James O’Hara and Daisy Phillips performed Faun three times this month as part of La Reunion’s Festival Danse Péi. At this small festival all three of the performances were free of charge and took place outside in public spaces. The outdoor stages certainly added to the forest-like feel of the story and were beautiful spaces for James and Daisy to move both elegantly and animalistically. This alongside the festival atmosphere and Adam Carree’s even more atmospheric lighting meant jam packed audiences surrounded the stages with people craning their necks to try and see the show.

This production of Faun is a reinvention of Nijinski’s ballet. It was made as part of the centenary celebrations of Ballets Russes by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui after Sadler’s Wells asked him to work on or draw inspiration from any piece of the renowned company’s repertoire.

What a week! Sadler’s Wells’ touring productions are having a very exciting week – with two premieres and a total of four productions on the road.

On Tuesday 31 March, Sylvie Guillem’s Life in Progress received its world premiere at the stunning Luciano Pavarotti Teatro Comunale in Modena, Italy. The sell out show received a rapturous response from the audience and prompted a unanimous standing ovation.

Celebrating Life in Progress premiere. Photo by Suzanne Walker

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Some seven years since Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Sutra was first performed, the show finally made a stop in Taiwan where it was performed to huge acclaim by the audience.

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Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s m¡longa made it’s US debut last week at New York City Center as part of the A Bailar festival. It charmed audiences and critics alike with the New York Times calling it an “impassioned production” with “exceptional dancers”
Read the full review here

m¡longa is back on tour, kicking off 2015 with a tour of Canada. Starting at the Grand Theatre in Quebec and then on to Ottawa where the Valentine’s Day performances were a big hit.

“Once again, Larbi manages to create a work of both absolute rigour and immense appeal. His troupe of tangueros create more combustible chemistry than in Walter White’s lab” Ottawa Citizen – read the full review

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“They’ve got legs and they know how to use them” Sydney Morning Herald

Sadler’s Wells’ celebrated tango show m¡longa by choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui enjoyed sell out success at the Sydney Opera House last week. Audiences were thrilled with the show and the critics obviously were too. Here are a selection of fabulous reviews from down under…

Sydney Morning Herald

The Australian

Daily Review