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Facebook comments Twitter comments Instagram comments Comments on original news page Following the earlier announcement about DanceTabs closing we’ve now run our final reviews and galleries. General activity on Twitter continues for now – I still retain a professional interest in dance doings and it’s nice to recommend and draw attention to things I’ve always thought as important.

I really wanted this page to celebrate DanceTabs with an appropriate picture and this image by Dave Morgan, of Dominique Mercy in Pina Bausch’s Two Cigarettes in the Dark, immediately came to mind. Good to celebrate Dave as well, who stopped shooting galleries for us in 2018. See the full gallery and Jann Parry’s review of the show. © Dave Morgan.

Gonzalo Garcia and Megan Fairchild in Balanchine’s Rubies. © Erin Baiano. (Click image for larger version) New York City Ballet All Balanchine: Mozartiana, Rubies, La Valse ★★★ New York, David H. Koch Theater 28 November 2021 www.nycballet.com davidhkochtheater.com Balanchine Triple It seems fitting that my final review for DanceTabs (which is about to close to new reviews) should be of a Balanchine triple bill at New York City Ballet. My first, a decade ago, was of La Bayadère at the Paris Opera.

Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé in Romeo and Juliet (2019). © Helen Maybanks. (Click image for larger version) Royal Ballet Romeo and Juliet ★★★★✰ London, Royal Opera House 28 January 2022 Special gallery of Anna Rose O’Sullivan and Marcelino Sambé rehearsal pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou. Cinema screening 14 February, encore on 20 February 2022.

Evan Loudon and Grace Horler in Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker. © Andy Ross. (Click image for larger version) Scottish Ballet The Nutcracker ★★★★★ Inverness, Eden Court 26 January 2022 www.scottishballet.co.uk eden-court.co.uk It’s ages since I saw Scottish Ballet’s Nutcracker, which is a shame because as I confirmed last week in Inverness it’s effortlessly one of the best told Nuts I’ve ever seen. And its secret?

Barely Methodical Troupe in KIN. © David Levene. (Click image for larger version) Barely Methodical Troupe KIN Part of London International Mime Festival ★★★★✰ London, Peacock Theatre www.barelymethodicaltroupe.com sadlerswells.com mimelondon.com The hand of Ben Duke, of Lost Dog fame, is clearly evident in Barely Methodical Troupe’s show KIN, its contribution to this year’s London International Mime Festival.

Evan Loudon and Grace Horler in Peter Darrell’s The Nutcracker. © Andy Ross. (Click image for larger version) Scottish Ballet The Nutcracker ★★★★★ Inverness, Eden Court 26 January 2022 www.scottishballet.co.uk eden-court.co.uk It’s ages since I saw Scottish Ballet’s Nutcracker, which is a shame because as I confirmed last week in Inverness it’s effortlessly one of the best told Nuts I’ve ever seen. And its secret?

Foteini Christofilopoulou Foteini Christofilopoulou is a Greek born, London based, freelance performing arts photographer; specialising in dance. Besides DanceTabs, client commissions include: Dance Umbrella, Royal Academy of Dance, Sadler's Wells and many more. She also undertakes more unusual dance theatre shoots, such as her work with Levantes Dance Theatre, which involves playing an active role in the creative process and subsequently in live performance. Her website is at: www.foteini.com

SHORT & SWEET / Cage & Paige: We Could Go On and On: Daniel Hay-Gordon and Eleanor Perry. © Foteini Christofilopoulou. (Click image for larger version) Thick & Tight SHORT & SWEET Part of London International Mime Festival ★★★★✰ London, Barbican Pit 26 January 2022 Gallery of pictures by Foteini Christofilopoulou www.thickandtight.com www.barbican.org.uk mimelondon.com Is lip-syncing mime? Is it a high camp drag act speciality or could it be contemporary dance choreography?

Chun Wai Chan and Tiler Peck in Peck’s Partita. © Erin Baiano. (Click image for larger version) New York City Ballet New Combinations: Partita, Summerspace, DGV: Danse à Grande Vitesse ★★★★✰ New York, David H. Koch Theater 27 January 2022 www.nycballet.com davidhkochtheater.com A Roomful of Sound The past few weeks have been rough for dance (and theater in general). Omicron arrived in the middle of the holidays, forcing shows to shut down and seasons to end early.