Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young - Kidd Pivot in Assembly Hall in London - Review

★★★✰✰   A diverting and very different night of theatre dance at Sadler's Wells... [21 Mar 24]

Link of the Week - ismeneb.com

Ismene Brown's marvellous repository of her dance writing - "An archive of 25 years of British dance" is the subhead. [14 Mar 24]

New York City Ballet, Mixed Bill in London - Review

★★★★✰   A rare visit to London by New York City Ballet is strong on new work and showcases fabulous dancers - we want more... [08 Mar 24]

Why is this site called LiftedLeg?

Long story short "when you think of LiftedLeg think of a dancer lifting their leg in any number of fabulous ways, and nothing else!" [06 Mar 24]

Birmingham Royal Ballet, Sleeping Beauty in Birmingham - Review

★★★★✰   Bruce Marriott in Birmingham for what turned out to be a slice of classical perfection... [25 Feb 24]

Royal Ballet, New Works by Gemma Bond, Joshua Junker, Mthuthuzeli November and Jessica Lang - Review

★★★★✰   It's a very rare event when the Royal Ballet puts on a bill with 4 new works on the main stage - so rare I can't recall when such an event last happened... And I have to say from the off it turned out rather well... [17 Feb 24]

Place Resolution 2024, Jiwon Oh, TwoFold Dance Theatre and Silver-Tongue Studios - Review

★★★★✰   My third and last Resolution bill and it proved the most satisfying of them all. [08 Feb 24]

Place Resolution 2024, Elly Trent/ Olia Poliakova/ Callum Murray, Ella Swannell Amalfitano and Terry Smith - Review

★★★✰✰   A mixed night of bold, unforgiving, experiment at The Place's Resolution 2024 festival... [03 Feb 24]

Place Resolution 2024, Seirian Griffiths/Aurora Casatori, Hannah Waters and Aishwarya Raut - Review

★★★✰✰   My first review at Resolution 2024 and it proved a night of thoughtful dance creation. [28 Jan 24]