Ruination at the Royal Ballet review: sombre, daft and raw – this is a festive show like no other
4/5 Ben Duke’s show was a smash in 2022 and returns with the same ace cast
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Elixir festival review – older dancers pushing against the void
The revered Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny kick off this year’s celebration of creative ageing, in a triple bill shared by Louise Lecavalier and Ben Duke
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Rambert: Death Trap review – a double bill of despair from Ben Duke
The 2017 piece Goat, made in the aftermath of London terror attacks, loses its way but last year’s Cerberus is a powerful account of grief
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Ruination review, Royal Opera House: Medea gets a brilliant update through dance
With his company Lost Dog, choreographer Ben Duke mines humour and desperation from the darkest of Greek tragedies
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‘What’s the least Christmassy thing I can think of?’ Ben Duke on his festive Ruination
Lost Dog has a reputation for taking sideways looks at classic tales and taking them into unlikely spaces, but might an interrogation of the murderous Medea in the bowels of the Royal Opera House prove a step too far?
The Guardian - UK ·
Rambert review – Ben Duke’s new work is both funny and profound
The mysterious, melancholy Cerberus is the centrepiece of a triple bill worthy of the company’s superb dancers
The Guardian - UK ·
Rambert review – whirlwinds of wow
The company’s touring triple bill is a showcase of individual brilliance that testifies to the sure creative hand of director Benoit Swan Pouffer
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Phoenix Dance Theatre review – tender and tense performances mark 40 years
The Leeds-based company come out fighting with family stories, purposeful dancing and a boxing-themed finale
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Lost Dog: A Tale of Two Cities review – the best of times
Ben Duke directs a triumphant theatre-dance interpretation of the Dickens classic that offsets complexity with out-loud laughs
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