Ballett am Rhein: engaging, intoxicating, emotive and not one plot!

Ballett am Rhein in Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia

Ballett am Rhein in Demis Volpi's One and Others

Ballett am Rhein in Sharon Eyal's Salt Womb

Von Vikki Jane Vile, 27 Februar 2023

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“a beautiful, theatrical, emotive creation that doesn’t require context”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Köln, am 25 Februar 2023

Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)

One and Others (Demis Volpi)

Salt Womb (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

Ballett am Rhein

Holly Hynes, Kostüme

Mark Stanley, Licht

Thomas Lempertz, Kostüme

Claudia Sánchez, Licht

Sharon Eyal, Kostüme

Gai Behar, Kostüme

Rebecca Hytting, Kostüme

Alon Cohen, Licht

Marié Shimada, Tanz

Charlotte Kragh, Tanz

Eric White, Tanz

Lara Delfino, Tanz

Dukin Seo, Tanz

Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 3rd April

Atlanta Ballet's Golden Hour program featured two world premieres and the Atlanta premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.

*****

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

****1

Les « Racines » inégales du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris à Bastille

Laurine Mortha, 6th October

Entre une pièce des années 1950 de Balanchine et les deux créations récentes des chorégraphes Mthuthuzeli November et Christopher Wheeldon, le programme mixte néo-classique produit un effet mitigé.

***11

The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

****1

Ballet Nights makes an impressive and unforgettable Scottish debut

Kathy Elgin, 4th July

Ballet Nights is more than an evening of party pieces: it showcases emerging talent alongside older favourites and, in the case of this first Scottish outing, has an eye to local tradition.

****1

ABT in Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: CliffsNotes Shakespeare

Ivy Lin, 2nd July

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a sumptuous looking production but on this occasion, it didn’t come to life emotionally.

***11

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Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for over ten years, specialising in Ballroom and Ballet. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance. Vikki writes for BroadwayWorld and previously Dancing Times, LondonDance.com and CultureWhisper. She also prides herself on being a Strictly Come Dancing connoisseur since its inception and has appeared on BBC radio and several podcasts as an expert on all things Strictly. Having lived in London for ten years, she is now based in Germany and adapting to the Berlin dance scene.