• Ballet Black review – Shakespeare in tutus for enchanting double bill

    Barbican, London
    Arthur Pita’s take on Shakespeare and ballet is paired with Cathy Marston’s masterful adaptation of a Can Themba short story in this inspired programmeWatch any Ballet Black performance and you notice how racially and socially mixed the audience is compared with most ballet shows. But if the company, founded in 2001, still has a mission to change the face of ballet, artistically it has always been refreshingly unfettered – as its terrifically engaging current p
  • Bad Faith review – poise and rigour from Tara D’Arquian

    Laban theatre, London
    The seriously impressive young Belgian choreographer concludes her Nietzschean trilogy with dance that’s stripped to the boneTara D’Arquian is a Belgian choreographer based in London, and her work, while often playful at a surface level, has serious imaginative intentions. Bad Faith is the third part of her In Situ trilogy, inspired by Nietzsche’s “three metamorphoses”. To this philosophical guide to self-overcoming, extracted from Thus Spoke Z

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