Next Generation Festival: Ballet NdB2 – both weird and wonderful!

Ballet NdB2 in Mário Radačovský's Symphony No.7 Allegretto

Izabela Gracíkova in Margaréta Štofčiková’s Pampúšik

Ballet NdB2 in Margaréta Štofčiková’s Pampúšik

Ballet NdB2 in Carolina Isach's Distant Instant

Izabela Gracíkova in Carolina Isach's Distant Instant

By Graham Watts, 14 June 2024

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“the three works were a cocktail of the weird and wonderful, morbid and joyful, whimsical and serious”

Reviewed at Royal Opera House: Linbury Theatre, London on 11 June 2024

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Symphony No.7 Allegretto (Mário Radačovský)

Pampúšik (Margaréta Štofčiková)

Distant Instant (Carolina Isach)

Ballet NdB2

Izabela Gracíkova, Dancer

Adam Baštař, Dancer

Rashmi Torres, Dancer

Joshua Williams, Dancer

Dramas of imagination: Ensemble Micrologus and Per-Sonat in Antwerp

Lawrence Dunn, 23rd August

Adam de la Halle’s Le Jeu de Robin et Marion, one of the earliest extant music dramas, is given riotous performance by Ensemble Micrologus.

****1

Smearing and sliding: Huelgas Ensemble at Laus Polyphoniae

Lawrence Dunn, 22nd August

In Antwerp, the Huelgas Ensemble pull off an idiosyncratic and persuasive dive into Léonin, Pérotin and the world of Notre Dame polyphony.

*****

Parsons Dance Program: joyous and fun to watch

Ivy Lin, 16th May

Parsons Dance are really worth watching in an engaging mixed bill at The Joyce Theater.

*****

Dance Theatre of Harlem: from soulful to vertiginous

Carla Escoda, 10th April

At the New York City Center, where founder Arthur Mitchell became a star, Dance Theatre of Harlem delivered a diverse program of works by Balanchine, Forsythe, Garland and Jodie Gates.

****1

Martha Graham's Errand in the Maze still thrills

Ivy Lin, 8th April

Martha Graham Dance Company impresses in its third program at The Joyce Theater, especially in Errand into the Maze.

****1

Demis Volpi leaves Ballett am Rhein with his Favourite Things

Vikki Jane Vile, 7th July

As we reached the end of season gala, Ballett am Rhein offered up a selection of highlights from the past four seasons in celebration of outgoing Artistic Director, Demis Volpi.

***11

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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.