On Truth and Beauty: Galili’s Man of The Hour in Amsterdam

By Sarah Batschelet, 31 January 2016

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Reviewed at International Theater: Grote Zaal, Amsterdam on 29 January 2016

Man of the Hour (Itzik Galili)

Kamea Dance Company

Suzanne Dellal Centre

Israeli Opera

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

Confident new works from the Joffrey Ballet

Joseph Houseal, 12th February

The Joffrey Ballet presents a roster of choreographers with new approaches, a positive impression for the future of ballet.

*****

Finding release among the poppy fields

Mark Pullinger, 7th February

Tcherniakov's moving production delves into the psychological rather than revelling in the spectacular.

****1

BJM visits New York

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24th May

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal is a company that embraces individuality and is at its best when the dancers are all on stage together.

***11

Rambert: Murder, Mystery and A Party

John O'Dwyer, 10th May

Ninety years since it was founded, Rambert continues to bring varied and challenging dance styles to Sadler's Wells.

***11

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Sarah Batschelet

Sarah Batschlelet, long based in Switzerland, took a degree in Art History from Smith College, Northampton, Massachuetts, and lives as a freelance writer and editor near Zurich.