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Ballet and Dance Reviews

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Sensuality, Symmetry, but also Irritation in Northern Ballet’s Romeo and Juliet

06/03/201527/02/2015 by Simon Thompson

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce-Jones (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 26.3.2015 (SRT)

orthern Ballet's Romeo & Juliet, Photo Martin Bell
Northern Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet, Photo Martin Bell

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Print Room’s Opening Dance Programme Celebrates Heyday of Coronet Cinema  

06/03/201524/02/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Various composers, 1898: Contemporary Dance Festival, Print Room at the Coronet, London, 23.2.2015 (J.O’D)

 

"BEHOLDER OF BEAUTY" BY MBULELO NDABENI (dancers Piedad Albarracin Seiquer and Mbulelo Ndabeni)
CREDIT HUGO GLENDINNING “SCENE TO BE SEEN” BY TAMARIN STOTT (dancers Tamarin Stott and Nathan Young)

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Contemporary Dance Triple Bill Puzzles, Delights and Draws Admiration at “The Place”

06/03/201522/02/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Resolution! 2015: Frustra, Breaking Breath, burrow: Julia Thorneycroft Dance/B-Hybrid Dance/Joshua Beamish, The Place, London, 20.2.2015 (J.O’D)

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Moving Stateside: BRB Presents Triple Bill from America’s Finest Choreographers

22/02/201522/02/2015 by Geoff Read

United StatesUnited States Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Glass,  Moving Stateside: a triple bill of one-act ballets from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 18.2.2015 (GR).

Photo (c) Birmingham Royal Ballet
Photo (c) Birmingham Royal Ballet

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Two World Premieres from Ballet Black

22/02/201514/02/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Various composers, To Fetch a Pail of Water, Depouillement, Second Coming: Ballet Black, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 11.2.2015 (J.O’D)

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Repackaged Atomos Warmer, More Emotional and Cutting Edge

19/04/201514/02/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Atomos: Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, Sadler’s Wells, London 13.2.2015 (J.O’D)

Pic credit Wayne MacGregor/Random Dance
Pic credit Wayne MacGregor/Random Dance

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Gregory Kunde’s Pollione Shines in Barcelona’s Liceu Coproduction of Norma

22/02/201512/02/2015 by José Irurzun

SpainSpain Bellini: Norma, Liceu Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Renato Palumbo (conductor), Gran Theatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 8 & 9.2.2015 (JMI)

Norma Photo © A Bofill
Norma
Photo © A Bofill

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Wim Vandekeybus Dance Piece Recalls a Happy World

19/04/201512/02/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom, de May and Vermeersch, What the Body Does Not Remember: Ultima Vez, Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.2.2015 (J.O’D)

What Your Body Rmembers
What Your Body Does Not Remember Photo Credit: Danny WIllems

 

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