Review: Swan Lake/Loch na hEala, Sadler’s Wells
The stage is set with an unlikely assortment of objects. A utilitarian platform, instruments, ladders, wiring and microphones conjure thoughts of a warehouse. I...
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Review: Akram Khan’s Giselle, Sadler’s Wells
English National Ballet (ENB) are fast becoming one of the most intriguing companies at work in the UK today. Under the artistic direction of Tamara Rojo, they ...
Review: Pinocchio, Sadler’s Wells
Originally the protagonist of Carlo Collodi’s book set in 19th Century Italy, and then the eponymous star of the Disney classic, Pinocchio is a fairytale charac...
Feature: Dancing through disability – Suzie Birchwood’s conversation with dystonia
For any dancer or choreographer, to have an evening of your work staged by Sadler’s Wells is a coup. But for Suzie Birchwood, who presents and performs in A ...
Review: O Snap, Stratford Circus Arts Centre
“The stumbling blocks of our teenage years where emotions and friends rule” are the focus of Erik Kaiel’s O Snap, a piece of dance theatre aimed at children fro...
Review: Tetris, Stratford Circus Arts Centre
Erik Kaiel’s company – Arch 8 Dancers – have hit Dance Umbrella 2016 with a programme of three contrasting works aimed at younger audiences. Tetris – the first ...