United Kingdom Various Composers, Sadler’s Wells/Hofesh Shechter Company/Tommy Franzén Productions, Sadler’s Wells, London, 6.2.2015 (J.O’D)
Dance Triple-Bill with Dark, Serious Tones and Content
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BRB’s Coppélia Goes Down a Treat in Edinburgh
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppélia: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Koen Kessels (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 7.2.2015 (SRT)
A Don QuixoteTransplanted from Holland
United Kingdom Pacific Northwest Ballet, “Don Quixote”: Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and Alexei Ratmansky (choreography and staging); Dutch National Ballet (production); Elizabeth Murphy, Seth Orza, Otto Neubert, Jonathan Porretta, Sarah Ricard Orza, Jerome Tisser and Lesley Rausch (principals); Allan Dameron (conductor). McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA. 30.1.2015 (RC)
A Remarkable Recital by Juliane Banse and Malcom Martineau
United Kingdom Schumann, Mahler, Duparc, Schoenberg: Juliane Banse (soprano); Malcom Martineau (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 30.1.2015 (CC)
An Evening of Music and Dance from Birmingham Royal Ballet
United Kingdom Selected Dance and Orchestral Excerpts: Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (Conductor), Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, David Bintley (compere), Symphony Hall, Birmingham, 31.1.2015 (GR).
Koen Kessels Conductor
Photo Bill Cooper
Twenty Years of Richard Alston Dance Company Celebrated at Sadlers Wells
United Kingdom, Britten, Liszt, Shukar Collective, Wolfe, Richard Alston Dance Company – 20th Anniversary Performances: Richard Alston Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 26.1.2015 (J.O’D)
Intriguing Contest Between ‘Entrapped’ Dancer and Space
United Kingdom Cambon, Plexus: Compagnie 111/Aurélien Bory/Kaori Ito, Sadler’s Wells, London, 22.1.2015 (J.O’D)
Alberta Ballet Fumbles to Sarah McLachlan Songs
United States McLachlan: Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, Alberta Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 24.1.15 (JRo)
Alberta Ballet
2011