This Royal Ballet triple bill is a classic example of ‘Chequers Deal’ programming. The attempt to please everyone results in a deeply
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:43AMPantomime is a uniquely British institution. A panto that isn’t rude, vulgar, raucous, smutty and mildly offensive isn’t a panto, it’s anaesthetised
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:02AMOriginating around the ninth Century in Persia the story of Layla and Majnun was described by George Gordon, Lord Byron as “the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:53AMCarlos Acosta may have retired from classical ballet but he is still restlessly inventive. Following the disappointing debut of his dance version
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:35AMIt’s a cold heart that doesn’t warm to the Trocks. The company’s singular brand of pastiche has been refined and honed over
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:46AMThank God for the orchestra. Tchaikovsky’s blazingly inventive ballet score receives a well-rounded interpretation by the English National Opera orchestra under the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:44AMThe bastard child of Joel Gray and Liberace, Reuben Kaye is the Blizzard from Oz. There must be something about Australia that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:35AMA thunderous, hypnotic drumbeat. The scalp-prickling drone of cellos. The low voices of a choir as they intone the lyrics of Space
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:03AM1930s glamour, songs from Cole Porter, Gershwin and Arthur Freed plus prancing Shetland ponies and dancing Dachshunds. Those of you seeking dangerous,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:28AMFor their first appearance at Sadler’s Wells, Dresden’s Semperoper Ballett make a judicious selection of William Forsythe works. His classical-based modernism is
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:10AMBallet Now will launch 10 new works in five years, pledging to expand its classical repertoire with fresh offerings. Neil Norman finds
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMAkram Khan claims that this will be his final solo work. At 43, the artist/performer – dancer/choreographer seems too limiting – confesses
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:06AMMilton’s line: “No light, but rather darkness visible” is as good a description of Kim Brandstrup’s new work as any. The first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:46AMI do like a little dry ice with my Swan Lake. Of the many alterations Liam Scarlett has made to this remodelling
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 10:01AMElizabeth I was an astonishing woman and an enduring royal icon. Not that you’d know it from Will Tuckett’s chamber ballet, first
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:33AMFor the final triple bill of the Royal Ballet season, the only connection between the pieces is that their makers have been
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:56AMThe Royal Ballet could learn a lot from English National Ballet about programming mixed bills. This well-balanced selection of works by American
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:02AMKenneth MacMillan’s Manon skims across a lake of darkness before plunging into its depths. The Abbe Prevost’s story of a girl whose
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:49AMTwo world premieres and a revival from all three associate choreographers of the Royal Ballet whets the appetite. Wayne McGregor’s opener, Yugen,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:22AMThere is no place like Rome for Pina Bausch. Premiered in 1986, Viktor is the first of her series of city-inspired works
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:13AMThe photo of Buster Keaton on the wall is a clue. Jakop Ahlbom’s inspiration for Lebensraum derives from silent comedies and cinematic
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:41PMI would like to say that with Ovo, Cirque du Soleil have laid an egg, but that would give the wrong impression.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:54AMFor a 20th century adaptation of a 19th century ballet, Peter Wright’s Nutcracker has endured remarkably well. Created in 1990 for Sadler’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:58AMSet in 1940 in London and combining Hollywood glitz with wartime drab, this Blitz-era ballet is steeped in tenebrous nostalgia and inspired
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:17AMSatori is the Japanese Buddhist term for ‘awakening’ or ‘seeing into one’s true nature’. And if anyone needed a lesson in self-awareness,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 05:02AMIs it my imagination of have there been some excisions in this venerable Nutcracker? I missed the naughty boys wielding wooden swords
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 09:21AMThirteen dance works in one evening may seem like a bargain. But for this latest programme curated by Ivan Putrov to explore
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:08AMRambert’s latest triple bill delivers on many fronts. The louche-limbed La Linha Curva is a riot of Brazilian-inspired carnival movement set to
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:29AMThere are two ways of programming mixed bills: either locate a common theme and encourage choreographers to riff around it or take
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:19AMIn a career spanning more than 50 years, the acclaimed choreographer has been tireless in her pursuit of excellence and pushing the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:01PMOriginally made for the National Ballet of Japan, David Bintley’s Aladdin is an efficacious antidote to the panto versions at this time
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