Dance
CD: Drop The Lime, Enter The Night (Trouble and Bass)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
CD: The Whigs, In The Dark (Kartel)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
CD: Sarabeth Tucek: Get Well Soon (rel 14 April)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
CD: The Kills, Blood Pressures (Domino)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
CD Lykke Li: Wounded Rhymes (rel 28 Feb)Monday, 06 June 2011Kieron Tyler Read more... |
CD: Deerhoof, Deerhoof vs Evil (ATP)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
CD: The Streets, Computers and Blues (679)Monday, 06 June 2011Read more... |
Dave St-Pierre Company, Un Peu de Tendresse, Sadler's WellsFriday, 03 June 2011![]() When asked if I wanted to go and see two dozen naked Canadians doing audience participation, the answer was, self-evidently, nonononononononono. And then, for good measure, NO. Well, I’m here to tell you, I was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. And I... Read more... |
Manon, Royal BalletThursday, 02 June 2011![]() If an excess of enthusiasm troubles you, look away now. Because this is less a review, more a love letter. Alina Cojocaru has been astonishing audiences for more than a dozen years. Regular ballet-goers attend her performances expecting to be... Read more... |
Scènes de Ballet/ Voluntaries/ The Rite of Spring, Royal BalletSaturday, 28 May 2011![]() Programming a mixed bill is a very delicate art, and what seems like an interesting mix to one person might appear to be an entirely random series of choices to another. The Royal’s new triple is the perfect example. The music – Stravinsky, Poulenc... Read more... |
Bern:Ballett, Linbury Studio, Royal Opera HouseThursday, 26 May 2011![]() Being a choreographer is harder than it looks. Steps, movement, are just the beginning. On top of that you need to have a sense of theatricality, and then, even more, you need to be able to convey your ideas, through movement alone, to the... Read more... |
Rambert, Cardoon Club/ Roses/ Monolith, Sadler’s WellsTuesday, 24 May 2011![]() Paul Taylor's Roses is called Roses because, well, because it is. There are no roses here, no flowery sentiment, no overwrought angst and emotion. This, one of Taylor’s most beautifully serene works, is the smell of roses on a still May evening:... Read more... |
