We’re starting afresh, and the dancers are full of hunger and finesse, diving into new vocabularies and ways of storytelling. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianLike dysfunctional marriages, for example. But then there’s a third wheel, corps de ballet dancer Stanisław Węgrzyn, spinning low to the floor then launching into a ballet batterie. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianThe second half of the show comprises two pieces by the Canadian Crystal Pite, new to this company but made last decade for Nederlands Dans Theater. Photograph: Tristram Kenton/The GuardianIn Solo Echo (2012), set to Brahms, Pite’s choreography is emphatic, with urgent attack in every step.

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2021 10:41 UTC