Judith Mackrell
Ballet Black - review
Ballet Black may struggle against an inexplicable lack of state funding, yet it continues to make a heroic investment in new choreography. This season its adventurous policies pay dividends with Javier de Frutos's new piece, The One Played Twice.Why English National Ballet's rebranding was a necessary step
When Tamara Rojo took over English National Ballet last summer, she vowed to make it Britain's "best loved and most creative company". Last month she put an image to that statement, commissioning a rebrand that's a world away from the old tutu-and-tights
Royal Ballet Mixed Programme - review
Alexei Ratmansky is the choreographer of the moment, the man with a golden touch, and the buzz of expectation surrounding his first creation for the Royal has been distractingly high. In fact, 24 Preludes isn't the masterpiece some were hoping for, though
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin - review
Very few companies can afford not to have a few family-friendly, fairytale ballets in their repertory and David Bintley has been candid in admitting that his Aladdin offers exactly "what it says on the tin". With its simple storytelling, bright, extrovert
Flow - review
The Print Room, London Hubert Essakow 's multimedia dance work puts a new spin on immersive performance. Waterproof capes are handed out as we enter the tiny Print Room theatre, and by the last 10 minutes, everyone is sheltering gratefully under them
The Old King - review
Linbury Studio, London Writers have a thousand ways of portraying end-of-the-world angst: Shakespeare's Lear ranting into the storm; Beckett's Winnie, chatting blithely into the void. For dancers, though, the options are more limited - especially when it
