In Balletboyz’ electrifying Deluxe, breakdance meets a mental breakdown
Balletboyz only managed seven performances of their 20th anniversary tour in 2020 before Covid cut it short. Luckily they had filmed one of those shows, so could…
Avant-garde dance that’s like the world’s most elaborate screensaver
If you’ve had the mostly bridled joy of travelling on the London Underground any time recently, you will almost certainly have spotted the intriguing yellow posters –…
NDT 2, Sadler’s Wells, review: dancing that makes you disbelieve your eyes
Well, whaddya know – you wait two Covid-stricken years for an exhilarating young dance company to arrive on these shores, and then two turn up back-to-back. Just…
Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, Sadler’s Wells, review: a witty, wonderful, rip-roaring spectacular
I’m going to resist the temptation to describe the subsequent transformation scene: suffice it to say that it’s a terrific coup de théâtre, and that the following…
Akram Khan Dance Company, Outwitting the Devil, review: a beautiful show that’s liable to outwit the audience
Akram Khan is one of the most inquiring, intelligent, exhilarating dancer-choreographers this country has ever produced, which is not to say that he has always been the…