June 2006
South Bank Centre
Jude Kelly, Artistic Director of the South Bank Centre, has announced her new vision for the future of the South Bank Centre. She gave details of the world-class figures from across the visual and performing art… Continue Reading
Greenwich and Docklands International Festival: Dancing City at Docklands
Docklands is a fantastical place at weekends, all soaring glinting office towers and pristine manmade gardens; the smell of the sea drifting off the Thames and calm and quiet all around. For one afternoon, Danci… Continue Reading
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Flowerbed at The Pit, Barbican
I have seen many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, both live and on screen, from Kenneth MacMillan’s 1965 version to Baz Luhrman’s 1996 one. However, I’ve never quite seen anything like M… Continue Reading
Mark Morris Dance Group/English National Opera in King Arthur at Coliseum
‘“Vaudeville” is the term Morris mentions in his programme note, but “dog’s breakfast” is what came to my mind. ‘
Mark Morris Dance Group/English National Opera in King Arthur at Coliseum
‘It’s an entertainment in which the joyous energy of the Mark Morris Dance Group is as important as the roles taken by the singers.’
Mark Morris Dance Group/English National Opera in King Arthur at Coliseum
‘WHAT A witty, whimsical, mesmerising and meltingly beautiful entertainment the American choreographer Mark Morris has made of Henry Purcell’s semi-opera. It’s a village fête, a seaside show and a surreal pageant of British eccentrics from all eras …
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Flowerbed at The Pit, Barbican
‘It’s not Romeo and Juliet as we know it, but what it says about the futility of civil strife is the same.’
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Flowerbed at The Pit, Barbican
‘The Flowerbed is stronger on caricature than feeling: the characters work best when preening, competitive, imitating each other or smiling vinegar greetings.’
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Flowerbed at The Pit, Barbican
‘…with so much choreography disappearing down the blind alley of Merce Cunningham-styled abstraction, The Flowerbed serves as an impressive example of the kind of narrative dance-work that smaller-scale contemporary companies might be considering.’
Compania Metros in Carmen at Sadler's Wells
‘Yet for all its vigour, the production doesn’t scale the emotional heights. Its ending feels anticlimactic.’
Compania Metros in Carmen at Sadler's Wells
‘The choreography is a casual marriage of flamenco and modern – raised elbows, liquid wrists, high sultry legs – and shades easily and naturalistically into the action which drives the plot.’
Siobhan Davies Dance building wins award
Siobhan Davies Studios, the new centre for Siobhan Davies Dance designed by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, has won a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award. The project was praised for its excellence… Continue Reading
ZooNation
*ZoonNation – Into the Hoods *Peacock Theatre, 20-23 July 2006 ZooNation present Into the Hoods – an urban fairytale inspired by the musical Into the Woods. Using their trademark narrative streetdan… Continue Reading
Compania Metros in Carmen at Sadler's Wells
‘Danced by a dozen members of his Compañía Metros, Oller’s 75-minute production is a tight, intense take on a familiar but timeless tale.’
Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Flowerbed at The Pit, Barbican
‘Any hint of cliche is also dispersed by the seven superb dancers, who embody these characters with a mix of freakishness and dead pan comedy…’