United Kingdom Montoya, Thompson, Cowton, PUSH: Sadler’s Wells in collaboration with Russell Maliphant and Sylvie Guillem, London Coliseum, 3.8.2014 (J.O’D)
Guillem and Maliphant Display their Artistry
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Hynd’s Venerable Coppélia Continues to Entrance All Ages
United Kingdom Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Gavin Sutherland (conductor), London Coliseum, London, 24.7.2014. (JPr)
Liepa’s Triple Bill Shows Russian Ballet at its Best
United Kingdom Stravinsky, Chopin, Borodin, Petrushka, Chopiniana and Polovtsian Dances:Dancers, Soloist, Chorus and Orchestra of the Moscow State Music Theatre for Young Audience (named after Natalia Sats) / Alevtina Ioffe. (conductor), Diaghilev Festival, London Coliseum, London, 11.7.2014. (JPr)
Alexi Ratmansky’s Exuberant Romeo and Juliet
United States Alexi Ratmansky, Romeo and Juliet , The National Ballet of Canada, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 10.7.14-13.7.14 (JRo)
- Elena Lobsanova and Guillaume Côté in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by Bruce Zinger
New English Ballet Theatre Save the Best till Last
United Kingdom Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Villa-Lobos et al, Tryst: Devotion and Betrayal: New English Ballet Theatre, Peacock Theatre, London, 5.7.2014 (J.O’D)
Merce Cunningham Inspired Dance Event on Two Floors
United Kingdom Selway, Ilhan, Quinta, Rambert Event: Rambert Dance Company, Rambert, London, 28.06.2014 (J.O’D)
Potent Imagery Evoking the Weimar Era
United States The Tragedy of Time: MamLuft&Co. Dance, Jeanne Mam-Luft (artistic director), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio. 20.6.2014 (RDA)
Imaginative, Painterly, and Erotic: Les Nuits of Angelin Preljocaj
United States Angelin Preljocaj, Les Nuits (The Nights), Ballet Preljocaj, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 20.6.14-22.6.14 (JRo)
Photo Jean-Claude Carbonne