Varied Ballet Triple Bill at Covent Garden
26/02/2013
Stravinsky, Chopin, Britten: Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.02.13 (JO’D) Read more
Dance or Spoken Theatre? Both.
25/02/2013
Mam-Luft&Co. Dance: Jefferson James, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Susan Honer and Ashley Powers (choreography); Denny Reed (lighting design); Jeanne Mam-Luft (video and sound design); Jefferson James, Chelsea Davis, Jeanne Mam-Luft, Grett Marchek (costumes); Jarson-Kaplan Theater at the Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 23.2.13. (RDA) Read more
Pantomime Season in Full Swing at Birmingham Royal Ballet
18/02/2013
Davis, Aladdin: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 15.2.2013 (GR). Read more
Fresh Life Breathed into Vivaldi’s Four Seasons.
11/02/2013
Vivaldi: V4 The Seasons Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Kati Debretzeni (violin); Henri Oguike (choreographer) and his dance company. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London 8.2.2013 (CC) Read more
Pushkin is a Superstar in Contemporary Ballet Production
04/02/2013
Tatyana: – A full length contemporary ballet based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse Eugene Onegin: Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker, Barbican Theatre, London. 1.2.2013 (MMB) Read more
The Rite of Spring at 100: Still Working Its Magic
04/02/2013
Adams, Pärt, Stravinsky: Soloists, Joffrey Ballet, Scott Speck (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 1.2.2013-3.2.2013 (JRo) Read more
Tamara Rojo Impresses as Director and Dancer in ENB’s Sleeping Beauty
11/01/2013
Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of English National Ballet, Orchestra of English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). London Coliseum, London, 9.1.2012. (JPr) Read more
Promising But a Little Tipsy: Don Chisciotte in Rome
25/12/2012
Minkus /Petipa / Gorsky, Don Chisciotte: Rome Opera Ballet. Director, Micha van Hoecke. Orchestra dell Teatro dell’ Opera, Roma. Conductor, Nir Kabaretti. Choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky, rehearsed by Mikhail Messerer. Sets by Francesco Zitto with Antonella Conte. Costumes by Francesco Zito. Lighting: Agostino Angelini. Teatro dell’ Opera Rome. 22.12.2012 (JB) Read more
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