English National Ballet: Reunion review – rubber-band bodies and a rush of energy
Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 05.58 EDT When the announcement telling you to switch off your phone is drowned out by whooping and cheering, you know audiences are glad to be back in the theatre. English National Ballet wastes no time getting on stage, converting five films made in lockdown into live dance. The works are familiar from their digital form, but live you notice different qualities and details. Yuri Possokhovâs Senseless Kindness loses its atmospheric cinematography but gains from the the ability to follow his long, lyrical phrases in full, performed with great sensitivity ...