United Kingdom Rambert’s Draw from Within: A live-streamed performance from Rambert’s London Southbank studios on 26.9.2020. (JO’D)
Wim Vandekeybus’s Draw from Within for Rambert has its moments of violence and fear
John O’Dwyer
Though all competing were winners, the exceptionally musical Ivana Bueno is ENB’s 2020 Emerging Dancer
United Kingdom English National Ballet Emerging Dancer 2020: Finalists, English National Ballet Philharmonic / Graham Sutherland (conductor). Presented by Ore Oduba and live-streamed from City Island, East London, 22.9.2020. (JO’D)
Emily Suzuki & William Yamada © Karolina Kuras
Dancers past and present catch the eye in Birmingham Royal Ballet’s magical 2010 Cinderella
United Kingdom Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Home from Home – Cinderella: Dancers of Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Koen Kessels (conductor). 2010 performance from the Birmingham Hippodrome reviewed as a live stream on 25.8.2020. (JO’D)
Four choreographers, four exterior locations, one piece of music: SF Ballet @ Home’s Dance of Dreams
United States Dance of Dreams: Dancers of San Francisco Ballet in a new dance film (click here) for SF Ballet @ Home by Benjamin Millepied for San Francisco Ballet and premiered on 13.8.2020. (JO’D)
The Royal Ballet’s The Sleeping Beauty: a gift that goes on giving
United Kingdom Tchaikovsky, The Sleeping Beauty: Dancers of the Royal Ballet, Royal Opera House Orchestra / Simon Hewett (conductor). Performance of 16.1.2020 (directed for the screen by Ross MacGibbon) and reviewed as a live streamed performance in the #OurHouseToYourHouse series. (JO’D)
Live from Covent Garden showcases some impressive singers from the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme
United Kingdom Various composers, Live from Covent Garden: Singers of the Jette Parker Young Artists Programme, Patrick Milne (harpsichord and piano), Edmund Whitehead (piano), soloists of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Hosted by Katie Derham, streamed live and reviewed on 27.6.2020. (JPr)
Live from Covent Garden: Dame Sarah Connolly’s triumphant return to singing with her moving Mahler
United Kingdom Gluck, Mahler – Live from Covent Garden: Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), David Butt Philip (tenor), Vadim Muntagirov (dancer), soloists of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Sir Antonio Pappano (conductor). Streamed live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 20.6.2020. (JPr)
2Faced Dance Company celebrates its 20th anniversary at The Place
United Kingdom 2Faced Dance Company’s EVERYTHING [but the girl]: The Place, London, 13.3.2019. (JO’D)
