Annabelle Lopez Ochoa: Zooming into a new repertoire

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Jingjing Mao and Rémy Catalan (Dutch National Ballet) in Avec le temps

Pim Vergeldt and Lola van Rumpt (Lucia Marthas Academy) in Face Off

Anthony Santos, Dylan Santos (Dance Theatre of Harlem) in Say their names

Julie Gardette and François Rousseau (Den Norske Opera & Ballet) in Where do the birds go?

Maine Kawashima and Sasha Chernjavsky (Tulsa Ballet) in The Chicken or the Egg

By Graham Watts, 16 December 2020

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“it has been about learning a new language, which is dance on film”

Deborah Weiss, 3rd September

With many new full-length dance works to look out for in the new season, we preview several anticipated new creations from leading choreographers – including a number with newly commissioned scores.

Mongrel sensibilities: Early music in Italy

Lawrence Dunn, 28th May

Giulio Prandi, conductor of Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri, and violinist and concertmaster Gabriele Pro talk about crossing borders, adopting shared sensibilities, and the challenges facing historically informed musicians in Italy today.

Labyrinths of life: Erkki-Sven Tüür

Simon Cummings, 27th May

Erkki-Sven Tüür talks about making sanctuary on Hiiumaa, a wild island to Estonia’s west, and his interest in writing concertos, seen “through the eyes of someone who observes the world very closely”.

New romance: the music of Nathan Henninger

Bachtrack, 26th May

The Toronto-born composer talks about new work Romanza for piano and orchestra, theatricality in music, taking influences from psychology, and the effect on his music of working for the United Nations.

Before the war came: why The Green Table is urgent today

Bachtrack, 20th May

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Jonathan Payn talks about The Green Table by Kurt Jooss, first performed in Paris in 1932 – and how choreography can respond to political collapse and the threat of war.

Diversity and recovery: Early music in Croatia

Lawrence Dunn, 13th May

A group of younger Croatian musicians, including new ensemble Gli Schiavoni, are determined to recover the historical music of Croatia, despite a devastating series of earthquakes and armed conflicts.

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.