United Kingdom Mark Bruce Company’s Frankenstein: The Place, London, 26.3.2024. (JO’D)
Interesting as all the performances are, Mark Bruce cannot make Frankenstein a coherent whole
John O’Dwyer
La Fille mal gardée fills Paris’s Palais Garnier with an unparalleled sense of happiness
France La Fille mal gardée: Paris Opera Ballet, Orchestra of the Paris National Opera / Philip Ellis (conductor). Palais Garnier, Paris. 15.3.2024. (JO’D)
Strength, precision and speed from NYCB, notably in Balanchine’s Duo Concertant
United Kingdom New York City Ballet: Sadler’s Wells, London, 7.3.2024. (JO’D)
Ahead of a sad second anniversary of the war: Ivan Putrov’s ballet gala in aid of the arts in Ukraine
United Kingdom Ivan Putrov’s Dance for Ukraine: London Palladium, 18.2.2024. (JO’D)
The music of La Strada, the visual inventiveness, and Alina Cojocaru hold the audience’s attention
United Kingdom Natalia Horečná’s La Strada: ACWorkroom Ltd, Sadler’s Wells, London, 25.1.2024. (JO’D)
ENB’s Nutcracker has changed with the times but is no less magical
United Kingdom English National Ballet’s Nutcracker: Dancers of English National Ballet, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Daniel Richardson (guest conductor). London Coliseum, 14.12.2023. (JO’D)
The autumn season of Jamiel Devernay-Laurence’s Ballet Nights reaches its Grande Finale
United Kingdom Ballet Nights: Autumn Season 2023: Jamiel Devernay-Laurence (compère), Viktor Erik Emanuel (piano). Lanterns Studio Theatre, London, 24.11.2023. (JO’D)
NEBT’s Genesis Dance Project is from the place where ballet and contemporary dance meet
United Kingdom New English Ballet Theatre’s Genesis Dance Project and New Works: Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells, London, 2.11.2023. (JO’D)
