A life-changing crash revisited, a rapturous duet for Matthew Ball and Alina Cojocaru and an everyday story of medieval fantasy
1. Assembly Hall
Sadler’s Wells, London/Festival theatre, Edinburgh; March/August
It’s rare for a dance piece to make you laugh; even rarer to find one set in a medieval re-enactment society meeting in a rundown community hall. But the glory of Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s new 2024 work, made for her company, Kidd Pivot, was its uniquely oddball worldview, which took the dynamics of a squabbling group and transformed them into a searing Arthurian legend full of love, loss and heroism.
2. Or Forevermore
Royal Opera House, London; October
Shown in a night of new work at the Royal Ballet, Pam Tanowitz’s playful 30-minute ballet had a wit and virtuosity that revealed a total understanding of dance history and of the skills of its dancers, led by a dazzling Anna Rose O’Sullivan and William Bracewell.
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