Ballet Nights: Changing Perceptions is a bold and beautiful show

Musa Motha in his own Depth of Healing

Sangeun Lee and Gareth Haw in an excerpt from David Dawson's Metamorphosis 1

Winnie Dias and James Stephens in Andrew McNicol's Of Silence

Constance Devernay-Laurence and Ryoichi Hirano in Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations

Constance Devernay-Laurence in Heisei 9

By Graham Watts, 29 October 2023

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“elegant, neoclassical choreography, often punctuated by fascinating moments of surprise”

Reviewed at Lanterns Studio Theatre, London on 27 October 2023

Depth of Healing (Jordan James Bridge, Musa Motha)

Of Silence (Andrew McNicol)

Meta 4 (Bella Lewitzky)

In The Absence (James Pett, Travis Clausen-Knight)

Metamorphosis (Excerpt - UK premiere) (David Dawson)

Sangeun Lee, Dancer

Gareth Haw, Dancer

Constance Devernay-Laurence, Dancer

Steven McRae, Dancer

Luke Ahmet, Dancer

Pierre Tappon, Dancer

Abigail Attard Montalto, Dancer

Jennifer Hayes, Dancer

Winnie Dias, Dancer

James Stephens, Dancer

Musa Motha, Dancer

Ryoichi Hirano, Dancer

Yasser D'Oquendo, Dancer

Ballet Nights – Spring Into Summer a fascinating hotchpotch of dance

Graham Watts, 5th June

Ballet Nights 008 – Spring into Summer proved to be a judicious choice of quality and diverse repertoire.

****1

McGregor’s Deepstaria explores the deepest recesses of the oceans

Graham Watts, 27th February

A visually striking and thought-provoking work requiring continual concentration to absorb.

***11

Ballet Nights 006: a potent mix of diverse pieces works its magic

Amanda Jennings, 4th September

Jamiel Devernay-Laurence's Ballet Nights series is growing rapidly in appeal, just one year after its launch. With ever more ambitious projects afoot and a packed Cadogan Hall, it's worth seeing.

****1

Ballet Nights: a diverse, delicious and dynamic programme

Deborah Weiss, 29th June

Ballet Nights is getting better and better. This was a truly diverse programme with something for everyone.

****1

Company Wayne McGregor: Autobiography (v95) – too much noise!

Graham Watts, 12th March

Extraordinary dancers performing extraordinary movement, but the noise was too invasive.

***11

Ballet Nights: another dose of cabaret ballet with highlights

Graham Watts, 23rd February

Bringing dance to the Docklands, this programme offered a range of genres and some star turns.

***11

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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.