A surreal memoir: Pontus Lidberg's On the Nature of Rabbits

Jens Rosén and Oscar Salomonsson in Pontus Lidberg's On the Nature of Rabbits

Jens Rosén and Paulo Arrais in Pontus Lidberg's On the Nature of Rabbits

Pontus Lidberg in his On the Nature of Rabbits

Damiano Artale and Pontus Lidberg in On the Nature of Rabbits

By Carla Escoda, 08 March 2024

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“after stuffing balloons into his clothes so that they bulge like enormous tumours”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 6 March 2024

On The Nature Of Rabbits (Pontus Lidberg)

Hussein Smko, Dancer

Pontus Lidberg, Dancer

Damiano Artale, Dancer

Colleen Thomas, Dancer

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Graham Watts, 22nd October

The choreography, music and performance made this an impressive event, but Iommi’s cameo was an emphatic cherry on the top that sent the crowd home with an enthusiastic spring in their step.

****1

Acosta Danza: dazzling dancing

Deborah Weiss, 15th February

Acosta Danza, always compelling, deliver a triple bill in the Linbury Theatre that shows off their plentiful attributes.

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Black Sabbath – The Ballet: hard rock with a soft centre

Vikki Jane Vile, 19th June

Birmingham Royal Ballet and Black Sabbath are two of Birmingham’s greatest cultural exports and now they are on a European tour together before heading to the US next year.

***11

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet A hit or a miss?

Graham Watts, 27th September

A remarkable merging of two of Birmingham's greatest cultural institutions.

***11

100% Cuban as Acosta Danza returns to the UK

Graham Watts, 9th February

After a two-year interregnum, Acosta Danza are back at Sadler's Wells with an updated programme of five short works.

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Acosta Danza thrills Madrid in “Evolution”

Cristina de Lucas, 22nd October

The spirit of Cuba visits Madrid as Carlos Acosta's dance troupe performs a mixed at the Teatro Real, including Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Mermaid.

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.