SeeingDance
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Bringing all the news and taking a sharp-eyed and critical look at dance in the UK, Europe and Asia.
"Yui Yonezawa is the image of Romantic beauty. Fragile and soulful with delicate limbs she seemed to float... strong support of Shun Izawa as Albrecht." Maggie Foyer on the @nntt_ballet (National Ballet of Japan) and a triumphant Giselle at @rbo_org seeingdance.com/national-balle…
From Munich, @davidmeaddance reviews the all-new 'Stravinsky in Paris' double bill by the Ballett des Staatstheaters am @Gaertnertheater: 'Farewell in Paris' by #JeromeVerbruggen, and 'Le Sacre du Printemps' by #MarcoGoecke. seeingdance.com/ballett-des-st…
"These young people have had the opportunity of a lifetime, working with some of the greatest people in dance today, and they repaid in by the bucketload." Nicola Claire reports from @Sadlers_Wells on the @NYDCompany in Gravity, made with #BoyBlue. seeingdance.com/nydc-gravity-2…
Continuing our reviews from Germany this summer, Veronica Posth looks at the #StaatsballettBerlin in a Jiří Kylián-Crystal Pite double bill of Gods and Dogs and Angels' Atlas. seeingdance.com/staatsballett-…
Nicola Claire reports on this year's The @RoyalBalletSch Summer Performance @rbo_org (Royal Ballet & Opera). "It is the dancers who ultimately make it what it is. And this year’s performance was, without a shadow of a doubt, great." seeingdance.com/royal-ballet-s…
"Nicely tongue in cheek, Magnificat is magnificent. A joy and a dance that, like all the best, leaves you wanting more." @davidmeaddance on Compagnie @mariechouinard at the #ColoursDanceFestival. Stuttgart seeingdance.com/compagnie-mari…
"A completely bazaar, frenzied, pornographic, nonsense show. It’s also oddly compulsive." Nicola Claire on 'No President' by #NatureTheater of Oklahoma (actually from New York) at the @southbankcentre London. seeingdance.com/nature-theater…
From Berlin, Veronica Posth reviews @NDTdance in #FiguresinExtinction by #CrystalPite and #SimonMcBurney at the Deutsche Oper. seeingdance.com/nederlands-dan…
"A super evening" @davidmeaddance reviews London Children's Ballet - @LCBLondon - in 'Ella's Big Chance: A Jazz-Age Cinderella', and new take on an old tale with choreography by #KristenMcNally. seeingdance.com/london-childre…
As @LonCityBallet are about to open their 2025 UK 'Momentum' tour, Maggie Foyer talks to artistic director #ChristopherMarney about the ballets and dancers audiences will see. seeingdance.com/london-city-ba…
#GaladeDanza had its first London performances last week. Maggie Foyer reports on a varied evening, in every sense, at Central Hall Westminster. seeingdance.com/gala-de-danza-…
"ZooNation Youth is quality across the board. With talent of this ilk, the future of hip-hop looks very exciting indeed." Nicola Claire reports on @ZooNationUK Youth in the Next Generation Festival at the @rbo_org. seeingdance.com/zoonation-yout…
More from the #Colours International Dance Festival in #Stuttgart as @davidmeaddance reviews @GOM_Circus - Gravity & Other Myths in 'Ten Thousand Hours'. seeingdance.com/gravity-and-ot…
Fusing traditional Indian dances with voguing, electro and waacking? Yes! And to great effect! Just one element of the incredibly full of life 'Level Up' by Compagnie #AmalaDianor, seen by @davidmeaddance at Colours Int Dance Festival, Stuttgart. seeingdance.com/amala-dianor-m…
David Mead on the world premiere of #akramkhan #turningofbones for #GauthierDance at the #ColoursIntDanceFestival at the @Theaterhaus Stuttgart seeingdance.com/gauthier-dance…
Jeannette Andersen in conversation with Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot about their curated ‘Sphären' programme at the Bayerisches @staatsballett seeingdance.com/leon-lightfoot…
"I can’t think of a single thing that I would want to change... The dancing, choreography and immersive visuals are all outstanding." Nicola Claire on @QuadModBallet at @Sadlers_Wells seeingdance.com/quadrophenia-a…
"One of these rare performances that made you dance all the way home." Jeannette Andersen reviews Compagnie #AmalaDianor at @Muffatwerk, #Munich, ahead of their appearance at Colours International Dance Festival, Stuttgart. seeingdance.com/amala-dianor-m…
"A fine evening, full of variety, colour and wonderful dance; a couple of hours to put a smile on anyone’s face." @davidmeaddance on 'Rodgers and Hammerstein's Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill" Regents Park @OpenAirTheatre London. seeingdance.com/rodgers-hammer…
Maggie Foyer reports on the London debut of the #ParisOperaJuniorBallet (@operadeparis) in a programme of four works by Balanchine, Béjart, López Ochoa and Martinez at the @rbo_org seeingdance.com/paris-opera-ju…