Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Eduardo Jimenez Cabrera in Crystal Pite's Frontier

Jacalyn Tatro and Rae Srivastava in Crystal Pite's Frontier

Ballet BC in Johan Inger's Passing

Michael Garcia in Johan Inger's Passing

By Zoë Anderson, 21 May 2025

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“He’s like the unacknowledged, black-clad stage hands of Kabuki theatre, there and not-there”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 20 May 2025

Passing (Johan Inger)

Frontier (Crystal Pite)

Ballet BC

Kismet: Rambert’s new double bill brings youthful joy to Edinburgh

Kathy Elgin, 3rd July

Rambert’s double bill, clearly a joyous experience for the many who leaped to their feet whooping, but perhaps a bit lightweight for anyone not quite so easily satisfied with novelty.

***11

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

Carla Escoda, 25th March

A mixed bill with mixed results from Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Joyce Theater in New York.

***11

Johan Inger’s Carmen: see what you made me do

Katie Lawrence, 10th April

Swedish choreographer, Johan Inger, reimagines Carmen for The Australian Ballet, and purports to flip the script on "toxic masculinity" and the 200 year old tale of power and passion.

****1

English National Ballet: Johan Inger's Carmen is chillingly topical

Deborah Weiss, 27th March

It's not an easy watch, but Johan Inger's Carmen is a brave commentary on misogyny in today's society. English National Ballet give of their best.

***11

The Australian Ballet celebrates 60 years with style and star turns!

Deborah Weiss, 6th August

The Australian Ballet's return to London's Royal Opera House after a 35 year absence, proves successful at every level.

****1

A slippery end for Sacre in Zurich double bill

Sarah Batschelet, 29th October

In Zurich, two sensational ballets by choreographers Johann Inger and Edward Clug pull out all the stops... including those on the water hoses.

****1

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Zoë Anderson

Zoë Anderson is a dance critic and writer. She is the author of The Royal Ballet: 75 Years (Faber) and The Ballet Lover’s Companion (Yale). She has written for The Independent, the i newspaper, the Times Literary Supplement, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications.