Britain's Three National Dance Companies: New Material in Greenwich

By Hanna Weibye, 09 July 2012

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Reviewed at Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London on 5 July 2012

And the Earth Shall Bear Again (English National Ballet) (Itzik Galili)

Dream (National Dance Company Wales) (Christopher Bruce)

Run For It (Scottish Ballet) (Martin Lawrance)

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Freshly hatched: Gauthier Dance's Dying Swans Project

Graham Watts, 16th April

A very mixed set of filmed solos themed around The Dying Swan, although this link was often tenuous.

***11

Confident new works from the Joffrey Ballet

Joseph Houseal, 12th February

The Joffrey Ballet presents a roster of choreographers with new approaches, a positive impression for the future of ballet.

*****

Finding release among the poppy fields

Mark Pullinger, 7th February

Tcherniakov's moving production delves into the psychological rather than revelling in the spectacular.

****1

BJM visits New York

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24th May

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal is a company that embraces individuality and is at its best when the dancers are all on stage together.

***11

Rambert: Murder, Mystery and A Party

John O'Dwyer, 10th May

Ninety years since it was founded, Rambert continues to bring varied and challenging dance styles to Sadler's Wells.

***11

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Hanna Weibye

Hanna is a historian at King's College, Cambridge. She is currently completing a biography of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the inventor of German gymnastics ('Turnen'). She has produced, danced in and choreographed for ballet and contemporary shows in Cambridge. Follow her on twitter @hweibye.