Dance & ballet news

• Letter: Paul Taylor obituary

  16-09-2018 14:10
  In 1968 I had the pleasure of spending a week with Paul Taylor when his dance company were at the Theatre Royal, St Helens, in Merseyside. I offered to show him photographs of a dance work that I had created the year before, a choreographed mass for the opening celebrations of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. “Pictures of rehearsals, please,” he said. “Rehearsals are always more fun than performances.”His thoughts on choreography were illuminating, even when mischievous
  
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• Natalia Osipova: Pure Dance review – another dimension

  16-09-2018 09:00
  Sadler’s Wells, London
  For all her exceptional gifts, the Russian star often fails to connect convincingly with her partners in this handpicked programmeDance programmes constructed around a single ballet star are an odd, never-quite-satisfactory thing. Dancers are rarely good judges of the work that best suits them and, given the demands of appearing in multiple roles, usually choose to remain well within their comfort zones. Sylvie Guillem, now retired from performance, was a notable exc
  
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