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Ballet Nights 008 – Spring into Summer proved to be a judicious choice of quality and diverse repertoire. 

The venerable composer celebrates his 80 years with an intense and moving performance by six loyal musicians drawn from his family and friends, with himself on double bass.

Bookending a new harpsichord concerto from Gavin Bryars for the renowned virtuoso Mahan Esfahani, two underrated symphonies are given highly commendable performances in Liverpool.

Dawson impresses most where the dynamic between utter stillness and his lyrical movements is greatest, and Bryers has composed a beautiful and meditative series of compositions

 Zurich’s new triple-bill ballet programme bridges the 20 and 21st centuries with choreography by three different contemporary masters: Jacopo Godani, Hans van Manen, and William Forsythe.

The company of ten is filled with very well trained dancers, mostly from Juilliard’s highly regarded dance program, and they are all quite good. 

The reprise of The Fifth Century marks the beginning of an extended partnership between Bryars and the Crossing. 

Tavener's The Hidden Treasure is the highlight of the Duke Quartet's recital at Kings Place

Brass bands and balletic phrases formed part of Rambert's new mixed bill at Sadler's Wells, which also including the world premiere of Mark Baldwin's big and bold celebration of Welsh mining tradition.

Ivan Talijancic discusses L.A. Dance Project's New York debut, a Millepied - Peck - Forsythe mixed bill.

Famous as a choreographer and as the star of the award-winning film Black Swan, as well as being the husband of Natalie Portman, there is a weight of expectation on the work of Benjamin Millepied. He will take up the position of Director of Dance at Paris Opera Ballet in 2014, but his latest project, performing at Sadler’s Wells this week, attempts to break free from classical ballet tradition.

Minimalism is, according to some, ‘The most influential musical movement of the 20th century’. Whether or not this is a little hyperbolical, minimalism does certainly deserve real recognition and exploration, and Kings Place hence merits a great deal of praise for putting on the three-day ‘50 Years of Minimalism’ festival, curated by Igor Toronyi-Lalic and led on the stage by pianists Katia and M

Generally when we think of the first great flowering of English church music, our minds go to the giants of the Tudor age – Tallis, Byrd, Gibbons and their contemporaries. But as we learned this evening in the company of the Orlando Consort, the rich tradition of English choral music has even earlier origins, back in the priories of the Middle Ages.

L.A. Dance Project, collectif fondé et dirigé par Benjamin Millepied, est de retour à Paris au Théâtre des Champs Elysées avec un programme néoclassique mêlant Martha Graham, William Forsythe, Justin Peck et Benjamin Millepied.

Dans le cadre de la résidence de Carolyn Carlson au Théâtre National de Chaillot, le Ballet de l'Opéra de Lyon dansait à partir du 17 février sa pièce Pneuma, créée pour eux il y a deux ans. Un parfait mélange de beauté, de rêve, de pulsions de vie, de méditations sur la nature et l’humain. 

Il en va de la musique comme de certaines drogues addictives. Une accoutumance peut naître, réclamant une expérience toujours plus forte.