Life in Progress: Sylvie Guillem bids us adieux

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 15 November 2015

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“Guillem still has the capacity to transfix the audience with those electric legs of hers”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 12 November 2015

Technê (Akram Khan)

DUO 2015 (William Forsythe)

Here & After (Russell Maliphant)

Bye (Mats Ek)

Sylvie Guillem, Dancer

Brigel Gjoka, Dancer

Riley Watts, Dancer

Emanuela Montanari, Dancer

Akram Khan’s Giselle for ENB at the Coliseum: hauntingly mesmeric

Deborah Weiss, 15th January

ENB have brought Akram Khan’s Giselle to London's Coliseum for the first time. It’s looking better than ever and should not be missed.

*****

‘Osipova/Linbury’: a pot pourri of delights

Deborah Weiss, 10th November

An interesting evening displaying the many facets of Natalia Osipova's talents alongside her equally exciting guests at the Linbury.

****1

Thikra: Night of Remembering – past voices shaping our present

Daniel Pratt, 29th October

Akram Khan in concentrated colour, setting the darkness chiming with Thikra: Night of Remembering at London's Sadler's Wells.

****1

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

Gigenis: Akram Khan’s latest, affecting work

Amanda Jennings, 20th November

This is a dance piece that illuminates cultural and experiential history in a way that is accessible to everyone.

*****

ENB in Akram Khan’s Giselle: compelling, astonishing, unmissable

Deborah Weiss, 18th September

Akram Khan's Giselle becomes ever more watchable with every viewing. A rollercoaster version of the traditional classic.

*****

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.