Cullberg: Figure a Sea at the Southbank

By Graham Watts, 09 September 2019

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“This is not dance to entertain, but dance to challenge our perceptions of dance”

Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 6 September 2019

Figure a Sea (Deborah Hay)

Cullberg

Cullberg Ballet: Figures a Sea

Jaime Robles, 22nd October

“I sing a wordless song that arises from and combines joy and sorrow into a single melody that resonates through my bones.”

****1

Cullberg Ballet: Figures a Sea

Jaime Robles, 22nd October

“I sing a wordless song that arises from and combines joy and sorrow into a single melody that resonates through my bones.”

****1

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

Sad shanties from Manchester Collective and Sean Shibe

Chris Garlick, 28th March

The Manchester Collective are one of the most successful groups of musicians who aim to bridge the gap between musicians and their audiences.

****1

Piano trios x 3 from Weilerstein, Jackiw and Barnatan at QEH

Roy Westbrook, 30th November

The classical equivalent to a pop “supergroup” assembles at the Southbank Centre for piano trios by Rachmaninov, Ravel and Beethoven.

****1

Benjamin Grosvenor plays Pictures at an Exhibition at the Southbank

Roy Westbrook, 24th October

Benjamin Grosvenor tackles pianistic beasts by Chopin, Ravel and Mussorgsky in his Queen Elizabeth Hall recital.

****1

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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.