Category Dance

REVIEW: State Ballet of Georgia: Swan Lake

Reading Time: 3 minutesMaybe a bit reluctantly yet curiously, we'd love to sneak a peek into the exotic taste of Soviet legacy of ballet tradition. This is most prominent in ACT I, where the ensemble dances in a gentle and airy style, utterly different from what we typically see here in the UK. If you are especially used to the more powerful and vital presentation here, you may find the Georgian style too soft and light. You may even tell from their different shapes of ballet hands: their fingertips are slightly more curved, their middle fingers slightly lowered, and the overall curve more fluid.

REVIEW: Fuerza Bruta: Aven

Reading Time: 2 minutesFuerza Bruta's Aven at the Roundhouse promised a night of immersive spectacle and high-energy entertainment, but ultimately, it fell short of expectations. The show begins with a DJ set that aims to get the crowd pumped, and while the energy is palpable, the actual performance lacks the cohesive wow factor that one might expect from such a hyped event.

REVIEW: Afrique en Cirque

Reading Time: 2 minutesDaring acrobatics and soulful afro jazz fusion sounds Illustrate the daily life in Guinea. For a brief 90 mins we are transported from the South Bank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth hall to the streets of Guinea to witness the bustling lives of fisherman, market workers and construction workers in an energetic circus display of strength and joy. Cirque Kalabante is a west African circus company created by Yamoussa Bangoura who choreographs and designs their shows, This show marks their first time in London, and it is not to be missed.