The Pulse of Protest: ACT at Beijing’s Penghao Theatre

By Catherine Sutherland, 07 December 2014

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“ With such a profound subject matter, I expected to see full emotional investment in the movement”

Reviewed at Penghao Theatre, Beijing on 5 December 2014

ACT (Jutta Hell)

Tanzcompagnie Rubato

Polish National Ballet: Delusions – standing up for women’s rights

Graham Watts, 11th June

Two distinctly different stories represent women's right to freedom in Delusions, Izadora Weiss’ latest full-length work for Polish National Ballet.

****1

So Are We: León and Lightfoot is a long overdue triumph

Deborah Weiss, 11th June

The Royal Ballet has acquired a double bill from Sol León and Paul Lightfoot that transcended even the highest expectations. An evening to watch over and over again.

*****

Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 and Music Music – contrasts in Lugano

Vito Lentini, 11th June

Completely engaging performance of Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof: Echoes of ’78 finds our reviewer disappointed with Music Music from Trajal Harrell in Lugano.

***11

Dutch National Ballet's Masters of Movement: mixed results

Mark Vicente, 11th June

Dutch National Ballet presents a triple bill of interesting contemporary works that show off the depth of talent within all ranks of the company.

***11

This is Rambert: all in the present tense

Graham Watts, 10th June

Rambert celebrates 100 years presenting a triple bill of recent or new works. The message is clearly to look forward and not back.

***11

National Ballet of Japan's Swan Lake: tragic but mesmerising

Naomi Mori, 5th June

National Ballet of Japan’s revival of Sir Peter Wright’s Swan Lake showed the company in good form, especially among the unified corps de ballet Swans.

****1

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Catherine Sutherland

Catherine has recently moved to Beijing, where she writes, studies Chinese, and teaches English at a university. She has an avid interest in East and Southeast Asian performing arts and has also lived in Seoul, South Korea, and speaks Korean. Catherine is a graduate of Royal Holloway, University of London, worked as dance editor for Bachtrack for 6 months. You can read more on Catherine's Wordpress blog Catherine and the Lion