United States Paul Taylor Dance Company: Dancers of Paul Taylor Dance Company. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 30.4.2023. (JRo)
Gayety and menace in an anti-war program from Paul Taylor Dance Company
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The vigour and athleticism of Béjart’s choreography impresses in Paris
France Maurice Béjart – Firebird, The Song of the Wayfarer, Bolero: Dancers of the Ballet de L’Opéra, Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris / Patrick Lange (conductor). Opéra Bastille, Paris, 21.4.2023. (JO’D)
The Royal Ballet exhibits Ashton’s Cinderella choreography in their Disneyfied new staging
United Kingdom Prokofiev, Cinderella: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Koen Kessels (conductor). Broadcast (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, to Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 12.4.2023. (JPr)
Movement-filled programme of dance from Tiler Peck & Friends at Sadler’s Wells
United Kingdom Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends: Sadler’s Wells, London, 10.3.2023. (JO’D)
Akram Khan’s Creature – back on stage soon and on screen – does not do justice to the subject matter
Creature: A film by Asif Kapadia of Akram Khan’s ballet for English National Opera
Ballet Icons Gala 2023 was an indubitably glittering event on stage and off
United Kingdom Ballet Icons Gala: Dancers, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Maria Seletskaja (conductor). London Coliseum, 19.2.2023 (JO’D)
Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate for The Royal Ballet provides food for thought
United Kingdom The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Siân Griffiths (mezzo-soprano), Tomás Barreiro (guitar), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Alondra de la Parra (conductor). Recorded (directed by Ross MacGibbon) at the Royal Opera House, Covent, Garden, 9.6.2022 and shown at Cineworld Basildon, Essex, 19.1.2023. (JPr)
Derek Deane’s Swan Lake for English National Ballet is both satisfying and coherent
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Swan Lake: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Daniel Parkinson (conductor). London Coliseum, 12.1.2023. (JO’D)
