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Sunday, October 6, 2024

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada review – dreamscapes and new realities by Sarah Crompton

Royal Ballet and Opera, London; Sadler’s Wells, LondonChristopher Wheeldon’s international hit returns home as thrilling as ever. Plus: three contrasting works by the National Ballet of …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:06AM
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Birmingham Royal Ballet: La Fille mal gardée review – witty revival for a charming classic by Sarah Crompton

Birmingham HippodromeThis production of Frederick Ashton’s version of the bucolic love story allows the beauty and humour to flow naturally from the choreography As the rain comes down and…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PM
Sunday, September 22, 2024

QDance Company: Re:Incarnation; The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party review – curiouser and curiouser by Sarah Crompton

Queen Elizabeth Hall; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonQudus Onikeku’s dancers jerk, bustle and glide through a puzzling tale of rebirth, while Kate Prince’s ZooNation returns t…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:32AM
Sunday, September 15, 2024

June Watson: ‘In the 1970s at the National you couldn’t rehearse after lunch because everybody had had too much to drink!’ by Sarah Crompton

The actor on the extraordinary second life of her stage career, learning lines in your 80s, and the secret of her long marriage Born in Edinburgh in 1935, June Watson’s career on stage, te…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:32AM

London City Ballet: Resurgence review – a glorious revival by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe resurrected company revives rarities by Kenneth MacMillan and Ashley Page alongside enticing new work – all performed with brio and belief Christopher Marney’…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:24AM
Sunday, September 8, 2024

Stopgap Dance Company: Lived Fiction review – a thrillingly inclusive celebration by Sarah Crompton

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonAn ensemble of disabled and non-disabled, deaf and neurodivergent dancers create and perform a joyful show combining movement, words and sheer invention For nearl…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM
Sunday, September 1, 2024

State Ballet of Georgia: Swan Lake; Impasse review – fairytale and indelible reality by Sarah Crompton

London Coliseum; Dance Base, EdinburghThe Tbilisi-based company’s first ever visit to London delivers a precise if traditional take on a classic. Plus, a knockout new duet from Mufutau Yus…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:36AM
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Edinburgh festival dance roundup 2024 – a world of slick moves by Sarah Crompton

Zoo Southside; Dance Base, EdinburghA subtle Danish revamp of Romeo and Juliet goes head to head with German B-boys, an Australian spin on Russell Maliphant and a Scottish double bill of dyn…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AM
Sunday, August 4, 2024

Venice Dance Biennale: There Was Still Time; Folklore Dynamics review – full of ideas and intent by Sarah Crompton

Tese dei Soppalchi; Piccolo Arsenale, VeniceHip-hop meets Samuel Beckett in one of two new commissions by Italian choreographers, while the other struggles under the weight of its ambition O…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:00AM
Sunday, July 28, 2024

Venice Dance Biennale: Alan Lucien Øyen: Still Life; Sankofa Danzafro: Behind the South: Dances for Manuel – review by Sarah Crompton

Teatro alle Tese; Teatro Piccolo Arsenale, VeniceRadical choreographers Alan Lucien Øyen and Rafael Palacios present two very different but beautifully poised explorations of what it is to …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Sunday, July 21, 2024

National Youth Dance Company 23/24: Oona Doherty: Wall review – a riveting exploration of identity by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonDoherty choreographs England’s flagship youth dance company in expressive solos, fragmented motion and beautiful tableaux that go by in a flash There’s a brillian…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM

Matthew Bourne: ‘I don’t understand why there aren’t more gay love stories in ballet’ by Sarah Crompton

The choreographer who changed how dance was perceived in Britain is now taking the reins of a major revival of ‘Oliver!’. He talks to Sarah Crompton about his memories of legendary compo…

SOURCE: The Independent at 02:06AM
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Acosta Danza: Carlos Acosta’s Carmen review – never quite reaches boiling point by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonHis dancers are superb, but abrupt tonal changes get in the way of the story’s emotional punch in Acosta’s expanded new production Since the start of the year I�…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:24AM
Sunday, June 30, 2024

Echo and Narcissus review – third of Kim Brandstrup’s mini-masterpieces by Sarah Crompton

Ustinov Studio, BathThe Dane’s trilogy of works inspired by Greek myths concludes with a remarkable performance that adds a hint of redemption to the tale Over two years and three Deborah …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Illinoise review – brilliant story of loss, grief and reconciliation by Sarah Crompton

St James theatre, New YorkDreamlike logic and exceptional choreography make this wordless interpretation of Sufjan Stevens’s Illinois album a deserving winner of a Tony award A week ago, I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Ashton Celebrated review – Royal Ballet turns traditional into timeless by Sarah Crompton

