Flickers of human fragility: Staatsballett Berlin’s superb double bill

Staatsballett Berlin in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar's Saaba

Anthony Tette and ensemble in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar's Saaba

Staatsballett Berlin in Ohad Naharin's Minus 16

By Katja Vaghi, 30 October 2024

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“It is alien and mysterious, yet delicate and sensitive in its humanness”

Reviewed at Deutsche Oper, Berlin on 28 October 2024

Saaba (Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar)

Minus 16 (Ohad Naharin)

Staatsballett Berlin

Alon Cohen, Lighting Designer

Avi Yona Bueno, Lighting Designer

Ohad Naharin, Costume Designer

Sharon Eyal’s Into the Hairy at Sadler’s Wells

Deborah Weiss, 13th November

Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s S-E-D comes to Sadler's Wells with Into the Hairy, worth seeing for extraordinary dancers and the idiosyncratic nature of her distinctive choreography.

***11

Sharon Eyal and Gail Behar's R.o.s.e: innovative, but disappointing

Graham Watts, 10th July

R.o.s.e is an immersive experience of a performance within a rave – not the most enjoyable way to appreciate the professional dancers.

**111

Norwegian National Ballet's Dialogues II: brief but brilliant

Graham Watts, 3rd April

A brief but excellent programme of five duets showcased on the main stage of the Den Norske Opera.

***11

Love, humour and drama at the Staatsballett Berlin

Vikki Jane Vile, 15th November

Staatsballett Berlin continue its run of this popular double bill, 2 Chapters Love, named after Sharon Eyal’s work and a follow up to 2017’s to Love Chapter 2.

****1

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo dazzle in a new triple bill

Deborah Weiss, 24th April

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo presents three equally riveting ballets in a triple bill of abstract works from Christopher Wheeldon, Sharon Eyal/Gai Behar and Jean-Christophe Maillot.

****1

Nederlands Dans Theater: outstanding dancers but a gloomy program

Erin Bomboy, 4th April

NDT delivered, yet the triple-bill program never elevated itself beyond atmosphere and gimmicks.

***11

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Katja Vaghi

With a background in Dance Studies, Literature and Linguistics (MA English Studies from Zurich University and PhD in dance philosophy from the University of Roehampton in London) and a formation as a modern dancer (Ballet Arts, NYC), Katja is a freelance dancer, choreographer, dance researcher and dramaturge currently living in Berlin.