DanceTabs, Windsor (2024)

03/03/2022

Following the earlier news about DanceTabs closing, we've now run our final reviews and galleries and, in a final flourish, we wanted to celebrate the site by drawing together all the kind things that people have said since we made the announcement. Thank you!https://dancetabs.com/2022/03/dancetabs-update-and-appreciation/

02/02/2022

"Last week’s performance, of a triple bill of Balanchine works, was as normal as anything could be in these abnormal times..." Marina Harss' last review for DanceTabs is of New York City Ballet's All Balanchine bill comprising "Mozartiana", "Rubies" and "La Valse". ★★★✰✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/02/new-york-city-ballet-mozartiana-rubies-la-valse-new-york/

Picture of Anthony Huxley and Sterling Hyltin in Balanchine’s "Mozartiana". © Erin Baiano.

02/02/2022

"The production is in good hands and in good shape, as audiences will see when it is screened in cinemas worldwide." Jann Parry with another look at the Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet, this time with Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in the lead. They dance again on the 3 Feb and can be seen on the cinema screening on 14 and 20 Feb. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/02/royal-ballet-romeo-and-juliet-osullivan-and-sambe-london/

Picture of Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in "Romeo and Juliet" (2019). © Helen Maybanks.

01/02/2022

"A deceptively low-key hour-long show... which blends circus skills with offbeat humour and a gently strange narrative arc." So says Siobhan Murphy of the Barely Methodical Troupe's "KIN" at the Peacock Theatre - part of London International Mime Festival. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/02/barely-methodical-troupe-london-international-mime-festival-kin-london/

Picture of Barely Methodical Troupe in "KIN". © David Levene.

01/02/2022

"This 'Nutcracker' carries the subtitle "A magical family adventure" and Scottish Ballet across the board deliver on that - it's certainly a production worth going out of your way to see." Bruce Marriott is very impressed by the changed Peter Darrell production, as seen at the Eden Court in Inverness. ★★★★★
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/scottish-ballet-the-nutcracker-inverness/

Picture of Marge Hendrick and Evan Loudon in Peter Darrell's "The Nutcracker". © Andy Ross.

30/01/2022

"'Short & Sweet' is a very mixed bill, ranging from the arcane to the absurd, celebrating otherness with lots of laughter." Jann Parry's ★★★★✰ review of Thick & Tight at the London International Mime Festival.
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/thick-tight-london-international-mime-festival-short-sweet-london/

Picture of Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry in "Cage & Paige: We Could Go On and On". © Foteini Christofilopoulou.

29/01/2022

"The program opened with one of Justin Peck’s best pieces in years, 'Partita'" - Marina Harss on the opening of New York City Ballet's 2021-22 Season's 'New Combinations' program. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/new-york-city-ballet-partita-peck-premiere-summerspace-dgv-danse-a-grande-vitesse/

Picture of Tiler Peck in Justin Peck’s "Partita". © Erin Baiano.

28/01/2022

Special Gallery - The Royal Ballet's Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in the studio with Leanne Benjamin and Edward Watson rehearsing "Romeo and Juliet" at the Royal Opera House, photographed by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/special-gallery-royal-ballet-romeo-and-juliet-studio-anna-rose-osullivan-marcelino-sambe/

Picture of Anna Rose O'Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in studio rehearsals of "Romeo and Juliet". © Foteini Christofilopoulou, courtesy the Royal Opera House.

27/01/2022

Gallery - Compagnie 111 @ London International Mime Festival with "aSH" at the Barbican. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
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Picture of Shantala Shivalingappa in "aSH". © Foteini Christofilopoulou.

26/01/2022

Gallery - Thick & Tight @ London International Mime Festival with "SHORT & SWEET" at the Barbican. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancetabs/albums/72177720296228926

Picture of "Twiggy" in "SHORT & SWEET": Harry Alexander. © Foteini Christofilopoulou.

