Blistering good form: John Neumeier's Nijinsky Gala XLVIII

John Neumeier walks among his dancers in Gustav Mahler's Third Symphony

Qui Yunting and Li Wentao in Fei Bo's One Thought for a Lifetime

Anna Laudere and Edvin Revazov in Neumeier's Orphée et Eurydice

Ida Praetorius, Alessandro Frola and Jacopo Bellussi in Neumeier's Pizzicato-Polka

Ensemble des Taras Shevchenko National Opera and Ballet Theater of Ukraine in Spring and Fall

Hamburg Ballett in Neumeier's Shall We Dance

By Maggie Foyer, 12 July 2023

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“It was a moment of theatrical brilliance as the curtain lowered”

Reviewed at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg on 9 July 2023

Hamburg Ballet

John Neumeier, Lighting Designer

Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

Francesco Gabriele Frola, Dancer

Alessandro Frola, Dancer

Ida Praetorius, Dancer

Jacopo Bellussi, Dancer

Alina Cojocaru, Dancer

Akimi Denda, Dancer

Dan Tsukamoto, Dancer

Qui Yunting, Dancer

Li Wentao, Dancer

Dorothée Gilbert, Dancer

Hugo Marchand, Dancer

Aleix Martinez, Dancer

Edvin Revazov, Dancer

Anna Laudere, Dancer

Atte Kilpinen, Dancer

Madoka Sugai, Dancer

Alexandr Trusch, Dancer

The Trocks at Sadler’s Wells: uproariously entertaining

Graham Watts, 5th May

A very welcome and hilarious return to the UK from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, this time at Sadler’s Wells, they offer familiar and new works.

****1

Parsons Dance brings the fun to modern at the Joyce Theater

Ivy Lin, 1st May

Six works, including two world premieres, made up the latest program from Parsons Dance. Thoroughly joyful, the audience were sent home buzzing.

*****

The Dutch National Ballet’s Hans van Manen in Carré

Mark Vicente, 30th April

Dutch National Ballet give an exemplary account of a quadruple bill comprised of the late Hans van Manen’s works. It’s a wonderful tribute to the great master choreographer.

*****

A triumphant Romeo and Juliet from Philadelphia Ballet

Leigh Donlan, 30th April

Juliano Nunes’ Romeo and Juliet for Philadelphia Ballet works on all fronts: as a visual spectacle with highly original choreography and as a vehicle for cultivating memorable performances.

****1

BLUSH makes new meaning at New York’s 92nd St Y

Carla Escoda, 30th April

17 years after its premiere, Andrea Miller’s BLUSH, set on her company, GALLIM, returned to entrance and perplex in equal measure at New York’s 92nd St Y.

***11

Ballet Nights 011 – Convergence a winning formula at Cadogan Hall

Deborah Weiss, 29th April

Another tick for the Ballet Nights team, the audience at Cadogan Hall enjoying a varied and exceptional programme of new and legacy works.

****1

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Maggie Foyer

Maggie Foyer danced with PACT, the State Ballet Company in Johannesburg and Kinetika Contemporary Dance in South Africa. After graduating from the R.A.D., she taught at the Central School of Ballet in London and the Royal Swedish Ballet School. She has MA degrees in Education and Literature and is an associate lecturer in Humanities at the Open University. She has written for Dance Europe, The Dancing Times, Dance Magazine, Danza International, various dance websites and has contributed programme notes for companies including The Royal Ballet and Dutch National Ballet. She is a member of the Critics’ Circle and the National Dance Awards Committee.