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Hanna Weibye

Hanna Weibye

Author at The Arts Desk at theartsdesk.com

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    Lord of the Flies, Matthew Bourne's New Adventures, Sadler's Wells

    New Adventures, the name of Matthew Bourne's company, has a ruddy-cheeked, Boys’ Own ring to it that has – until now – been rather belied by his oeuvre, which includes a dance version of Edward Scissorhands, as well as dark retellings of all the traditional story ballets. But the New Adventure which rolled into Sadler’s Wells last night really is an adventure – an adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, the desert island schoolboy story heavy with allegory about the propensity of human beings to descend into barbarism.
    about 11 years ago
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    Ashton Mixed Bill, Royal Ballet

    This morning, those who follow ballet on both sides of the Atlantic might be feeling a bit like the male soloists at the beginning of Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet: turning their heads sharply, almost pantomimically, from side to side. Over there, in New York, Wendy Whelan, the prima ballerina retiring after a 30-year career with City Ballet, made her farewell in a programme heavy on modern masters Wheeldon and Ratmansky, including a world première.
    about 11 years ago
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    Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört, Tanztheater Wuppertal,...

    Retrospectives are difficult in dance, and for Pina Bausch's brand of Tanztheater, even more difficult. A great deal of her oeuvre's impact derives from the special atmosphere of her Wuppertal company, whose dancers were devoted to her and to each other, in many cases staying for their whole careers.
    over 10 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Woolf Works, Wayne McGregor, Royal Ballet

    On my way to the Woolf Works opening last night, I made the mistake of reading The Waves, Virginia Woolf’s most experimental novel. It was a mistake because even the briefest immersion in Woolf’s prose was a thousand times more exhilarating than the 90 minutes of treacly sludge served up by Wayne McGregor and Max Richter in this, the choreographer’s much-hyped first full-length work for the Royal Ballet.
    over 10 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Preview: International Dance Festival Birmingham 2016 | The Arts .....

    International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) is one of the unsung heroes not just of dance in Britain, but of festivals. It treats anyone within striking distance of the West Midlands to an exciting range of performers and public dance events over three weeks, and is cleverly scheduled in May – when lengthening days and bank holidays make us want to go out and have a good time, but it’s not quite warm enough for camping.
    over 9 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Cinderella, Ratmansky/Australian Ballet, London Coliseum

    Does Alexei Ratmansky, former Bolshoi director and current world-leading classical choreographer, really love Prokofiev's Cinderella, or did he choose to create a new one for Australian Ballet in 2013 principally because he wasn't happy with his first (for the Mariinsky) in 2002? My bet is a bit of both: the second production, like the first, shines with an unfeigned affection for both score and story, but it also reads as a candy-coloured riposte to the usual adjectives applied to the 2002 production: ugly, spiky, uneven.
    over 9 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Swan Lake, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House

    "If you know anything about dance," I was told last night by an aged balletomane at the Royal Opera House, "you know that Russian ballet companies are the best." If this is true then the Bolshoi Ballet, biggest of the Russian companies, in Swan Lake, that most quintessential of ballets, must be awe-inspiring.
    over 9 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Wayne McGregor triple bill, Royal Ballet

    Wayne McGregor triple bill, Royal Ballet
    about 9 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    Crystal Pite, Flight Pattern, Royal Ballet

    Can thirty minutes of contemporary ballet say something meaningful about the modern refugee crisis? It has been the surprise of the season to find myself asking this question not once, but twice, at the Royal Ballet.
    almost 9 years ago
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    Spartacus, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Opera House review - no other comp...

    The Bolshoi juggernaut has rolled into town and will be dominating the thoughts of ballet fans in and around the capital for the next three weeks. And what could be more dominating - or more quintessentially Bolshoi - than Yuri Grigorovitch's 1968 Spartacus?
    over 6 years ago
    theartsdesk.com

    The Bright Stream, Bolshoi Ballet review - a gem of a comedy

    Why is Alexei Ratmansky one of the greatest living choreographers of classical ballet? Well partly because, as last night's performance of The Bright Stream by the Bolshoi at the Royal Opera House proved, he can do comedy.
    over 6 years ago