• Ballet Lorent: Rumpelstiltskin review – sensual retelling of Grimm fairytale

    Sadler’s Wells, London
    Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and director Liv Lorent join forces for a twisted tale of beauty and crueltyFolktales are stories spun of twisted threads – beauty and cruelty, wounds and balms, fate and fortune – and it is this ambivalence that seems to draw artistic director Liv Lorent to them.In Rumpelstiltskin, the third of her stagings of Brothers Grimm tales, she once again tells a story of innocence and abjection, using a multi-generational cast (some
  • Mass review – Robert Clark’s challenging invitation to connect

    Building 17, Woolwich Royal Arsenal, London
    The audience engage directly with the dancers in an intense and intimate performanceIncreasingly, choreographers see themselves as initiators, as creators of open-ended scenarios rather than merely setters of steps. The latest work of Robert Clark is a case in point. Clark, who has danced for Charlotte Vincent, Sasha Waltz and others, was moved to make his latest work, Mass, by the increasing sense of disconnection that he sensed around him. The piece

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