May 2007
Northern Ballet Theatre - up for a fight
*For Northern Ballet Theatre’s production of The Three Musketeers, Artistic Director David Nixon wanted real, convincing swashbuckling – not the 95% dance to 5% fight usually found in ballet –… Continue Reading
Ballet Rakatan in Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre
‘Nilda Guerra’s upbeat Havana Rakatan … works hard to earn its audience, with an abundance of captivating costumes, a brilliant band, a versatile troupe of dancers and plenty of shameless playing to the gallery.’
Ballet Rakatan in Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre
25 May I’ve never witnessed a performance where members of the audience have had such scant regard for normal theatrical conventions. It was as if we were seated in a bar in downtown Old Havana rather than… Continue Reading
The Southbank Centre celebrates...
After two years of redevelopment and restoration, The Royal Festival Hall will have a grand reopening weekend of non stop performances – with plenty of opportunities to take part – from 8 to 10 June.… Continue Reading
Ballet Rakatan in Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre
What a feast of rhythm, color , dance and live music. From start to finish the energy of the show is amazing. The first part took us in a journey through Cuba’s cultural influences (flamenco, dances and so… Continue Reading
Havana Rakatan
Cuban choreographer Nilda Guerra brings her latest show to London She describes what to expect from this upbeat production, “This production expresses the roots of Cuban culture,…from the folk dances… Continue Reading
Ballet Rakatan in Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre
If you wish a great night out with great music, colour and wonderful dance you MUST go and see Havana Rakatan.The show is very entretaining from the beginning. At the end you have the feeling of: “I want s… Continue Reading
Ballet Rakatan in Havana Rakatan at Peacock Theatre
Starting with African rhythms and then going through all sorts of latin ballroom: mambo, cha cha cha, guajiro, rumba, etc and ending with a mind blowing salsa!! ! Really beautiful story-line and movements. Also,… Continue Reading
Mark Bruce in Sea of Bones at The Place
Friday 18 May Sea of Bones is mired in primeval blue goo and clouded with dry ice. There’s no mistaking that this is a dream world where time, sense and reality warp and love and horror are present in equa… Continue Reading
Rambert Dance Company in Pond Way/Gran Partita/Anatomica #3 at Sadler's Wells
‘The evening opens with the serenities and clear lines of Merce Cunningham’s Pond Way. In this galère it also serves as a reproach.’
Rambert Dance Company in Pond Way/Gran Partita/Anatomica #3 at Sadler's Wells
‘Their director, Mark Baldwin, seemed so anxious to show their range, to cater for every possible segment of the contemporary dance audience, that the meal they served was indigestible and unappealing.’
Rambert Dance Company in Pond Way/Gran Partita/Anatomica #3 at Sadler's Wells
‘A trio of choreographers from across the Atlantic are in the spotlight as Rambert unveils two new works and the revival of a much-loved third. Success on the commissioning front may not be an unqualified rave, but there’s no doubting the spectacular danci…
Rambert Dance Company in Pond Way/Gran Partita/Anatomica #3 at Sadler's Wells
23 May I love the egalitarian integrity of Rambert: there are no principal dancers, no stars or, at least, that’s the way it is on paper. By coincidence, I saw the Company at Sadler’s Wells exactly o… Continue Reading
Choreodrome 2007 partipants announced
The Place have announced the names of fifty two dance artists chosen to participate in Choreodrome this summer. The biennial summer research programme provides free space to research and rehearse, as well as sup… Continue Reading
Les Ballets C. de la B. in Import Export at Brighton Dome, coming to QEH in June
‘Brilliantly choreographed and performed, these scenes are almost painful to watch, and tap directly into some of our most basic fears about power, danger, escape and survival.’