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Ballet and Dance Reviews

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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

Ivan Putrov Focuses on The Role of the Male Dancer

13/05/201403/02/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Debussy, Banschikov, Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky, Gershwin, et al., Men in Motion (devised by Ivan Putrov): Orchestra and New London Chamber Choir / Richard Bernas (conductor),, London Coliseum, London, 31.1.2014 (JO’D)

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

A Poignant and Haunting Giselle from Royal New Zealand Ballet

03/02/201402/02/2014 by Stan

United StatesUnited States Kobborg and Stiefel after Petipa, Giselle: Royal New Zealand Ballet, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 31.1.14- 2.2.14 (JRo)

RNZB Giselle - Myrtha (Abigail Boyle) and Hilarion (Jacob Chown) CREDIT
RNZB Giselle – Myrtha (Abigail Boyle) and Hilarion (Jacob Chown) CREDIT

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Categories Ballet and Dance Reviews, Opera & Ballet, Previously Published Tags Jane Rosenberg, Los Angeles

Intriguing Portrait of a Flamenco Dancer

13/05/201431/01/2014 by Stan

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sanchez, What’s Become of You? (questcequetudeviens?): Compagnie 111 – Aurélian Bory, Barbican Theatre, London, 30.01.2014 (JO’D)

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

Charmatz Integrates Children with Adults in his Choreography

13/05/201430/01/2014 by Stan

 

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Boris Charmatz/Musée de la danse, Enfant: Sadler’s Wells, London, 29.01.2014 (JO’D)

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