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Kismet: Rambert’s new double bill brings youthful joy to Edinburgh

By Kathy Elgin, 03 July 2025

Rambert’s double bill, clearly a joyous experience for the many who leaped to their feet whooping, but perhaps a bit lightweight for anyone not quite so easily satisfied with novelty.

***11

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Edinburgh

07 Jul 2025

Kismet: Rambert’s new double bill brings youthful joy to Edinburgh

By Kathy Elgin

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London

Botis Seva/Far From The Norm: Until We Sleep is full of intrigue

By Graham Watts, 24 June 2025

Botis Seva's Until We Sleep for his company Far From The Norm offers intriguing imagery and movement, but it is too loud and too dark.

***11

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London

25 Jun 2025

Botis Seva/Far From The Norm: Until We Sleep is full of intrigue

By Graham Watts

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New York City

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

By Carla Escoda, 25 March 2025

A mixed bill with mixed results from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce Theater in New York.

***11

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New York City

27 Mar 2025

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

By Carla Escoda

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London

The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful

By Amanda Jennings, 20 February 2025

Overall, Light of Passage is one of those glorious pieces where music, choreography and design meld together to make theatrical magic.

*****

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London

21 Feb 2025

The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful

By Amanda Jennings

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London

Encounters: The Royal Ballet at its versatile best

By Amanda Jennings, 22 October 2024

In a quadruple bill of contemporary works, The Royal Ballet's dancers shine in this diverse programme, creating an immersive experience.

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London

23 Oct 2024

Encounters: The Royal Ballet at its versatile best

By Amanda Jennings

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London

Hofesh Shechter: Theatre of Dreams is a dive into the subconscious

By Graham Watts, 10 October 2024

Hofesh Shechter Company are a tremendous ensemble, performing with pinpoint accuracy whenever in unison, and more-or-less continually in action for over 90 minutes.

***11

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London

13 Oct 2024

Hofesh Shechter: Theatre of Dreams is a dive into the subconscious

By Graham Watts

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London

The National Ballet of Canada: an impressive return to the UK

By Graham Watts, 02 October 2024

A long-awaited return to the UK, showcasing the work of Canadian choreographers in an outstanding mixed programme.

****1

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London

03 Oct 2024

The National Ballet of Canada: an impressive return to the UK

By Graham Watts

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Edinburgh

Cystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Assembly Hall: enjoyable madness!

By Kathy Elgin, 22 August 2024

Spot-on dance-theatre not taking itself too seriously, daring to be genuinely funny.

****1

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Edinburgh

23 Aug 2024

Cystal Pite and Jonathon Young's Assembly Hall: enjoyable madness!

By Kathy Elgin

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Berlin

Overture and Angels’ Atlas: transcendental in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi, 28 April 2024

Pondering upon society and the human condition: Marcos Morau’s Overture and Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas at the Staatsballett Berlin.

****1

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Berlin

30 Apr 2024

Overture and Angels’ Atlas: transcendental in Berlin

By Katja Vaghi

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Sydney

Johan Inger’s Carmen: see what you made me do

By Katie Lawrence, 10 April 2024

Swedish choreographer, Johan Inger, reimagines Carmen for The Australian Ballet, and purports to flip the script on "toxic masculinity" and the 200 year old tale of power and passion.

****1

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Sydney

12 Apr 2024

Johan Inger’s Carmen: see what you made me do

By Katie Lawrence

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London

English National Ballet: Johan Inger's Carmen is chillingly topical

By Deborah Weiss, 27 March 2024

It's not an easy watch, but Johan Inger's Carmen is a brave commentary on misogyny in today's society. English National Ballet give of their best.

***11

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London

28 Mar 2024

English National Ballet: Johan Inger's Carmen is chillingly topical

By Deborah Weiss

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Oslo

Norwegian National Ballet does justice to Pite's Light of Passage

By Graham Watts, 22 April 2023

Powerful and thoroughly absorbing living art.

*****

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*****

Oslo

25 Apr 2023

Norwegian National Ballet does justice to Pite's Light of Passage

By Graham Watts

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New York City

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

By Ivy Lin, 30 March 2023

Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas offers a strange closer for the NBC's program in their brief run at New York City Center.

**111

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New York City

01 Apr 2023

National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

By Ivy Lin

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Sydney

Kunstkamer: The Australian Ballet's “beautiful monster” is dance perfection

By Chantal Nguyen, 03 May 2022

The Australian Ballet's impressively-danced Kunstkamer is a work of astonishing scale, originality, and warmth, choreographed by Paul Lighfoot, Sol León, Marco Goecke and Crystal Pite.

*****

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*****

Sydney

05 May 2022

The Australian Ballet's “beautiful monster” is dance perfection

By Chantal Nguyen

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London

A mixed bag for The Royal Ballet's mixed bill

By Graham Watts, 24 March 2022

Kyle Abraham's The Weathering doesn't feel particularly fresh on its premiere, but Crystal Pite's Solo Echo and Christopher Wheeldon's Danse à Grande Vitesse pep up the first triple bill of the season at Covent Garden.

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London

25 Mar 2022

A mixed bag for The Royal Ballet's mixed bill

By Graham Watts

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Zurich

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 October 2021

World-renowned choreographers Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke bring their unparalleled electricity and imagination to the Zurich stage.

*****

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*****

Zurich

03 Oct 2021

Crystal Pite's Angels’ Atlas triumphs in Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

London

The reawakening: 21st-Century Choreographers celebrated by The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts, 18 May 2021

The first post-lockdown performance by The Royal Ballet offer an important indicator for the company's future.

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London

19 May 2021

21st-Century Choreographers celebrated by The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts

London

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa at The Royal Ballet

By Graham Watts, 08 May 2019

A mixed bill of modern work showcases the diverse talents of The Royal Ballet.

***11

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London

09 May 2019

A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa

By Graham Watts

Basel

A case of confused identity: Basel's new Peer Gynt ballet

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 June 2017

Johan Inger's new Peer Gynt ballet fails to convince in Basel

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Basel

05 Jun 2017

A Case of Confused Identity

By Sarah Batschelet