John O’Dwyer – Seen and Heard International

Even after 64 years, Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée – now performed by BRB – still transmits happiness

27/10/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.10.2024. (JO’D)

Rory Mackay (Widow Simone), Jonathan Payn (Thomas), and Gus Payne (Alain) © Riku Ito

Programmed with Inger’s frenetic Impasse, it is Forsythe’s Blake Works 1 which has the Paris audience sighing

26/10/202407/10/2024 by John O'Dwyer

France William Forsythe/Johan Inger: Paris Opera Ballet, Palais Garnier, Paris, 4.10.2024. (JO’D)

Germain Louvet and Hohyun Kang in *Blake Works 1* © Ann Ray/OnP

The State Ballet of Georgia’s dancers speak the language of Swan Lake with consummate fluency and eloquence

01/09/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom The State Ballet of Georgia’s Swan Lake: Dancers of the State Ballet of Georgia, Orchestra of English National Opera / Papuna Gvaberidze (conductor). London Coliseum, 28.8.2024. (JO’D)

Marcelo Soares (Baron von Rothbart) © Sasha Gusov

A summer Ballet Nights was characteristically eclectic

02/07/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Jamiel Devernay Laurence (compère). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 29.6.2024. (JO’D)

Eve Musto in ‘Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen’ by Peter Darrell CBE © Deborah Jaffe

A collective sense of joy in movement from talented dancers from English and Norwegian companies

17/06/202416/06/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Next Generation Festival – New English Ballet Theatre/Norwegian National Ballet 2: Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, London, 15.6.2024. (JO’D)

NEBT in *Baroque Encounters* by Daniela Cardim © Andre Uspenski

The Sarasota Ballet at the Linbury Theatre are preserving Sir Frederick Ashton’s rich legacy

09/06/202408/06/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Sarasota Ballet’s Valses nobles et sentimentales / Divertissements / Façade: Dancers of Sarasota Ballet. Royal Opera House Linbury Theatre, London, 6.6.2024. (JO’D)

Sarasota Ballet’s *Valses nobles et sentimentales* © Frank Atura

BRB bring Sir Peter Wright’s 1984 The Sleeping Beauty back to Islington and it has an intimate grandeur

27/04/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Philip Ellis (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 24.4.2024. (JO’D)

Eilis Small as The Lilac Fairy and Daria Stanciulescu as Fairy Carabosse © Tristram Kenton

Interesting as all the performances are, Mark Bruce cannot make Frankenstein a coherent whole

29/03/2024 by John O'Dwyer

United Kingdom Mark Bruce Company’s Frankenstein: The Place, London, 26.3.2024. (JO’D)

Jonathan Godard (The Monster) and Eleanor Duval (Prometheus) © Mark Bruce

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