Jasmin Vardimon’s NOW – a timely reminder of a leading light

NOW

By Graham Watts, 10 March 2025

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“One consistent element of Vardimon’s work is a spectacular visual appeal”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells East, London on 7 March 2025

Now (Jasmin Vardimon)

Jasmin Vardimon Company

Teresa Pocas, Costume Designer

Andrew Crofts, Lighting Designer

Evelyn Hart, Dancer

Donny Ferris, Dancer

Risa Maki, Dancer

Carmen at Glyndebourne: a timeless tragedy

David Karlin, 16th May

Diane Paulus' staging is remarkably true to the original while making it feel like the work was written yesterday.

*****

JV2 mesmerise in Jasmin Vardimon's Canvas

Deborah Weiss, 31st March

Students from the Jasmin Vardimon Company's development programme JV2 impress in the company's purpose-built premises in Ashford.

***11

Tim Albery's Tannhäuser gets a second revival at the ROH

Mark Valencia, 29th January

Albery's production allows the opera to speak for itself, although sluggish pacing in the pit detract from the musical merits of this revival.

***11

Downhill from Venusberg: a bland Tannhäuser

Mark Pullinger, 26th April

Tim Albery's 2010 production of Tannhäuser, receiving its first revival at Covent Garden, begins with a stylish opening 20 minutes, but thereafter things become rather bland.

***11

Justitia is done: Jasmin Vardimon at the Peacock Theatre

Katja Vaghi, 17th September

If you are like me and have ever wondered how a crime story would be transposed into dance, Jasmin Vardimon’s Justitia is the show for you. Recipient of the 2013 International Theatre Institute Award for Excellence in Dance, Vardimon, who was raised on an Israeli kibbutz, is one of the leading force in British dance theatre.

****1

Jasmin Vardimon's Freedom at Sadler's Wells

Erin Johnson, 12th November

In what way would you set the stage for an exploration of freedom? Jasmin Vardimon’s vision adorns the Sadler’s Wells stage with large, spinning set pieces dripping with duct tube and green vines of industrial plastic. A camouflaged blanket made of rustling synthetic leaves makes sporadic entrances and exits to the scene.

****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.

Jasmin Vardimon’s NOW – a timely reminder of a leading light in British dance theatre