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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.

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Edinburgh

03 Jul 2025

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

By Kathy Elgin

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London

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

By Zoë Anderson, 20 May 2025

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

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London

20 May 2025

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

By Zoë Anderson

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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.

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New York City

25 Mar 2025

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

By Carla Escoda

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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.

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Sydney

10 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.

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London

27 Mar 2024

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

By Deborah Weiss

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London

The Australian Ballet celebrates 60 years with style and star turns!

By Deborah Weiss, 06 August 2023

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

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London

06 Aug 2023

The Australian Ballet celebrates 60 years with style and star turns!

By Deborah Weiss

Zurich

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

By Sarah Batschelet, 29 October 2021

In Zurich, two sensational ballets by choreographers Johann Inger and Edward Clug pull out all the stops... including those on the water hoses.

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Zurich

29 Oct 2021

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

By Sarah Batschelet

Zurich

Zurich Ballet returns to the stage for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet, 01 May 2021

An audience limited to 50 people watched Zurich Ballet perform Edward Clug’s electrifying Chamber Minds and Johan Inger's Vaudevillian *Walking Mad*.

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Zurich

01 May 2021

Zurich Ballet returns for Chamber Minds and Walking Mad

By Sarah Batschelet

Paris

An Afternoon with Nijinsky and Maillot's excellent Ballets de Monte-Carlo

By Alexandra Desvignes, 09 February 2019

As well as keeping the musical, choreographic and theatrical treasures of the Ballets Russes alive, En compagnie de Nijinsky reignites the company’s avant garde-ist vision.

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Paris

09 Feb 2019

An Afternoon with Nijinsky

By Alexandra Desvignes

Zurich

Lightness of Being, Hard Work: An NDT2 Triumph Electrifies Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet, 25 April 2018

As part of the nationwide “Steps” dance festival, NDT2 gave a degree of precision, theatrics, musicality, and humour that truly set the group apart.

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Zurich

25 Apr 2018

An NDT2 Triumph Electrifies Zurich

By Sarah Batschelet

Alkmaar

Goecke, Inger, Ekman: A Triple Bill by NDT2

By Sarah Batschelet, 22 December 2017

NDT2's triple bill of contemporary ballet that featured works by Marco Goecke, Johan Inger and Alexander Ekman in Alkmaar drew an uneven reception.

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Alkmaar

22 Dec 2017

NDT2: Goecke / Inger / Ekman

By Sarah Batschelet

Madrid

Death not passion at the heart of Johan Inger’s Carmen

By Cristina de Lucas, 15 June 2017

Johan Inger’s Carmen is back on stage in Madrid, seducing CND's audience once again.

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Madrid

15 Jun 2017

Johan Inger's Carmen for CND

By Cristina de Lucas

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

03 Jun 2017

A Case of Confused Identity

By Sarah Batschelet

Washington

When is a Hat not a Hat: Ailey in Washington

By Hilary Stroh, 07 February 2017

Mad Hatters in Alvin Ailey's Gala performance

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Washington

07 Feb 2017

Ailey sublimes Ingers' Walking Mad

By Hilary Stroh

Woking

Fascinating and fun: Nederlands Dans Theater 2 at New Victoria, Woking

By Christopher Curtis, 12 April 2016

NDT2 is an excellent company, presenting fresh, interesting and exceptionally well-performed pieces in this new tour.

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Woking

12 Apr 2016

NDT2 tours the UK

By Christopher Curtis

Baden

Defining contemporary dance: Nederlands Dans Theater 2 triumphs on tour

By Sarah Batschelet, 03 February 2016

A phenomenal performance by NDT 2 given in Baden, some 20 minutes from Zurich, was the equivalent of shooting the high ball out of the park.

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Baden

03 Feb 2016

NDT2 excels in Baden

By Sarah Batschelet

New York City

Cedar Lake's fitting, adrenaline-fueled closing performances

By Rachel Rizzuto, 05 June 2015

Rachel Rizzuto reviews Cedar Lake's final performances as a company at BAM in New York City.

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New York City

05 Jun 2015

Cedar Lake's celebratory goodbye

By Rachel Rizzuto

New York City

Where Drama and Movement Meet: NDT2 at the Joyce

By Rachel Rizzuto, 06 February 2015

Nederlands Dans Theater 2, the Dutch powerhouse's young ensemble brings a mixed programme to New York City

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New York City

06 Feb 2015

NDT2 in New York

By Rachel Rizzuto

Montreal

Ballet BC is world class in a Spectacular Godani / Inger / Walerski Bill

By Pia Savoie, 22 January 2015

Ballet BC stops in Montreal for the Danse Danse series during their Canadian tour. A.U.R.A / Walking Mad / Petite Cérémonie makes for a fantastic triple bill in which to show off the company's strengths.

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Montreal

22 Jan 2015

Contemporary ballet at its best in Ballet BC's touring triple bill

By Pia Savoie

The Hague

Nederlands Dans Theater 2's Programme B: Inger, León & Lightfoot

By Isabella Zijp, 06 March 2014

NDT2 conclude their season in the Netherlands with Programme B, showcasing B.R.I.S.A, a new work by Inger, and 2005 work by Lightfoot and León, Postscript. At Theater aan het Spui, The Hague.

