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Review: City Lights ballet is a Chaplin triumph for the National Ballet of Japan
The City Lights ballet tells Chaplin’s silent story with absolute clarity, as Kosuke Okumura’s double tours and twirling walking stick bring the tramp to life.
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Review: Tellus – Dickson Mbi’s drought epic thrills but strains for effect
Moses Ward leads a superb cast in Dickson Mbi’s Cameroon-inspired Tellus, as a furious Mami Wata conjures a storm and conducts the live musicians.
Review: London City Ballet’s Ghost Light haunts, but Firebird fails to ignite
London City Ballet: Alina Cojocaru haunts Neumeier’s Ghost Light as a confused Odette, but Tetley’s Firebird is dramatic gymnastics and little else.
Academy of St Martin in the Fields buys The Warehouse in Waterloo as its first permanent home
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields completes its acquisition of The Warehouse, Waterloo, with a £500,000 campaign to fund its first permanent home.
Goecke, Robbins and Bausch: Rome Opera Ballet salutes the Ballets Russes
Rome Opera Ballet takes Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps, first danced at Caracalla in 2025, to the Costanzi for the first time, with Robbins and Goecke.
Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps goes on show in photographs at La Scala
Rare photographs of Pina Bausch’s Le Sacre du printemps, from 1975 to 1995, go on show at La Scala until 22 November, with film of Bausch in rehearsal.
Review: Stories – RB Dance Company’s slick tap show returns to London
RB Dance Company’s Stories is slick and fast-moving, but at the Peacock Theatre a recorded score all but drowns out the tapping.
