Alain Platel / Ballets C de la B

Von Erin Whitcroft, 02 Juli 2017

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“danced with such authenticity and conviction that performative contrivance seems to fall away”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, am 30 Juni 2017

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Les ballets C de la B

En Avant Marche!

Christopher Curtis, 16th June

Moments of intense beauty amid a bewlidering stream of ideas, impressions, clichés, quotations and emotions. Great performances. Band practice as a microcosm of the human condition.

***11

Platel's Tauberbach a triumph in Montreal

Rebecca Galloway, 29th May

“MY EAR IS NOT A TOILET!” Les Ballets C de la B strikes again with a tenuous balancing act between the mundane, the tragic, the hilarious and the erotic.

****1

Acosta's Don Quixote for BRB: polished but not quite enough panache

Jonathan Gray, 23rd April

Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote for Birmingham Royal Ballet returned to Sadler's Wells with polished but low-key interpretations across the board.

***11

The Center Will Not Hold: Dorrance Dance thrills at Sadler’s Wells

Daniel Pratt, 17th April

Dorrance Dance offer a compelling mix of genres in The Center Will Not Hold – high energy, full of surprises, top quality performances.

****1

Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof – Echoes of ‘78: poignant reality

Graham Watts, 7th April

A reimagining of Pina Bausch's 1978 Kontakthof by Meryl Tankard brings together eight of the original cast members in a unique and poignant revival.

*****

Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company in Solera: sensational and sensual

Graham Watts, 2nd April

Solera is a mix of experience and youth blended to create excellent vintage flamenco at London's Sadler's Wells.

****1

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Erin Whitcroft

Erin is a professionally trained ballet dancer having moved from the United States as a teenager to train at The Royal Ballet’s lower and upper schools. Since her performance career ended she has continued to research the history of dance and has post-graduate qualifications in both English and Education. Erin regularly presents papers at academic conferences and is a freelance critic specialising in dance, books and art.

Alain Platel brings Ballets C de la B to Sadler's Wells