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The Hague

06 Mar 2014

NDT 2's Programma B: Inger, León & Lightfoot

By Isabella Zijp

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Paris

Rentrée en demi-teinte pour le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris avec Forsythe / Inger

By Laurine Mortha, 10 October 2024

Avec un défilé, des adieux, une pièce très oubliable, deux nouveautés et la reprise de Blake Works I, la rentrée des danseurs de la Grande Boutique a été contrastée.

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Paris

10 Oct 2024

Rentrée en demi-teinte pour le Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris

By Laurine Mortha

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Paris

La fougue exaltante des jeunes talents du NDT 2 joyeusement mise en scène à La Villette

By Laurine Mortha, 14 June 2023

Le Nederlands Dans Theater 2 est en tournée à la Grande Halle de la Villette avec deux œuvres de tonalité différente : Out of Breath de Johan Inger et la création endiablée Bedtime story, de Nadav Zelner.

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Paris

14 Jun 2023

La fougue exaltante des jeunes talents du NDT 2

By Laurine Mortha

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The Hague

Wagemutige Himmelsstürmer: NDT 2 tanzt Choreographien von Pite, Soulier und Inger

By Michael Klier, 16 March 2023

Ein abwechslungsreicher Theaterabend, der die Klasse auch der Juniorcompagnie des NDT einmal mehr eindrucksvoll unter Beweis stellt.

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The Hague

16 Mar 2023

Wagemutige Himmelsstürmer: NDT 2 tanzt Pite, Soulier und Inger

By Michael Klier

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The Hague

Umjubeltes Tanzfest mit dem Nederlands Dans Theater 2

By Michael Klier, 21 April 2022

Das neue Programm des NDT 2, Sudden and Suspended, wir enthusiastisch und frenetisch beim Publikum aufgenommen.

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The Hague

21 Apr 2022

Umjubeltes Tanzfest mit dem Nederlands Dans Theater 2

By Michael Klier

Paris

Le Don Juan trouble de Johan Inger à Chaillot

By Laurine Mortha, 14 October 2020

Johan Inger présente sa nouvelle création Don Juan au Théâtre de Chaillot. On regrette le manque de portée sociétale de la pièce, à l’heure où la prédation sexuelle est dans tous les débats.

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Paris

14 Oct 2020

Le Don Juan trouble de Johan Inger à Chaillot

By Laurine Mortha

La Coruña

La CND en A Coruña: Inocencia, seducción y violencia en la Carmen de Johan Inger

By Cintia Borges Carreras, 22 November 2019

La CND ha ofrecido una visión contemporánea de Carmen a través de un enérgico trabajo grupal, en el que Everhart, Vervoort y Peretz manifiestan la singularidad expresiva de su danza.

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La Coruña

22 Nov 2019

Inocencia, seducción y violencia en la Carmen de Johan Inger

By Cintia Borges Carreras

Paris

Carmen humaine : la Compañia Nacional de Danza à Mogador

By Laurine Mortha, 09 July 2019

Invitée de la quinzième édition des Étés de la Danse qui a lieu au Théâtre Mogador, la Compañia Nacional de Danza interprète le ballet Carmen dans la version de Johan Inger créée en 2015.

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Paris

09 Jul 2019

Carmen humaine : la Compañia Nacional de Danza à Mogador

By Laurine Mortha

Stuttgart

Den Atem stocken lassen: der neue Ballettabend in Stuttgart

By Rainer Zerbst, 28 June 2019

Drei Werke von Akram Khan, Johan Inger und Itzik Galili schaffen einen atemberaubenden Abend.

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Stuttgart

28 Jun 2019

Den Atem stocken lassen: der neue Ballettabend in Stuttgart

By Rainer Zerbst

Paris

Mats Ek, Alexander Ekman et Johan Inger rendent hommage à Ingmar Bergman

By Laurine Mortha, 09 June 2018

Il y a cent ans, naissait le cinéaste suédois Ingmar Bergman. A l’occasion de ce centenaire, le chorégraphe Mats Ek et les étoiles montantes de la chorégraphie suédoise Alexander Ekman et Johan Inger, rendent hommage à cet artiste à l’âme libre, pionnier du septième art et grand amateur de danse.

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Paris

09 Jun 2018

Ek, Ekman & Inger rendent hommage à Ingmar Bergman

By Laurine Mortha

Madrid

Una Carmen de distinto acento se conjuga con la CND en los Teatros del Canal

By Eduardo López-Collazo, 15 June 2017

La CND presenta en Madrid Carmen, del coreógrafo Johan Inger, en un nuevo enfoque del mito de la cigarrera que ha ganado el premio Benois de la Danse. Los bailarines Daan Vervoot y Kayoko Everhart dan vida magistralmente a los protagonistas y la Orquesta Sinfónica Verum acompaña desde el foso.

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Madrid

15 Jun 2017

Una Carmen con distinto acento en los Teatros del Canal

By Eduardo López-Collazo