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John O’Dwyer

Ballet Black’s Latest Triple Bill Receives Enthusiastic Response

25/03/201621/03/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Pita, Marney, Hampson: Ballet Black, Barbican Centre, London, 19.3.2016. (J.O’D)

BALLET BLACK - Storyville; photo credit - Ballet Black.
BALLET BLACK – Storyville; photo credit – Ballet Black.

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John Cranko’s Genius Remembered in Three Part Tribute

21/01/202019/03/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom A Tribute to John Cranko: Ivy House Music and Dance, JW3: London Jewish Cultural Centre, London, 13.03.2016, (J.O’D)

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John Cranko

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Bleak, Violent Odyssey at Wilton’s has Moments of Surprising Beauty

04/03/201628/02/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, The Odyssey: Mark Bruce Company, Wilton’s Music Hall, London, 25.2.2016. (J.O’D)

Mark Bruce Company 2016 'The Odyssey' photo by Nicole Guarino
The Odyssey photo by Nicole Guarino

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Engaging, Well-Pitched Triple Bill Concludes Resolution 2016

27/02/201621/02/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Resolution 2016: Glitch, It Takes Two Too, Ideas in Motion, Salah El Brogy Company, Yukiko Masui, Pro-Motion, The Place, London, 19.02.2016. (J.O’D)

19Feb Yukiko Masui It takes two too3 photo by Mickael  Marso Riviere
Yukiko Masui’s It Takes Two Too
photo by Mickael Marso Riviere

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Pina Bausch’s Final Dance Work Comes to London

28/02/201612/02/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, “…como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si” (Like moss on a stone):  Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Sadler’s Wells, London, 11.2.2016 (J.O’D)

 

Pina Bausch Como el musguito en la piedra; photo credit, Laszlo Szito.
Pina Bausch Como el musguito en la piedra; photo credit, Laszlo Szito.

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Resolution 2016 Presents Stimulating Triple Bill of Duets and Sketches

28/02/201629/01/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Resolution 2016 – Spun Through Shadows; I’mperfect; People We Didn’t Quite Meet: Spun Through Shadows Collective/Mahar & Mielech/Jayne Port, The Place, London, 27.01.2016. (J.O’D)

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Oliver Mahar & Gosia Mielech in I’mperfect (c) Aleksander Joachimiak

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A Satisfying Resolution 2016 triple bill

28/02/201625/01/2016 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom Various composers, Resolution 2016: Wall, In Good Company, Behind Every Man: Pierre Tappon/Rambert, Joel & Pete, with Inky Cloak, The Company, The Place, London, 23.1.2016 (J.O’D)

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Rambert Supplements In-House Talent with Outside Choreographers

14/08/202018/12/2015 by John O'Dwyer

United KingdomUnited Kingdom   Various composers, New Choreography: Rambert, 99 Upper Ground, London, 15.12.2015. (JO’D)

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