Recent Articles
Modern dance and the heartbeat of Ireland: Michael Keegan-Dolan on MÁM
This February and March, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s MÁM tours to nine venues. David Mead talks to the choreographer to talk about the work
Dutch National Ballet’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
It is still a lovely ballet with a warm child centred approach, designed with flair by Van Schayk.
Ballet Nights New Year’s Day Concert
A concert that mixed dance and music, the latter a little more to the fore… a largely successful and enjoyable programme.
Circa: Shaun the Sheep’s Circus Show
A lot of fun: eighty minutes or so of physical theatre, tricks, impressive acrobatics… includes much of the humour, mischief and anarchy of the TV series
New English Ballet Theatre: The Nutcracker
Audrey Nelson is a lovey Clara, capturing that well that moment in life when one is starting to edge into adulthood but still young enough to be childlike
The Magic Flute by Luca Silvestrini’s Protein
There is a good amount of dancing, which is pretty, well-executed and, very importantly, appeals to its audience.
