Dance: Reviews
Dance performances reviewed.
Most recent features:
A Luminous Evening at the Opera Bastille
The Paris Opera Ballet offers up their exquisitely light, yet deeply moving, production of Kaguyahime, Jiri Kylian’s retelling of the Japanese fable, "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter."
13 Aug 2010
Sex and Marriage in the Gardens of Versailles
"Watching six women weaving their way around the stage with their underwear around their ankles and their private parts blowing in the wind was not particularly uplifting", writes Patricia Boccadoro from the Chateau of Versailles.
28 Jul 2010
More is Less: A Documentarian Bungles a Rare Opportunity
In his much ballyhooed documentary “La Danse – Le Ballet de l’Opera de Paris,” filmmaker Frederick Wiseman focuses obsessively on mundane details, only hinting at the compelling treasures they support and surround.
28 Jun 2010
Made in Siberia
Closed to foreigners by Stalin in the 1930’s, Perm, the gateway to Siberia, didn’t open to outsiders until the 1990’s.
22 Mar 2010
Young Choreographers Without Borders
A Frenchman from New York City Ballet, another fom the Paris Opera Ballet and a young Brit who hails from Stockport in the U.K. offer a mixed, star-studded programme at the Palais Garnier.
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A Week For Rudolf Nureyev
Ten years after Rudolf Nureyev's death, extracts from his dance productions were programmed in galas by ballet companies in Europe and America.
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