Immersive choreography by Robert Binet, Dark With Excessive Bright is part of the Royal Opera House’s Festival of New Choreography. Dark With Excessive Bright Long-time readers know me well by now: I will happily go and see anything which involves creative, unexpected staging. I enjoyed Punchdrunk in Woolwich, I happily had a drink in Dido’s […]
A review of The Dante Project, a new work by Wayne McGregor now on at the Royal Opera House. McGregor brings together collaborators from the worlds of dance, art and music, to evoke Dante’s vision of the afterlife on the ROH stage. The Dante Project Ok, obligatory disclaimer, everyone. I’m not an expert in ballet. […]
The thing about having a particular dancer who I like to go and see (Edward Watson, since you asked) rather than being very educated about choreographers, composers or directors of ballet, means that I go to a fairly mixed bag of performances. Had Watson not been dancing in Woolf Works, I’m not sure that the […]