Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography places privacy at the heart of the public performance.
Dance
11 June 2018
Reviews • Dance • Reviews
Review: Portraits in Otherness at Sadler’s Wells
June 8 - June 9
By Rachel Nouchi
Folklore or fun: this double-bill of solo dances curated by the Akram Khan Company compelling blends tradition and innovation.
6 June 2018
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Review: Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House
May 17th - June 21st
By Anna Winter
A cat among the swans: Liam Scarlett’s interpretation gets three big ticks from Anna Winter.
1 June 2018
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Review: Xenos at Sadler’s Wells
May 29 - June 9
By Rachel Elderkin
An achingly profound and lasting poignancy: Akram Khan’s last solo show is a moving exploration of WWI.
21 May 2018
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Review: Hard to be Soft – A Belfast Prayer at Dublin Dance Festival
May 18 - May 19
By Chris McCormack
An expression of thanks: choreographer Oona Doherty crafts a religious reflection on her home town.
12 May 2018
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Review: Dolores at Dublin Dance Festival
May 9 - May 13
By Chris McCormack
Rivetingly dark: Junk Ensemble’s dance-theatre reimagining of Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is thrilling and revelatory.
14 April 2018
Reviews • Dance
Review: Voices of America at English National Ballet
By Maria Iu
Terrifying and beautiful: the English National Ballet’s States-inspired performance is anything but stuffy,
6 April 2018
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Review: My First Ballet: Swan Lake at the Peacock Theatre
March 29 - April 7
By Miriam Gillinson
What might’ve been: the ENB’s Tchaikovsky for kids fails to spark the imagination.
26 March 2018
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Review: State of Exception at Project Arts Centre, Dublin
March 23 - March 24
By Chris McCormack
Voicing the fears of refugees: Catherine Young’s new work explores the life of asylum seekers in Ireland.
14 March 2018
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Review: Constructions of Thin Air at The Place
March 9 - March 10
By Rachel Elderkin
Powerful and poignant: Maresa von Stockert’s return to indoor staging is a compelling study of interaction and experience.
2 March 2018
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Review: Joss Arnott Dance: Triple Bill at Trinity Laban
March 1
By Rachel Elderkin
A freshness within his signature style: this Joss Arnott trio concludes with a compelling new piece.
1 March 2018
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Review: Gala Flamenca La Chana at Sadler’s Wells
February 21 - February 23
By Anna Winter
Proudly matriarchal: Flamenco legend Antonia Santiago Amador makes a rare, glorious appearance.
21 February 2018
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Review: BASICTENSION at the ICA
10 - 11 February 2018
By Paul Hughes
An imprecise cloud of possibilites: Jamila Johnson-Small’s free-flowing choreography brings dance artists into a contemporary art context.
19 February 2018
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Review: Hand Towards, Nelum and Lots of Varied Expectations at Resolution 2018
January 12 - February 23
By Rohanne Udall
Delicate, provocative, gleeful: the UK’s largest dance festival for emerging artists offers up another stimulating triple-bill.
19 February 2018
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Review: Drowning, Journeys of Internal Migration, and HILT at Resolution 2018
January 12 - February 23
By Rohanne Udall
Ridiculous, playful, brilliantly strange: Resolution 2018 offers up another varied trio of dances.