Nederlands Dans Theater’s latest mixed bill, Savoir Faire, was shown in its temporary home, the Zuiderstrand theatre on the outskirts of The Hague, in May (while its permanent base, the Lucent theatre, undergoes renovation). With works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke and the duo Leon/Lightfoot performed by the amazingly expressive NDT dancers, the sum of
By Jenn Edwards In a bright, spacious studio in downtown Toronto, choreographer Guillaume Côté leads a cast of 12 in a pragmatic rehearsal at the National Ballet of Canada headquarters. Huddled around a laptop, the dancers refresh their memories with footage of themselves from several months ago. It is January and they are stepping away
By Sanjoy Roy In the wake of Valentine’s Day, it was not romance but its aftermath that took centre stage in the London dance scene. Not the rosy coupledom that romantics dream of, but marriages of dysfunction, madness, deception, crossed purposes and dissolution — all of them, as it happened, licensed by Shakespeare. Opening on