United Kingdom Various composers, Until. With/Out. Enough; TearFall; Bloom: Phoenix Dance Theatre, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 12.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Caroline Finn’s Bloom Impresses in Phoenix Dance Theatre’s Triple Bill
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Carlos Acosta’s Farewell in Carmen Lacks his Usual Charisma
United Kingdom Carlos Acosta’s Carmen (part of a mixed bill including Viscera, Afternoon of a Faun and Tchaikovsky Pas de deux): Soloists, Corps de ballet and Royal Opera House Orchestra / Emmanuel Plasson and Martin Yates (conductors). Directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon and broadcast to the Empire Cinema, Basildon, Essex. 12.11.2015. (JPr)
Sasha Waltz’s Dance Triple Bill Enthuses Audience
United Kingdom Debussy, Berlioz, Stravinsky , Sacre: Sasha Waltz & Guests, Sadler’s Wells, London 11.11.2015 (J.O’D)
Scène d’Amour
Emanuela Montanari, Antonino Sutera
Hubbard Street and The Second City: A Cocktail of Comedy and Dance in LA
United States The Art of Falling: Hubbard Street and The Second City, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 6.11.2015-8.11-2015. (JRo)
Rambert’s Most Successful Triple Bill in Three Years
United Kingdom Kats-Chernin, Schoenberg, Rolling Stones, Love, Art & Rock’n’Roll: Rambert, Rambert Orchestra / Paul Hoskins (director), Sadler’s Wells, London, 3.11.2015. (J.O’D)
Adam Blyde and Miguel Altunaga ©Tristram Kenton
Subtle and Melancholic Balletic Meditation on Odyssean Themes
United Kingdom Various composers, No Lander: Riccardo Buscarini/TIR Danza/Artstrust Productions, The Place, London, 28.10.2015 (J.O’D)
Nureyev’s Spirit Lives on in ENB’s Romeo and Juliet
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet (Rudolf Nureyev Production): Dancers of English National Ballet and the English National Ballet Philharmonic / Gavin Sutherland (conductor). Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 22.10.2015. (JPr)
(c) Bill Cooper
Louis XIV and Elgar Feature on BRB’s Triple Bill
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Montague, Theme and Variations; Enigma Variations, The King Dances: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor) Sadler’s Wells, London, 16.10.2015 (J.O’D)
