By Jeannette Andersen The spring season in Munich culminated mid-May with the biennial festival Dance 2023. More that 60 performances featuring German and international choreographers in over 25 productions, of which five were premieres, were presented over 11 days. In 2021, the festival was entirely digital due to COVID-19, but this year it spread all
By Deborah Jones David Hallberg serenely slid to the floor, legs immaculately split, then turned to the audience in the Sydney Opera House. “Ouch,” he said. The moment was pure Kunstkamer, the work that lured Hallberg back to the stage after a two-year absence. Originally made for Nederlands Dans Theater in 2019, it’s a huge,
Nederlands Dans Theater’s latest mixed bill, Savoir Faire, was shown in its temporary home, the Zuiderstrand theatre on the outskirts of The Hague, in May (while its permanent base, the Lucent theatre, undergoes renovation). With works by Crystal Pite, Marco Goecke and the duo Leon/Lightfoot performed by the amazingly expressive NDT dancers, the sum of