Worth the sacrifice? Ballett am Rhein's Sacre offers mixed results

Gustavo Carvalho and Futaba Ishizaki in Jerome Robbins' The Cage

Jack Bruce and Maria Luisa Castillo Yoshida in Demis Volpi's The Thing with Feathers

Ensemble Ballett am Rhein in Marcos Morau's Le Sacre du printemps

Por Vikki Jane Vile, 30 mayo 2023

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“she has a brutish overconfidence that borders on the obnoxious”

Crítica hecha desde Opernhaus, Düsseldorf el 28 mayo 2023

The Cage (Jerome Robbins)

New Work (World premiere) (Demis Volpi)

Sacre (World premiere) (Marcos Morau)

Ballett am Rhein

Vitali Alekseenok, Dirección

Jean Rosenthal, Diseño de escena

Ruth Sobotka, Diseño de vestuario

Silvia Delagneau, Diseño de vestuario

Max Glaenzel, Diseño de escena

Thomas Lempertz, Diseño de vestuario

Futaba Ishizaki, Bailarín

Sara Giovanelli, Bailarín

Gustavo Carvalho, Bailarín

El ballet neoclásico viste de gala al Teatro Real:

Cintia Borges Carreras, 26th January

Un reducido número de integrantes del Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris ha presentado en el Real un programa de obras cortas y han danzado más allá de la técnica, mostrando el cuerpo que siente el movimiento y baila.

****1

Anhelos, tormentos y divertimentos con la Compañía Nacional de Danza

Eduardo López-Collazo, 22nd July

La Compañía Nacional de Danza propuso un delicado programa que recorre los puntos fuertes de la agrupación en el Teatro Real, y donde la elección estrella fue In the nigth de Jerome Robbins.

***11

Understatement and spectacle at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th February

Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and George Balanchine's Diamonds make a study in contrasts. With lots of debuts in the former and seasoned leads in the latter.

*****

Irresistible: Justin Peck’s The Wind-Up premieres at NYCB

Carla Escoda, 29th January

Never has Justin Peck seemed more compositionally assured, and paradoxically freer, than in his latest ballet, breaking the mold of past work that mostly celebrated the camaraderie of his generation.

****1

Dutch National Ballet's opener in New York: meandering and unfocused

Ivy Lin, 20th November

Dutch National Ballet returning to New York after more than 40 years should have been thrilling. The opening program, whilst beautifully danced, was somewhat muted.

***11

London City Ballet at the Linbury: joy and sorrow at its best

Deborah Weiss, 19th November

London City Ballet move into a new venue with absolute confidence and gravitas in a quadruple bill that says everything about their future and success.

*****

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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.