From samba-inspired workshops to dancing naked: Rachel Elderkin reviews a selection of the dance line up at Wilderness 2017.
Rachel Elderkin
Articles by Rachel Elderkin
3 August 2017
Features
Wilderness 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Rachel Elderkin talks us through the dance shows being performed at this year’s Wilderness festival.
30 June 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: New English Ballet Theatre at Sadler’s Wells
29 June 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Lively and refreshing: Rachel Elderkin reviews the New English Ballet Theatre performing The Four Seasons and Other Modern Ballets.
8 May 2017
Reviews
Review: The Toad Knew at Sadler’s Wells
By Rachel Elderkin
An space for imaginations to wander: James Thierree’s surreal dance show is full of delights and enchantment.
7 April 2017
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: RUN at The Place
The Place ⋄ April 4 - April 5 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Adrenalin-fuelled, beguiling, and vaguely Dionyisian: Rebecca Elderkin is frustrated by 2Faced Dance’s uneven triple-bill.
21 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Witness Double Bill at Trinity Laban
Trinity Laban ⋄ Until 17 March 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Honest and brave: Rachel Elderkin reviews Company Chameleon’s new double bill exploring metal health and bipolar disorder.
3 March 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Maliphantworks at the Print Room
The Print Room ⋄ 28 February - 11 March 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
The interplay between light and movement: Rachel Elderkin reviews a collection of early works by Russell Maliphant.
14 February 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 9 - 10 February 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
Beyond words: Rachel Elderkin reviews the ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble’s U.K. debut.
10 January 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Smashed at the Peacock Theatre
Peacock Theatre ⋄ 9 - 10 January 2017
By Rachel Elderkin
More jugglers, more apples and more chaos: Rachel Elderkin reviews Gandini Juggling’s opening to the London International Mime Festival 2017.
14 November 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Creation at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 10th - 12th November 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
A battle for attention: Rachel Elderkin reviews the collaboration between the Rambert Dance Company and Garsington Opera.
24 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Beheld & Set and Reset/Reset at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 21st - 22nd October 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
Pushing the possibilities of movement: Rachel Elderkin reviews Candoco at Sadler’s Wells.
12 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shakespeare Triple Bill at Sadler’s Wells
Sadler's Wells ⋄ 10th - 11th September 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
Both theatrical and poetic: Rachel Elderkin reviews the Birmingham Royal Ballet’s performance of three works inspired by Shakespeare.
27 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: Jekyll & Hyde at the Old Vic
Old Vic ⋄ 20th - 28th May 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
Gawky pelvic twitches and beautiful botany: Rachel Elderkin reviews Drew McOnie’s re-imagining of R.L. Stevenson’s classic.
25 April 2016
Reviews • Dance
Review: May Contain Food at The Place
The Place ⋄ 21st April - 7th May 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
Eccentric, ludicrous and entertaining: Rachel Elderkin reviews Protein’s gastronomic new work.
22 March 2016
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Cristaux / To Begin, Begin / Storyville
Barbican Theatre ⋄ 18th - 19th March 2016
By Rachel Elderkin
Rachel Elderkin reviews Ballet Black’s “rather mixed triple bill”.