November 2011
Ben Wright/bgroup in The Lessening of Difference at The Place
‘The whole piece is a delightful package, entertaining and well executed.’
BUPA Foundation Prize for dance research
Programmes run by English National Ballet in London and Mark Morris Dance Group in New York, working with people who are affected by the incurable degenerative condition Parkinson’s, have been demonstrating th… Continue Reading
Bonnie Bird awards for choreographers announced
Ben Duke, choreographer, performer and one half of Place Prize winning duo Lost Dog, is the recipient of the first Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund New Choreography Award for established choreographers. The aw… Continue Reading
Royal Ballet in Asphodel Meadows/Enigma Variations/Gloria at Royal Opera House
There is a Downton Abbey appeal in the juxtaposition of Enigma Variations and Gloria as the final two-thirds of this mixed bill: the former a rich, meandering afternoon in a well-populated country house bathed i… Continue Reading
Darshan Singh Bhuller's Caravaggio: Exile and Death at The Place
Darshan Singh Bhuller is a creator of dance theatre who sees his subject through the eyes of a filmmaker: Caravaggio was a “Great Master” painter (albeit one largely ignored by the art world for 300 years af… Continue Reading
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Jerome Bel 3Abschied at Sadler's Wells
‘3Abschied is pretentious, annoying and long. But it is also strangely compelling.
Ben Wright Q&A
One time dancer with Matthew Bourne, Ricochet, London Contemporary Dance Theatre, Richard Alston and Stan Won't Dance, Ben Wright now makes movement for opera and theatre as well as dance. His company, bgrou… Continue Reading
Dance Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
As one of London’s most prestigious venues, The Royal Albert Hall hosts many world renowned acts – who it could be argued, wouldn’t have reached such a pinnacle in their career had it not been for a s… Continue Reading
Darshan Singh Bhuller's Caravaggio: Exile and Death at The Place
“The performers do their best, particularly Lee Clayden, whose sweaty intensity and slabby musculature make him a convincing-looking Caravaggio.”
Darshan Singh Bhuller's Caravaggio: Exile and Death
“This is a wonderful subject that Bhuller has found for himself, but it needs staging and imagining on a much grander scale.”
The Everyday Dancer
Published by Faber & FaberHardback RRP: £14.99 Deborah Bull danced with the Royal Ballet for over 30 years, joining the Royal Ballet School at 11, and graduating into the company in 1981 at the age of 18. … Continue Reading
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in White at Sadler's Wells
“The opening work, characterised by a slow pace interrupted with sporadic bursts of rapid movement, is a beautifully judged exercise in technique with a wonderful opening solo from Chiu I-wen”
Clod Ensemble in An Anatomie in Four Quarters at Sadler's Wells
“When that fourth wall-shattering moment came, it capped off one of the most unique and thought-provoking experiences I’ve ever enjoyed in said theatre.”
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in White at Sadler's Wells
“The choreographic manner suggests decent modern dance that has been seriously affected by the attitudes of Chinese theatre: the union is intriguing but ill-resolved.”
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in White at Sadler's Wells
“The choreography here is sharper and more complex but White’s is a depressing kind of progress, like paving over a Zen garden to erect a skyscraper.”