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19/09/2024

Another LiftedLeg review...

★★★★✰ English National Ballet has brought back Akram Khan's Giselle - a radical take on an old ballet and one that really delivers an emotional 20-century punch. Runs through to 28/9 at Sadler's Wells

https://www.liftedleg.com/2024/09/english-national-ballet-akram-khan-giselle-london

Picture of Erina Takahashi and James Streeter in Akram Khan’s Giselle. © Foteini Christofilopoulou @ https://www.foteini.com

29/08/2024

Another LiftedLeg review...

★★★✰✰ Nina Ananiashvili - Official's State Ballet of Georgia in Swan Lake London Coliseum

"A first visit to London by Nina Ananiashvili's State Ballet of Georgia and with a usefully pared back classical Swan Lake. Some mismatched casting means we don't hit all the highs until a magical last act."
https://www.liftedleg.com/2024/08/state-ballet-of-georgia-swan-lake-london

Picture of Nino Samadashvili and Oleg Lihai in Swan Lake. © Sasha Gusov.

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...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancetabs/albums/72177720296249865

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.

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