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Ballet and Dance Reviews

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Winning Production of Britten Ballet

03/03/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Britten: Prince of the Pagodas: Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor), Birmingham Hippodrome, 26.2.2014

THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODA
THE PRINCE OF THE PAGODA
Photo: Bill Cooper

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Birmingham, Roderic Dunnett

Multi-Cultural Britain Comes Under the Spotlight in Dance Piece

13/05/201402/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pink, Border Tales: Luca Silvestrini’s Protein, The Place, London, 28.02.2014 (J.O’D)

Protein's 'Border Tales' photo by Chris-Nash
Protein’s ‘Border Tales’ photo by Chris-Nash

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Taiwanese Dancers Enact Chinese Agricultural Year

13/05/201401/03/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Rice: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 27.2.2014 (JO’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Black and Asian Dancers Steeped in Classical Ballet Tradition

13/05/201427/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Limbo, Two of a Kind, A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream: Ballet Black, Royal Opera House (Linbury Studio Theatre), London, 26.02.2014 (JO’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Ritualistic Chinese Dance Piece Moves from Pessimism to Optimism

13/05/201422/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lin Hwai-Min, Nine Songs: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan/Sadler’s Wells, Sadler’s Wells, London, 21.02.2014 (JO’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Three More Diverse Dance Pieces at The Place

13/05/201418/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Simpson, Reinhardt, The Cinematic Orchestra, Resolution! 2014: The Sob in the Spine; You wave your dusty hands hello; Pace, Naomi Reynolds Dance, Mansoor Ali and Ellen Johansson, B-Hybrid Dance, The Place, London, 14.2.2014 (JO’D)

B-Hybrid Dance Pane Brian Gillespie
B-Hybrid Dance Pane Brian Gillespie

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

Retrospection and Humour in Pina Bausch Dance Piece

13/05/201412/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom  Various Composers, 1980 – A Piece by Pina Bausch: Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.02.2014 (JO’D)

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London

The Place Showcases Three Dance Pieces by Young Choreographers

13/08/202006/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Resolution! 2014 – Point of View; Disc of Light; Frame: Thea Stanton DANCE, Mildred Rambaud, fiftyfifty, The Place, London, 5.2.2014 (JO’D)

The Stanton Point of View Photo: Christian Fisher
Thea Stanton Point of View Photo: Christian Fisher

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags John O'Dwyer, London
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