United Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre’s Genesis Dance Project and New Works: Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, 2.11.2023. (JO’D)
NEBT’s Genesis Dance Project is from the place where ballet and contemporary dance meet
John O'Dwyer
Jerome Robbins evening at the Paris Opera Ballet: can it ever be better than this?
France Jerome Robbins: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris, 25.10.2023. (JO’D)
Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023 puts London E14 on the dance map
United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (producer and compère). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 29.9.2023 (JO’D)
Our Voices finds English National Ballet performing with what looks like a new, or renewed, energy.
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Our Voices: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Sadler’s Wells, London, 21.9.2023. (JO’D)
Balanchine’s Jewels is The Australian Ballet’s return to Royal Opera House after 35 years
United Kingdom George Balanchine’s Jewels: Dancers of The Australian Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Royal Opera House, London, 2.8.2023. (JO’D)
The vigour and athleticism of Béjart’s choreography impresses in Paris
France Maurice Béjart – Firebird, The Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero: Dancers of the Ballet de L’Opéra, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Patrick Lange (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 21.4.2023. (JO’D)
Movement-filled programme of dance from Tiler Peck & Friends at Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends: Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.3.2023. (JO’D)
Ballet Icons Gala 2023 was an indubitably glittering event on stage and off
United Kingdom Ballet Icons Gala: Dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). London Coliseum, 19.2.2023 (JO’D)
