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)
Sex-Appeal Trumps Subtlety in Tania Pérez-Salas’s Ex-Stasis and Made in Mexico
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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)
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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)
Honesty and Artistry from Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Roméo et Juliette: Dancers of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo. Kirov St Petersburg Orchestra / Valery Gergiev (recorded), London Coliseum, London, 23.4.14. (JPr)
Pina Bausch’s 1984 Ballet Observes the Human Condition
United Kingdom Various composers, Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain a Cry was Heard), Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 15.4.2013 (J.O’D)