25/01/2022

"Starting 2022 on an optimistic footing for dance and performance that centres on the work of black artists from the African diaspora, interdisciplinary performer and choreographer Akeim Toussaint Buck curates a spectacularly rich programme at Sadler's Wells Lilian Baylis Studio with his Wild Card 'Radical Visions'." Josephine Leask on a ★★★★★ evening.
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/akeim-toussaint-buck-sadlers-wells-wild-card-series-radical-visions-london/

Picture of Akeim Toussaint Buck in 2020 pubicity image. © Ashley Karrell.

25/01/2022

DanceTabs is closing and will stop adding new articles early next month - February 2022. Social Media will continue through February. More details on the link below. We dearly thank all the writers and photographers who have been involved in DanceTabs - we've all done a cracking job of covering dance and ballet and that's really cause for enormous celebration.
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/dancetabs-is-closing/

25/01/2022

"'POWER' is a work borne of reimagining what Black Shaker worship was like in all its amazing complexity." says an impressed Karen Greenspan of the new Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group dance work recently presented at BAM. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/reggie-wilson-fist-and-heel-performance-group-power-new-york/

Picture of Clement Mensah and Paul Hamilton in "POWER". © Christopher Duggan.

20/01/2022

"Tamara Rojo has achieved an excellent feat of artistic engineering; creating a fully-functioning, enjoyable new model out of a redundant artefact." Graham Watts reviews the new English National Ballet "Raymonda", by Tamara Rojo, at the London Coliseum. ★★★★✰

Picture of Shiori Kase with Jeffrey Cirio and ENB dancers in "Raymonda". © Foteini Christofilopoulou.

19/01/2022

"Dance inspired by Merce Cunningham, crossed with juggling. That’s the unique premise of Gandini Juggling’s 'LIFE - a love letter to Merce Cunningham', a London International Mime Festival world premiere at the Lilian Baylis studio" starts Lynette Halewood's ★★★★✰ review.
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/gandini-juggling-at-london-international-mime-fest-life-love-letter-to-merce-cunningham/

Picture of Sakari Männistö, Yu-Hsien Wu, Erin O'Toole & Kati Ylä-Hokkala in "LIFE: A love letter to Merce Cunningham". © Dolly Brown.

19/01/2022

Formerly known as the Contemporary Dance Showcase, Kudos to Japan Society for making last-minute (Covid-19) adaptations rather than cancelling their "2022 Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia" program. Karen Greenspan reviews and was, again, very impressed. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/japan-society-2022-contemporary-dance-festival-japan-east-asia/

Picture of NiNi in "FreeSteps – NiNi". © Takaaki Ando.

18/01/2022

Gallery - English National Ballet's long-delayed "Raymonda", by Tamara Rojo, at last gets its premiere at London's Coliseum on the 18 Jan 2022. Runs through to 23 Jan 2022. Gallery by Foteini Christofilopoulou...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancetabs/albums/72177720296024022

Picture of Shiori Kase and Jeffrey Cirio in "Raymonda". © Foteini Christofilopoulou.

13/01/2022

This season the Royal Ballet have a second run of Romeo and Juliet's, running from 10 Jan to the 25 Feb 2022. Cast changes meant that Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli danced the opening show - and Jann Parry was impressed. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/royal-ballet-romeo-and-juliet-nunez-bonelli-london/

Picture of Marianela Nuñez and Federico Bonelli in "Romeo and Juliet". © Andrej Uspenski, courtesy ROH.

13/01/2022

INTERVIEW: 5 Questions to Shiori Kase - Principal with English National Ballet and dancing Raymonda at the premiere of Tamara Rojo's new ballet on 18 January 2022. At a busy time, 5 very short questions and 5 very short answers...
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/5-questions-to-shiori-kase-dancing-raymonda-at-the-enb-18-jan-22-premiere/

Picture of Shiori Kase. © Karolina Kuras.

13/01/2022

FEATURE: Two ways of telling "West Side Story" - Gay Morris compares Steven Spielberg's new film to the 1961 original by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. One is contemporary, compelling, down to earth and the other pure magic...
https://dancetabs.com/2022/01/two-ways-with-west-side-story-steven-spielberg-2021-jerome-robbins-robert-wise-1961-film/

Picture of the Spielberg "West Side Story" poster/flyer. © 20th Century Studios.

