Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Lunar Halo: glacial beauty and rituals

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in Lunar Halo

By Graham Watts, 03 December 2023

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“an explosion of frenetic dance with the women’s long, black hair flailing like whips in the darkness”

Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 30 November 2023

Lunar Halo (Cheng Tsung-lung)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Cheng Tsung-lung, Director

Po-hung Shen, Lighting Designer

A bridge from the past to the future: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

Graham Watts, 26th February

This double bill at Sadler's Wells exemplifies a fascinating bridge between Cloud Gate's past and the future.

***11

13 Tongues à Chaillot : passage de flambeau au Cloud Gate Theatre

Laurine Mortha, 12th February

Dans 13 Tongues, première création d’envergure de Cheng Tsung-lung en 2016, la chorégraphie et la scénographie donnent vie à tout un imaginaire urbain et pittoresque, incroyablement vivant sur scène.

****1

La Sydney Dance Company en tournée au Théâtre de Chaillot

Laurine Mortha, 11th April

Le Théâtre de Chaillot accueille la Sydney Dance Company avec au programme trois chorégraphes emblématiques de son répertoire récent.

***11

Dada Masilo’s Hamlet: inimitable mix of wisdom and audacity

Maggie Foyer, 25th May

Dada Masilo wanted her audiences to feel the passion and to leave the theatre with a buzz. In her Hamlet, the commitment of the cast ensures this message still holds true.

****1

Northern Ballet’s Gentleman Jack: brave but bland at Sadler’s Wells

Jonathan Gray, 19th May

A bold choice for Northern Ballet, Gentleman Jack is beautifully danced but doesn’t go far enough in celebrating difference, individuality and freedom.

***11

BalletBoyz: Still Pointless at 25 and still making it work!

Maggie Foyer, 13th May

The BalletBoyz present an entertaining programme of old and new works spanning the last 25 years – with stellar performances.

****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.