Switch 16: NDT

By Lambrecht Wessels, 04 April 2016

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“These choreographers have stories to tell and the means to convey them”

Reviewed at Lucent Danstheater, The Hague on 1 April 2016

Nederlands Dans Theater | NDT 2

The Trocks at Sadler’s Wells: uproariously entertaining

Graham Watts, 5th May

A very welcome and hilarious return to the UK from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, this time at Sadler’s Wells, they offer familiar and new works.

****1

Parsons Dance brings the fun to modern at the Joyce Theater

Ivy Lin, 1st May

Six works, including two world premieres, made up the latest program from Parsons Dance. Thoroughly joyful, the audience were sent home buzzing.

*****

The Dutch National Ballet’s Hans van Manen in Carré

Mark Vicente, 30th April

Dutch National Ballet give an exemplary account of a quadruple bill comprised of the late Hans van Manen’s works. It’s a wonderful tribute to the great master choreographer.

*****

BLUSH makes new meaning at New York’s 92nd St Y

Carla Escoda, 30th April

17 years after its premiere, Andrea Miller’s BLUSH, set on her company, GALLIM, returned to entrance and perplex in equal measure at New York’s 92nd St Y.

***11

A triumphant Romeo and Juliet from Philadelphia Ballet

Leigh Donlan, 30th April

Juliano Nunes’ Romeo and Juliet for Philadelphia Ballet works on all fronts: as a visual spectacle with highly original choreography and as a vehicle for cultivating memorable performances.

****1

Ballet Nights 011 – Convergence a winning formula at Cadogan Hall

Deborah Weiss, 29th April

Another tick for the Ballet Nights team, the audience at Cadogan Hall enjoying a varied and exceptional programme of new and legacy works.

****1

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Lambrecht Wessels

Lambrecht Wessels is a conflict analyst, publicist and avid dance fan living in Amsterdam. He writes about modern and classical dance, and follows Dutch National Ballet and the Netherlands Dance Theater especially. But he also visits dance performances in Belgium, the UK and Scandinavia.

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