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.

Backwards bourrées: reviving Sir Frederick Ashton’s Birthday Offering

Bachtrack, 17th June

Christopher Carr talks about the challenges of resetting Ashton’s Birthday Offering for a new generation, and how grateful he is to have notation to refer to the original choreography.

Breaking free: Liam Francis makes a new company

Deborah Weiss, 15th June

Liam Francis talks openly about creating a new dance company, finding his choreographic voice, successes and insecurities, and a circuitous route to securing a life in dance.

The crisis facing US classical music: Douglas McLennan

Bachtrack, 9th June

Longtime music journalist and founder of ArtsJournal talks about the multiple crises facing orchestras and arts organisations in the United States, amid the damage wrought by the second Trump administration.

Heartbreak in real time: Corinne Winters on Jenůfa

Bachtrack, 8th June

The leading US soprano talks about her experiences singing one of opera’s most devastating roles, which she takes to Brno this autumn.

A lonely profession? Hong Kong International Conducting Competition

Rudolph Tang, 5th June

Christoph Poppen, new jury co-chair of the Hong Kong International Conducting Competition, argues that the competition valuable because it allows young conductors to meet one another, in what is an otherwise lonely profession.

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.