Ballett am Rhein: engaging, intoxicating, emotive and not one plot!

Ballett am Rhein in Christopher Wheeldon's Polyphonia

Ballett am Rhein in Demis Volpi's One and Others

Ballett am Rhein in Sharon Eyal's Salt Womb

By Vikki Jane Vile, 27 February 2023

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“a beautiful, theatrical, emotive creation that doesn’t require context”

Reviewed at Oper Köln: Staatenhaus Saal 1, Cologne on 25 February 2023

Polyphonia (Christopher Wheeldon)

One and Others (Demis Volpi)

Salt Womb (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

Ballett am Rhein

Holly Hynes, Costume Designer

Mark Stanley, Lighting Designer

Thomas Lempertz, Costume Designer

Claudia Sánchez, Lighting Designer

Sharon Eyal, Costume Designer

Gai Behar, Costume Designer

Rebecca Hytting, Costume Designer

Alon Cohen, Lighting Designer

Marié Shimada, Dancer

Charlotte Kragh, Dancer

Eric White, Dancer

Lara Delfino, Dancer

Dukin Seo, Dancer

Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Rebecca Ehrhardt, 3rd April

Atlanta Ballet's Golden Hour program featured two world premieres and the Atlanta premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour.

*****

NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

****1

Ballet Nights makes an impressive and unforgettable Scottish debut

Kathy Elgin, 4th July

Ballet Nights is more than an evening of party pieces: it showcases emerging talent alongside older favourites and, in the case of this first Scottish outing, has an eye to local tradition.

****1

ABT in Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: CliffsNotes Shakespeare

Ivy Lin, 2nd July

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a sumptuous looking production but on this occasion, it didn’t come to life emotionally.

***11

Wheeldon’s Alice: The Royal Ballet shines in a vehicle of excellence

Amanda Jennings, 13th June

Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland shows off The Royal Ballet's roster of supreme dance actors in every version of technical wizardry and comic incarnation.

****1

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Vikki Jane Vile

Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for over ten years, specialising in Ballroom and Ballet. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance. Vikki writes for BroadwayWorld and previously Dancing Times, LondonDance.com and CultureWhisper. She also prides herself on being a Strictly Come Dancing connoisseur since its inception and has appeared on BBC radio and several podcasts as an expert on all things Strictly. Having lived in London for ten years, she is now based in Germany and adapting to the Berlin dance scene.