Introdans: Bach elevates in this powerful but repetitive triple bill

Introdans in Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Corpus Bach

Introdans in Manuel Vignoulle's Anima

Introdans in Adonis Foniadakis' Selon Desir

Par Vikki Jane Vile, 13 mai 2023

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“Bach suits suffering very well, it turns out”

Critique faite à Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Cologne, le 11 mai 2023

Selon désir (Andonis Foniadakis)

Corpus Bach (Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)

Création (Manuel Vignoulle)

Introdans

Au TCE, le bel hommage des Ballets Jazz de Montréal à Leonard Cohen

Iris Régnier, 16th December

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal sont de passage avenue Montaigne pour Dance me, spectacle chorégraphié par Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa et Ihsan Rustem sur les musiques du célèbre songwriter canadien Leonard Cohen.

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Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

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BJM visits New York

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24th May

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal is a company that embraces individuality and is at its best when the dancers are all on stage together.

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A Passing Cloud that leaves few impressions

Katja Vaghi, 17th November

Royal New Zealand Ballet’s mixed bill A Passing Cloud leaves very few impressions of Pasifika culture and war commemoration but is transfigured by Bach, at the Linbury Studio Theatre.

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SDT Louder than Words

Sarah Navin, 8th October

Sydney Dance Company's new <em>Louder than words</em> delivers an intense, perpetual outpouring of energy. Choral vocals meet driving violins, as densely textured choreography and expressive outbursts explore personality clashes and intimacy.

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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet hits (and then misses) at the Joyce

Ivan Talijancic, 8th May

For the occasion of what I believe has become Cedar Lake’s annual tradition of showcasing work at the Joyce Theater, this contemporary ballet troupe has assembled an impressive trio of guest choreographers – Nederlands Dans Theater’s former chief Jiří Kylián, Crystal Pite and Andonis Foniadakis.

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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.