Artiste: Ellen Ruge

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.

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

Jon Fosse's bleak tale of alienation is graced with fine performances from a strong cast and excellent playing by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Johannes Gustavsson.

Juliana Zara and Annemarie Kremer lead the cast in a riotous, yet deeply touching, new production from Nederlandse Reisopera. 

John Adams’ opera about Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Mao Tse-Tung is performed with all round excellence, with a real find on the podium in the shape of Olivia Lee-Gunderman.

The latest double bill from Staatsballett Berlin features witty, high energy and thought provoking works by Mats Ek and Alexander Ekman, though the audience may not fathom their meaning.

This autumn, British choreographer Alistair Marriott is collaborating with National Ballet of Japan on a new full-length narrative ballet, adapted from Charlie Chaplin’s timeless silent film City Lights. With a score taken from Chaplin’s own compositions, we discover what it takes to create a new ballet on this scale.