Sara Veale

Watching dance online is an advantage, not a concession: BalletBoyz – Deluxe reviewed

Plus: like Deluxe, Rosie Kay’s 5 Soldiers is evidence that an excellent performance can transcend the limits of the laptop

Radiant energy: Will Thompson as Bradley the night owl in Maxine Doyle’s ‘Bradley 4.18’ 
issue 11 April 2020

Another day in isolation, another bid to find joy in my lone state-sanctioned walk. (Pro tip: stay out longer than is interesting or comfortable to brighten the prospect of another 20-plus hours indoors.) For dance critics, the C-19 crisis and its mass theatre shutdown has triggered some major thumb-twiddling. Like our exercise classes and therapy sessions, it’s time to go digital.

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