United Kingdom Willems, N.N.N.N. & Study # 3: The Forsythe Company, Sadler’s Wells, London, 18.6.2013. (JO’D)
Ballet and Dance Reviews
All ballet reviews
ENB’s Swan Lake Tugs at the Heart Strings
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky/Deane, Swan Lake: Dancers and Orchestra of English National Ballet / Tom Seligman (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 15.6.2013. (JPr)
BRB Magic and the Original ‘Living Doll’
United Kingdom Léo Delibes, Coppélia: Dancers from the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Paul Murphy (conductor). Birmingham Hippodrome, 4.6.2013. (GR)
Dancer Demonstrates Strength and Vulnerability
United Kingdom Stravinsky/Meryl Tankard, The Oracle: Paul White (dancer), Philharmonia Orchestra/ Esa-Pekka Salonen (recorded), Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 31.5.2013. (JO’D)
Salzburg, Stravinsky: Dancing for the Daft
Austria I. Stravinsky, Le sacre et al.: Soloists, Mariinsky Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet, Valery Gergiev (conductor), Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 19.5.2013 (JFL)
Tale of Witchcraft Told in Dance
United Kingdom Albicastro, Albinoni, Tartini, Valentini, Vivaldi, Witch-hunt (Hexenhatz): Bern Ballett, Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 22.5.2013. (JO’D)
Northern Ballet’s Gatsby Raises Questions
United Kingdom Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (orch. Longstaff, Sutherland), The Great Gatsby: Artistes of Northern Ballet, Northern Ballet Sinfonia / John Pryce Jones (music director/conductor), Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, 14.5.2013. (JO’D)
Choreographers and Composers Collaborate on New Ballets
United Kingdom Zimmer, Gozzi, Cockeram, Osborn, Baldwin, Garcia Tomas, Choreographics – A Letter to…: Dancers of English National Ballet and English National Ballet School with Composers from the Royal College of Music, The Place, London, 3.5.2013. (JO’D)