September 2012
San Francisco Ballet - Programme A
A season could not begin more gloriously than did San Francisco Ballet’s on Friday night, with Balanchine’s Divertimento No. 15.
San Francisco Ballet -Programme B -Sadler's Wells
Guide is the darker, more difficult composition: a cageful of musical wild beasts, tormented percussion and roaring orchestral colours. But it is still fabulously danceable and Page fully explores all its possibilities.
San Francisco Ballet - Programme A
It opened with the delirious pleasure of Balanchine’s Divertimento No 15,…its structure is as intricate as an 18th-century clock, subverting the conventions just as strongly as it honours them, as three male and five female soloists, and an all-female corps de …
San Francisco Ballet -Programme B -Sadler's Wells
Wheeldon’s Ghosts, the centrepiece of the second programme, dresses its dancers in white, to misty, atmospheric music by C.F. Kip Winger. Yuan Yuan Tan and Damian Smith dance in long, long phrases, going from floor work to a soaring lift in what feels like one breath.
San Francisco Ballet - Programme A
The San Francisco dancers dive into the many solos with confidence and strength. Koto Ishihara is speedy, while Sasha DeSola has grand sweeping line.
San Francisco Ballet - Programme A
The dazzling intricacy of Balanchine’s classic work coupled with the sheer flair of San Francisco Ballet’s performance was the evening’s winner for me... Continue Reading
Tapping Back into the Limelight
With Shall We Dance in the West End, tap dancer Matt Flint winning So You Think You Can Dance, and the unforgettable tap dancing penguin in the film Happy Feet, tap dancing is enjoying a rise in popularity once … Continue Reading
San Francisco Ballet back in London
Artistic director and principal choreographer of the San Francisco Ballet, Helgi Tomasson, talks to Neil Norman about being in charge of the company for 27 years. “I have always thought of it as a laboratory … Continue Reading
New Adventures Choreographer Award Showcase - video
An extract of the James Cousins' new work premiered at Sadlers Wells last week and interviews with Matthew Bourne, James Cousins and more ... Continue Reading
Unlimited Global Academy -Southbank Centre
… Alchemy,[is] created by the choreographer Athina Vahla. Alongside Gadsden, the piece features Freddie Opoku-Addaie, a contemporary dancer well known to UK audiences, and Sarah Chin, a working NHS physician who also trained in dance.
Festival of the Flames - Paralympic Closing Ceremony
London based Candoco Dance Company and Royal Ballet Principals from Brazil - hosts for 2016 - Thiago Soares and Roberta Marques were amongst the performers on Sunday... Continue Reading
Zouk Lambada World Flashmob this Sunday
Scores of London dancers are taking over The Scoop at More London, near London Bridge at 3pm on Sunday 16 September, as part of a worldwide record breaking attempt... Continue Reading
Claire Cunningham / Janice Parker - Unlimited - Southbank Centre
Claire Cunningham's 'Ménage à Trois' & Janice Parker's 'Private Dancer' were two of the Unlimited Festival commissions to be found at Southbank Centre last weekend… Continue Reading
Candoco Unlimited Commissions -Southbank Centre
These works by Marc Brew & Claire Cunningham bring together 12 performers in a programme that recasts the limitations of the disabled body on the stage every bit as much as London's parathletes have done… Continue Reading
New Adventures Choreographer Award Showcase - James Cousins
James Cousins' work 'There we have been' was so mesmerising its 20 minute length passed by in what seemed like seconds... Continue Reading