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Mathieu Geffré's What Songs May Do... is a very touching experience

By Kathy Elgin, 06 August 2024

Mathieu Geffré's choreography is confident and inventive. It's concise, allusive, highly original. And beautifully danced.

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Edinburgh

09 Aug 2024

Mathieu Geffré's What Songs May Do... is a very touching experience

By Kathy Elgin

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Moving and provocative work from A.I.M by Kyle Abraham

By Carla Escoda, 06 April 2024

A world premiere from Rena Butler and two fine revivals from Kyle Abraham buoy a performance of A.I.M at SUNY-Purchase.

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Purchase

09 Apr 2024

Moving and provocative work from A.I.M by Kyle Abraham

By Carla Escoda

Davos

“Feeling Good”: Davos Festival concert lives up to its name

By Sarah Batschelet, 17 August 2021

An eclectic programme running from Purcell to Nina Simone kept with the Festival's tradition of presenting up-and-coming classical musicians.

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Davos

19 Aug 2021

"Feeling Good": Davos Festival concert lives up to its name

By Sarah Batschelet

Brooklyn

A centuries-spanning salon in Brooklyn for Clara Schumann's 200th birthday

By Kurt Gottschalk, 13 September 2019

Downes' playing is soulful, perhaps rather American, which gave Schumann a late-night jazziness. That tendency fit better with selections by Nina Simone and Harlem Renaissance composers Margaret Bonds and Florence Price.

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Brooklyn

16 Sep 2019

A Brooklyn salon for Clara Schumann's 200th birthday

By Kurt Gottschalk

London

Powerful double bill opens Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater residency at Sadler's Wells

By Graham Watts, 04 September 2019

The enduring legacy of Alvin Ailey is celebrated in this first programme of his company's return to the UK.

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London

06 Sep 2019

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater residency opens at Sadler's Wells

By Graham Watts