By Sanjoy Roy The farewell performances by Richard Alston Dance Company, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in March, marked the end of a singular line in British dance. Alston, now 71, was a founding figure of modern dance in the UK. In the first intake of students at the newly formed London Contemporary Dance School in
It was a long wait but worth it. Almost 11 years after Crystal Pite astonished the National Ballet of Canada’s hometown Toronto audience with her first large-ensemble work, Emergence, the now internationally renowned choreographer returned to the Four Seasons Centre with a new ballet for the company, which premiered February 29. It proved an even
Dancers fall slowly, defying gravity; props move as if they have a mind of their own; walls of light slice through the haze, dividing the stage. In this fantasy world created by Out Innerspace co-artistic directors Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond, the boundaries are constantly shifting and the laws of physics don’t seem to apply.