Rites of passage: Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre's The Rite of Spring and Petrushka

By Katja Vaghi, 15 April 2013

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 12 April 2013

Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (Michael Keegan-Dolan)

Petrushka

Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Teaċ Daṁsa in Mám: a cracker of a show!

Deborah Weiss, 20th February

Mám transports the viewer into another world, surreal yet identifiable at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury.

*****

Pure genius: How to be a Dancer in Seventy-two Thousand Easy Lessons

Deborah Weiss, 17th September

A most entertaining evening of dance theatre from Michael Keegan-Dolan and Rachel Poirier at Sadler's Wells East.

*****

A strangely unique work: Michael Keegan-Dolan's MÁM

Graham Watts, 5th October

MÁM is a performance that demands attention through an extraordinary chain of surreal events.

***11

Teaċ Daṁsa’s MÁM in Madrid: Michael Keegan-Dolan at his best

Cristina de Lucas, 9th December

An unforgettable evening of contemporary dance with Keegan-Dolan’s Mám in Madrid, with excellent performances from Cormac Begley, s t a r g a z e and Teaċ Daṁsa company.

****1

Faust finds salvation thanks to jump-in soprano

Mark Pullinger, 11th April

A devilishly fun performance of Gounod's take on Goethe, saved when Mandy Fredrich flew in at short notice to take over the role of Marguerite.

****1

Swan Lake Loch na hEala

Christopher Curtis, 26th November

A feast of imagination and excellent performance. This modern Irish take on the classic ballet is funny, profound and moving.

*****

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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.