New Adventures takes to the screen for Adventures in Film

By Graham Watts, 07 December 2020

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“an excellent initiative from Sir Matthew Bourne and New Adventures”

Reviewed at Unknown Venue, Unknown on 7 December 2020

Nostos (Tasha Chu)

Little Grasses Crack Through Stone (Anjali Mehra)

Checkmate (Monique Jonas)

New Adventures

Seren Williams, Dancer

Mark Samaras, Dancer

Charlotte Broom, Dancer

Cordelia Braithwaite, Dancer

Estela Merlos, Dancer

Rhys Dennis, Dancer

Ihsaan de Banya, Dancer

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet: a 21st century love story

Naomi Mori, 10th April

Sir Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures brought its groundbreaking Romeo and Juliet to Tokyo for the first time and wowed the audience with its magical storytelling.

*****

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a heartbreaker

Deborah Weiss, 4th August

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet is a triumph of theatre, offering mesmerising leading performances that will move you to tears.

*****

New Adventures' Nutcracker! an explosion of sheer joy

Graham Watts, 17th December

A triumphant revival against all the odds as Sir Matthew Bourne's Sweetieland festivities return – briefly – to the stage.

*****

An online Beethovenathon: all nine symphonies across Europe in one day

Alexander Hall, 6th June

An all-day Beethoven experience European style with both highs and lows: much diversity revealed and exploited but of variable quality.

***11

The rewards and regrets of getting lost in Prototype’s digital salon

Kurt Gottschalk, 8th January

The production has everything going for it: strong material and smooth web design make for a seamless and enjoyable presentation. But the sum of the parts don’t quite make a whole.

***11

Icy worlds collide in Scottish Ballet's euphoric Secret Theatre

Graham Watts, 21st December

Jess and Morgs continue to break the mould of tired dance films by directing their first full-length feature, which offers much more than just a different way of presenting dance.

*****

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.