United Kingdom J.S. Bach, Partita 2: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz, Amandine Beyer, Rosas, Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.5.2015 (J.O’D)
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Latest Intake to London Contemporary Dance School Show Considerable Promise
United Kingdom Various composers, EDge on tour: London Contemporary Dance School, The Place, London, 19.5.2015 (J.O’D)
Sex-Appeal Trumps Subtlety in Tania Pérez-Salas’s Ex-Stasis and Made in Mexico
United States Tania Pérez-Salas, Passion in Dance: Ex Stasis, Made in Mexico (Macho Man), Compañía De Danza, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 15.5.15-17.5.15 (JRo)
Whitley’s Frames Captures Zeitgeist in Rambert Triple Bill
Whitley’s Frames Captures Zeitgeist in Rambert Triple Bill United Kingdom, Bjarnason, Bryars, Higgins, Triple Bill: Rambert, Rambert Orchestra / Paul Hoskins (conductor), Tredegar Town Band / Ian Porthouse (conductor), Sadler’s Wells, London, 12.5.2015 (J.O’D) Frames Dancers: Miguel Altunaga, Carolyn Bolton, Simone Damberg Würtz, Daniel Davidson, Edit Domoszlai, Liam Francis, Julia Gillespie, Brenda Lee Grech, Dane … Read more
Performers Combine Medieval Song with Contemporary Dance
United Kingdom Various 13th Century Composers, d’avant: Sasha Waltz & Guests, Southbank Centre, London, 6.5.2015 (JO’D)
Ex-Bolshoi Dancer Osipova Triumphs in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée
United Kingdom Ferdinand Hérold (arr. John Lanchbery), La Fille mal gardée: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Barry Wordsworth (conductor). Relayed from Royal Opera House, Covent Garden to Empire Cinema, Basildon, 5.5.2015. (JPr)
Dancing to New Works—and Les Noces
United States CCM Ballet Ensemble Spring Dance Concert: Jiang Qi and Michael Tevlin (directors), University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, OH. 24.4.2015 (RDA)
Tanztheater Wuppertal Receive Standing Ovation for Bausch’s Ahnen
United Kingdom Monteverdi, Dowland, Traditional,Jazz, Ahnen: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 23.4.2013 (J.O’D)