Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Tap dance has traditionally been the reserve of the nostalgic musical. In the West End right now, 42nd Street is the perfect evocation of this, its whole ensemble tap routines being the show’s biggest draw. On a smaller scale, Charing Cross Theatre’s Yank! includes several tap routines as it tells its story in…
Category: Dance
Taj Express, Sadler’s Wells, London ★★★½
Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: It is not usual, one must admit, for a stage show to start with a voiceover warning that anybody expecting great theatre should leave. There are certainly some shows that could benefit from such a management of expectations. Taj Express, the latest Bollywood-inspired work from the Merchant family, is at…
English Youth Ballet: Nutcracker and Ballet Etudes, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★
Reviewed for The Reviews Hub: Since 1998, Janet Lewis’ English Youth Ballet (EYB) has been working with young dancers around England, giving children and young adults the opportunity to rehearse and perform alongside, and be trained by, professional ballet dancers. The result is an evening of ballet in which the stage is full of young…
Getting Dressed, Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio, London ★★★★½
The sort of playtime that would make even the oldest and most cynical of grown-ups regress to a childhood of play
Swan Lake, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★½
Tchaikovsky’s perennially popular ballet is presented in classical form
German Cornejo’s Tango Fire, Peacock Theatre, London ★★★★
Ganchos galore and ochos aplenty
Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), Wilton’s Music Hall ★★★★½
An interpretation of Milton’s epic poem like no other
Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★★½
Charlotte Brontë’s story is dominated by passion, both repressed and released – perfect fodder for ballet
Jekyll and Hyde, Old Vic Theatre ★★★★
More storytelling, greater cohesiveness and more thrilling visuals than most new West End musicals
Tap Factory, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury ★★★½
A grungy, industrial setting places tap dance as a fast, precise, expressive dance that provides its own percussive accompaniment
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