United States Alonzo King, Deep River: Dancers of Alonzo King LINES Ballet. The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 9.6.2023. (JRo)
Life’s contradictions permeate Deep River from Alonzo King LINES Ballet
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Matthew Ball’s Prince Florimund was the revelation of The Royal Ballet’s ‘signature’ The Sleeping Beauty
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of The Royal Ballet, Students of The Royal Ballet School, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Orchestra / Jonathan Lo (conductor). Broadcast live (directed by Ross MacGibbon) from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, (introduced by Dame Darcey Bussell and Petroc Trelawny) to Cineworld Basildon, Essex. 25.5.2023. (JPr)
Down the rabbit hole in Los Angeles with Momix’s astonishing Alice
United States Moses Pendleton’s Alice: Dancers of Momix. The Music Center’s Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 19.5.2023. (JRo)
Scottish Ballet’s Streetcar conveys narrative and emotion through nothing but movement and music
United Kingdom Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Ballet / Robert Baxter (conductor). Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 3.5.2023. (SRT)
Gayety and menace in an anti-war program from Paul Taylor Dance Company
United States Paul Taylor Dance Company: Dancers of Paul Taylor Dance Company. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 30.4.2023. (JRo)
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)
