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Rambert Dance Company, Sadler’s Wells, London
This was a wide-ranging and admirably well-danced programme from a company known for its boldness
May 15, 2012
Chair, Lyric Hammersmith Studio, London
Edward Bond’s play is a grim parable about a future society where security trumps humanity
©Paul Kolnik
May 14, 2012
Martins & Millepied premieres, Lincoln Center, New York
Expectations were rewarded by intricate variations on a corkscrew motif and a vibrant fusion of dance and music
May 13, 2012
Snow White, Sadler’s Wells, London
The Grimm fairy tale becomes an affair of bruising tedium in the hands of choreographer Angelin Preljocaj
©Nigel Norrington
May 13, 2012
Top Hat, Aldwych Theatre, London
The plot is tissue thin, but there’s exuberant choreography in a production that’s delivered with zest and polish
©Rick Pushinsky
May 12, 2012
Pandemonium unleashed
Director Laurie Sansom tells Sarah Hemming about the lure of recklessness and his Festival of Chaos
©Guilhem Alandry
May 12, 2012
Stranger than fact
New writers and actors make for an adventurous festival in an unlikely rural location
May 12, 2012
Two Roses for Richard III, Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
What this production offers is more or less a straight run through ‘Richard III’ save for three significant interpolations
May 12, 2012
Lines Ballet, Joyce Theater, New York
Welcome elements such as a heterogeneous ensemble of 13 stupendous dancers and brave musical choices are thwarted by the choreographer’s style
May 10, 2012
Globe to Globe, Shakespeare’s Globe, London
‘Richard II’ in Arabic; ‘Two Gentlemen of Verona’ in Shona; ‘Macbeth’ in Polish: another snapshot of this world-spanning festival
May 9, 2012
The Rest is Silence, Malthouse Estate Warehouse, Shoreham-by-Sea
Taking place in a disused warehouse, this meditation on ‘Hamlet’ is full of suspicion, paranoia and surprises
May 9, 2012
The Painted Bird Trilogy, Part 3, Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York
The setting is exalted, the dance is anything but. The final part of Pavel Zustiak’s promising trilogy is a jarringly random affair
May 8, 2012
Breakin’ Convention, Sadler’s Wells, London
This festival of hip-hop moves was symptomatic of an extraordinary era for dance
May 7, 2012
Lonely, I’m Not, Second Stage, New York
There’s a dark post-2008 undercurrent to the sitcommy set-ups in Paul Weitz’s off-Broadway premiere
May 7, 2012
Maurice Béjart evening, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
From existential angst to zany cancan: Rome Opera Ballet’s tribute to a fêted French choreographer
May 7, 2012
Love Love Love, Royal Court Downstairs, London
Mike Bartlett’s comedy asks whether baby-boomers really have had it all
May 6, 2012
Belong, Royal Court Upstairs, London
Bola Agbaje’s new play is frank and often blisteringly funny, but does not quite resolve the issues it raises
May 5, 2012
‘Chariots of Fire’ comes to the stage
How do you bring the kinetic thrill of the athletics track to the theatre? Sarah Hemming meets the team behind a stage version of the 1981 film
May 5, 2012
The Man with the Disturbingly Smelly Foot/How to Think the Unthinkable, Unicorn Theatre, London
Ethical dilemmas and gross-out humour are skilfully combined in these Sophocles updates for young audiences
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