27/12/2021

"Last spring, live dance began its gradual return to New York City. The wait had been long, and the longing intense. I remember the first performance I saw in New York as if it were yesterday." starts Marina Harss roundup of the Memorable Dances of 2021 in New York.
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/memorable-dances-of-2021-new-york/

Picture of Lloyd Knight in Molissa Fenley's "State of Darkness". © Art Davidson.

26/12/2021

Gallery - Royal Ballet in "The Nutcracker" with Lauren Cuthbertson and William Bracewell in the lead and Isabella Gasparini as Clara. Performances are set to resume at The Royal Opera House on 5 January 2022. Photographed by Foteini Christofilopoulou.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancetabs/albums/72177720295396257

Picture of Isabella Gasparini as Clara in "The Nutcracker". © Foteini Christofilopoulou, courtesy the Royal Opera House.

24/12/2021

Memories of 2021 - Dance in London - Lynette Halewood on a year of trying to get back to normal... "At least there are some memorable performances to recall from 2021: at the beginning of the year none of us had any idea when we might sit in a theatre and watch live dance again."
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/dance-memories-of-2021-london/

Picture New Adventures in Matthew Bourne’s "The Midnight Bell". © Johan Persson.

22/12/2021

Sarasota Ballet have been performing Peter Wright's "Giselle" at Sarasota's Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall. Marina Harss saw 2 casts give their best in a testing narrative work. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/sarasota-ballet-giselle-sarasota/

Picture of Danielle Brown and Luke Schaufuss in "Giselle". © Frank Atura.

22/12/2021

"The English National Ballet 'Nutcracker' is a bit of alright and it's almost bound to send you home happier than you arrived." starts Bruce Marriott's review of a Christmas ballet that can both please and give pause for thought. ★★★✰✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/english-national-ballet-nutcracker-london-4/

Picture of English National Ballet in "Nutcracker". © Laurent Liotardo.

19/12/2021

Mark Morris Dance Group have made their annual December pilgrimage to Cal Performances on the West Coast and this time brought a quad bill of "Water", "Jenn and Spencer", "Dancing Honeymoon" and "V". A happy Heather Desaulniers reviews for DanceTabs. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/mark-morris-dance-group-water-jenn-and-spencer-dancing-honeymoon-v-san-francisco/

Picture of "Jenn and Spencer" by Mark Morris, here danced by Sam Black and Jenn Weddel. © Christopher Duggan.

18/12/2021

"With his 'Nutcracker!' Matthew Bourne really wants the audience to have a good time and he knows how to deliver it." starts Lynette Halewood's review of Sadler's Wells Christmas blockbuster. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/new-adventures-matthew-bournes-nutcracker-london/

Picture of Ashley Shaw as Pricess Sugar and the company in Matthew Bourne's "Nutcracker!". © Johan Persson.

17/12/2021

"Bijayini Satpathy premieres 'Abhipsaa – A Seeking': An Artist’s Journey into and out of Solitude" says Karen Greenspan who saw Satpathy's deeply impressive triple bill at Duke Performances. ★★★★★
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/bijayini-satpathy-abhipsaa-a-seeking-premiere-durham-north-carolina/

Picture of Bijayini Satpathy in "Virahi", part of "Abhipsaa". © Arun Kumar.

15/12/2021

"This year, the Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s visit could not have been better timed. As a new Covid variant closes in, we all need a little cheering up." starts Marina Harss review of their opening night at the Joyce. It included a premiere - "Nightcrawlers". ★★★✰✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/les-ballets-trockadero-de-monte-carlo-nightcrawlers-swan-lake-bill-new-york/

Picture of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in "Swan Lake" Act 2. © Lois Greenfield.

14/12/2021

San Francisco Ballet is back at the War Memorial Opera House with "Nutcracker" and Heather Desaulniers is more than happy. ★★★★✰
https://dancetabs.com/2021/12/san-francisco-ballet-nutcracker-san-francisco-4/

Picture of Frances Chung and Joseph Walsh in Tomasson's "Nutcracker