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“the two have complementary attributes in their solos, highlighting their differences”

Reviewed at New National Theatre, Tokyo: The Pit, Tokyo on 30 November 2024

Unknown (Kenta Kojiri, Dancers of the National Ballet of Japan)

National Ballet of Japan

Love it. Hate it. Just don't forget it

Tatiana Rathelot, 2nd July

Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin's present a contemporary programme of works exploring the complexities of a couple's initimacy at Sadler's Wells

**111

No Body

Philippa Newis, 7th June

No Body is a promenade performance that reveals the intimacies of a working theatre. Without dancers, the audience is exposed to an immersive experience of light, sound and video.

****1

Separate Ways

Lambrecht Wessels, 29th April

NDT present a double bill of works by Leon/Lightfoot and Hofesh Shechter. Virtuoso dancing in Shut Eye whilst Shechter doesn't pull punches with political Clowns: there are so many ways to die on stage this night....

*****

SFB: program 7

Jaime Robles, 7th April

What Wheeldon seems to have used from this musical concept for the formation of the choreography is the idea of a mechanical universe, overrun by the presence of time.

***11

Is Daniil Simkin the next Sergei Diaghilev?

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 5th January

With INTENSIO, a program of new dances he commissioned, Simkin is clearly making a major move.

***11

Solo For Two

Laura Dodge, 6th August

Two of ballet's brightest stars, Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev dwelve into contemporary repertoire. Performances at the London Coliseum, with works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Ohad Naharin and Arthur Pita.

****1

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly