By Sanjoy Roy The farewell performances by Richard Alston Dance Company, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in March, marked the end of a singular line in British dance. Alston, now 71, was a founding figure of modern dance in the UK. In the first intake of students at the newly formed London Contemporary Dance School in
It was a long wait but worth it. Almost 11 years after Crystal Pite astonished the National Ballet of Canada’s hometown Toronto audience with her first large-ensemble work, Emergence, the now internationally renowned choreographer returned to the Four Seasons Centre with a new ballet for the company, which premiered February 29. It proved an even
Since the opening of the Glyndebourne Festival in 1934, there’s been a British summertime phenomenon known as country house opera wherein the upper echelons of British society spend the day watching live opera in converted country estates. Black tie is de rigueur, and performances are punctuated by extraordinarily long intervals so the audience can enjoy