Royal Opera House, LondonFrederick Ashton’s musicality, footwork and storytelling are showcased in a programme of gracefully danced favourites When you watch the ballets of Frederick Ashto…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Sunday, June 9, 2024

The Sarasota Ballet review – a delightful tribute to Frederick Ashton by Sarah Crompton

Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonAs part of the Royal Ballet’s season devoted to the British choreographer, the Florida company brings three of his works to radiant, graceful life…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Sunday, June 2, 2024

an Accident/a life; Northern Ballet: Romeo & Juliet review – a triumph of the spirit by Sarah Crompton

Norwich Theatre Royal; Sadler’s Well, London Marc Brew’s recreation, choreographed by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, of the crash that left him paraplegic is an exhilarating riposte to fate. And …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Sunday, May 26, 2024

Compagnie Maguy Marin: May B review – an absurdly beautiful dance translation of Samuel Beckett by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe French choreographer’s 1981 interpretation of the playwright’s world rewards patience with its magic and precision A silent dance based on the writings of Sam…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:02AM
Sunday, May 19, 2024

Rambert: Analogue review – close encounters on the dancefloor by Sarah Crompton

Stone Nest, LondonJill Johnson’s intricate new piece puts the audience in the midst of an exploration of interaction and connection There’s something magical about watching dance at a di…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AM
Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Winter’s Tale review – Royal Ballet’s powerful war of the worlds by Sarah Crompton

Royal Opera House, LondonChristopher Wheeldon strips Shakespeare’s play of distractions in this boldly choreographed, nuanced masterpiece Ten years ago, when Christopher Wheeldon created T…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:18AM
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Boy Blue: Cycles review – a constantly shifting hip-hop high by Sarah Crompton

Barbican theatre, LondonThe company’s exploration of the act of dancing ebbs and flows loose-limbed precision – and some astonishing pyrotechnics It will soon be 50 years since hip-hop e…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:48AM
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Hofesh Shechter: From England With Love; International Draft Work – review by Sarah Crompton

Queen Elizabeth Hall; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonShechter’s young dancers thrill in his hellish vision of England. Elsewhere, emerging choreographers from Brno to Birmingham…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:54AM
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Elixir festival review – older dancers pushing against the void by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonThe revered Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny kick off this year’s celebration of creative ageing, in a triple bill shared by Louise Lecavalier and Ben Duke Malou A…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:18AM
Sunday, April 7, 2024

Swan Lake; Danses Concertantes/Different Drummer/Requiem – review by Sarah Crompton

Royal Opera House, LondonThe Royal Ballet’s long-running and rather cumbersome Swan Lake is elevated by the dancers’ artistry, while a fine Kenneth MacMillan triple bill deserves more pe…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Carmen; California Connections review – sharp moves by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells; Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonJohan Inger’s cool take on Bizet’s tragic heroine is given its UK premiere by English National Ballet, while LA’s Yorke Danc…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:32AM
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Isabelle Huppert: ‘I was never the woman behind the man… the only place I could take was the main place’ by Sarah Crompton

As brings to London a 90-minute monologue about Mary, Queen of Scots, the celebrated French actor talks about her extraordinary career, and why she’d love to make a film in the UK – or p…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM

Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young/Kidd Pivot: Assembly Hall review – making the mundane astonishing by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonPite and Young turn a meeting of re-enactors into a truly incredible medieval fantasy with a troupe of brilliant dancers The collaboration between choreographer Cryst…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:54AM
Sunday, March 17, 2024

The week in dance: Company Wayne McGregor: Autobiography (v95 and v96); New York City Ballet – review by Sarah Crompton

Sadler’s Wells, LondonWayne McGregor’s DNA-themed work is an evolving delight. And back in the UK for the first time since 2008, the New Yorkers exude classy athleticism in works by Bala…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AM
Sunday, March 10, 2024

Far from the Norm: Until We Sleep; Ballet National de Marseille & La(Horde): Roommates – review by Sarah Crompton

Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome; Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonBotis Seva’s new show is so murkily atmospheric that its meaning proves elusive. Elsewhere, a compelling if mixed programme of sho…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:24AM
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Birmingham Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty; Dimitris Papaioannou: Ink – review by Sarah Crompton

Birmingham Hippodrome; Sadler’s Wells, LondonCarlos Acosta’s BRB revels in an expansive revival of Peter Wright’s 80s classic, while the Greek choreographer’s sensational-looking Ink…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:48AM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 15, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
TBA: Titanic