced company friend Alan Titch…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:03AMSunday, October 18, 2020
Royal Opera House, LondonFor the RB’s first performance to a live audience since lockdown, Kevin O’Hare prepared an optimistic, invigorating selection of classics
The history of the Roya…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06AMSunday, October 4, 2020
Wim Vandekeybus lets Rambert loose in a nightmare, while Shechter’s solo piece has a timely sense of constriction
The Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus likes to provoke so it’s no su…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:36AMSunday, July 19, 2020
Inspired by the true story of a summer dance mania in 1518, a haunting new Artangel project directed by Jonathan Glazer films lone performers around the world dancing till they drop
In the s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AMSaturday, March 14, 2020
Sadler’s Wells; Royal Opera House, LondonAlston and company bow out gracefully in the face of budget cuts with a celebratory, intensely moving farewell showRichard Alston has ended where h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:06PMSunday, March 1, 2020
Barbican; Sadler’s Wells, LondonA magnificent double bill by Taiwan’s radical Cloud Gate Theatre overshadows a hymn to Isadora Duncan that only hints at her freedom and force
Someone ask…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:06AMSunday, February 23, 2020
Royal Opera House; Peacock theatre, LondonJacqueline du Pré’s life story is translated into a powerfully affecting ballet by Cathy Marston, while Kate Prince defies the odds with a refuge…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMMonday, January 27, 2020
Royal Opera House; Coliseum, LondonNatalia Osipova leads an unforgettable revival of John Cranko’s take on Pushkin. And English National Ballet’s celebrations bring back happy memories
W…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:03AMSunday, January 19, 2020
The Royal Ballet principal on her changing roles, how she dances through difficult emotions, and being ‘a complete bunhead’
Marianela Nuñez is one of the most acclaimed ballerinas in th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:33AMMonday, December 30, 2019
Pam Tanowitz hit home at last, Akram Khan and David Bintley bowed out, and the dance world looked back to Merce Cunningham and Margot Fonteyn
This felt like a year that belonged to women. F…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMMonday, December 23, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonAshley Shaw makes a triumphant return as doomed ballerina Vicky Page in Bourne’s inspired adaptation
The Red Shoes was the film that cemented my love for ballet. I …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:06PMSunday, December 8, 2019
Royal Opera House, LondonHayward gets things off to a flying start as Ninette de Valois’s comic ballet makes an overdue return
Dance has a strange relationship with its past. No art form l…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:54AMSunday, November 24, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe Cuban star returns with a buoyant showcase of his Havana-based company, while Michelle Dorrance takes tap to another level
Both Acosta Danza and Dorrance Dance ar…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:18AMTuesday, November 12, 2019
From the ballet performances like 17th century catwalk shows to Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw in a tutu, two exhibitions explore a stylish symbiotic relationship
The shy bookseller pl…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMSunday, October 27, 2019
Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe Royal Ballet is at the top of its game in a new triple bill of MacMillan, Ashton and a pinch of Petipa, while Russell Maliphant creates a mesme…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:33AMSunday, October 20, 2019
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, LondonPam Tanowitz’s dazzling new piece for the Royal Ballet worked perfectly alongside Ashton and Cunningham. Elsewhere, the best of …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSaturday, October 12, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonGisèle Vienne creates a mesmeric night of intrigue at a rave, while South African whirlwind Dada Masilo makes a ballet classic her own
The women are coming: dark, da…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:12PMSunday, October 6, 2019
Royal Opera House; Barbican, LondonThe Royal Ballet’s Vadim Muntagirov and Sarah Lamb, and Boy Blue’s Kenrick ‘H20’ Sandy, excel in otherwise laboured productions
One reason critics …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:33AMSunday, September 8, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA hip-hop tribute to Alvin Ailey dazzles with its thrilling interpretation of African American livesThe shadow of Alvin Ailey has always stood over the company he fou…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSunday, August 25, 2019
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Bolshoi’s London residency concludes with more breathtaking old-school brilliance
The dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet have packed up their London base and gone h…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSunday, August 18, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonBourne and his superb dancers inject visceral new life into Shakespeare’s overworked tragedy
You’ve got to hand it to Matthew Bourne, choreographer extraordinaire…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33AMSunday, August 11, 2019
Edinburgh Playhouse; Royal Opera House, LondonHelen Pickett’s inspired new reworking of an American classic is a keeper. And the Bolshoi’s comic turns on a collective farm prove irresist…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:42AMSunday, July 28, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonYoung hearts ran free in the National Young Dance Company’s thrilling Madhead, but too much was asked of four promising choreographersEnd of term in the dance world…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMSunday, July 21, 2019
The Dancehouse, ManchesterTrajal Harrell’s thrilling take on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof stands apart at the Manchester international festival – but more is less elsewhere
Sometimes you see a …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AMSunday, June 9, 2019
London Palladium; Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells; BarbicanThe Firebird gets a new lease of life, while San Francisco Ballet mixes Björk with Edith Wharton. Plus, a tribute to a top Fel…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:54AMSunday, May 26, 2019
Barbican Centre, LondonTanowitz’s distinctive choreography, seen for the first time outside the US, is a ravishing interpretation of TS Eliot’s poem
“We shall not cease from exploratio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:33AMSunday, May 19, 2019
Sadler’s Wells, LondonA new work by Marion Motin holds its own alongside two old favourites in this Rambert triple billIt’s a good idea from Rambert’s new leadership team of Helen Shut…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:03AMSunday, March 31, 2019
Royal Opera House, LondonThe principals lead an emotionally charged reprise of Royal Ballet’s old faithful
At its premiere in 1965, Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet broke new ground:…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:00AM 
