Ballet British Columbia hits London

Par Graham Watts, 09 mars 2018

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Critique faite à Sadler's Wells Theatre, Londres, le 6 mars 2018

Bill (Gai Behar, Sharon Eyal)

16+ and a Room (Emily Molnar)

Solo Echo (Crystal Pite)

Ballet BC

Le NDT salue la réouverture du Théâtre de la Ville

Iris Régnier, 18th October

La compagnie néerlandaise impressionne, maîtrisant à la perfection la technique exigeante et physique du chorégraphe chinois Tao Ye comme la subtile virtuosité de la pièce de Sharon Eyal et Gai Behar.

****1

Sharon Eyal’s Into the Hairy at Sadler’s Wells

Deborah Weiss, 13th November

Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s S-E-D comes to Sadler's Wells with Into the Hairy, worth seeing for extraordinary dancers and the idiosyncratic nature of her distinctive choreography.

***11

Sharon Eyal and Gail Behar's R.o.s.e: innovative, but disappointing

Graham Watts, 10th July

R.o.s.e is an immersive experience of a performance within a rave – not the most enjoyable way to appreciate the professional dancers.

**111

Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

Graham Watts, 3rd April

A brief but excellent programme of five duets showcased on the main stage of the Den Norske Opera.

***11

Love, humour and drama at the Staatsballett Berlin

Vikki Jane Vile, 15th November

Staatsballett Berlin continue its run of this popular double bill, 2 Chapters Love, named after Sharon Eyal’s work and a follow up to 2017’s to Love Chapter 2.

****1

Flickers of human fragility: Staatsballett Berlin’s superb double bill

Katja Vaghi, 28th October

Dancers as athletic poets: Staatsballett Berlin in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 and Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s Saaba.

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Graham Watts

Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic writing regularly for Dancing Times, Dance Europe, Danza Europa, and many more publications. He regularly writes features for Sadler’s Wells, London Coliseum and La Scala. Chairman of the Dance Section of the Critics’ Circle in the United Kingdom and of the UK National Dance Awards he has interviewed many of the greatest names in dance including Maya Plisetskaya, Vladimir Vasiliev, Boris Eifman, Alexei Ratmansky, Andris Liepa, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley and Dame Gillian Lynne. When not involved in dance Graham is a keen fencer, and has captained the British Sabre team.

Ballet British Columbia: 16 + a room/ Solo Echo/ Bill