Black Swan choreographer Benjamin Millepied brings LA Dance Project to Sadler's Wells

By Laura Dodge, 03 October 2013

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Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 2 October 2013

Reflections (Benjamin Millepied)

Murder Ballads (Justin Peck)

Quintett by Forsythe (William Forsythe)

LA Dance Project

LA Dance Project: a fugitive Romeo & Juliet Suite in New York

Carla Escoda, 3rd March

Benjamin Millepied's Romeo & Juliet Suite for LA Dance Project, to Prokofiev sliced and diced, has arrived in New York. Stunningly staged, with a puzzling shortage of characters.

**111

Boulez, Millepied and Salonen at New York Philharmonic

David Wolfson, 9th October

Pierre Boulez’ Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna is choreograped by Benjamin Millepied for a New York Philharmonic performance, led by Esa-Pekka Salonen.

***11

SF Ballet's Program 2 is a Kaleidoscope of Vibrant Works

Terez Rose, 12th February

Artful patterns come to life in San Francisco Ballet’s Program 2, Kaleidoscope, which opened last Tuesday night at the War Memorial Opera House.

****1

Ratmansky's Namouna stands out in NYCB's Here/Now

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 2nd March

Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck are all the more impressive among choreographers working today because of how many of their works seem destined to stay in the repertoire for a long time to come.

***11

Bright, Fast, Cool, Blue

Jaime Robles, 13th February

From the ethereal to the galavanting, the program offered a spectrun of emotions delivered with precise technique and abandoned energy.

*****

A Millepied première at ABT

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 25th October

There is some good dancing in Benjamin Millepied's I Felt the Earth Move but it missed the mark as far as emotional content is concerned.

***11

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Laura Dodge

Laura has a Master’s degree in Ballet Studies from Roehampton University and extensive experience as a dance teacher and in dance marketing. Her writing can be found in a number of magazines and websites including Dancing Times, Londondance.com and Londonist. Her blog is here.