Boris Charmatz
Boris Charmatz: Somnole and Infini review – thoughtful and compelling
Dance Reflections festival continued, with offerings from foggy to soporific – but darling of radical dance Boris Charmatz did not disappoint
Sarah Crompton
27, Mar, 2022 @8:00 AM
Boris Charmatz / Serafine1369 review – resistance, endurance and an invisible violin
At the Dance Reflections festival, both choreographers bewilder with experimental works that explore time and personal space
Lyndsey Winship
23, Mar, 2022 @8:00 PM
Boris Charmatz/Gisèle Vienne review – sleepwalking, with vampires
One French choreographer whistles during his dance in Somnole, while another takes us into a dark, murderous forest in This Is How You Will Disappear
Sanjoy Roy
21, Mar, 2022 @12:01 AM
Manchester international festival: Sea Change; Breathless Puppets – review
Boris Charmatz gets Manchester’s communal toes tapping, while Akram Khan partners with hand-drawn animation in a coming-of-age tale
Bidisha
11, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
Hundreds of dancers perform living flipbook to open Manchester international festival
Sea Change by French choreographer Boris Charmatz saw professional and amateur dancers perform unique ‘funny, awkward movements’
Sasha Mistlin
02, Jul, 2021 @1:26 PM
Manchester international festival 2021: the best art, from dance delights to a sideways Big Ben
A vast and extraordinary new dance work, and an iconic London landmark relocated to the heart of Manchester
Sophie Harris
29, Jun, 2021 @6:00 AM
Châtelet in Paris launches lockdown festival with street dance and Stockhausen
Powerful political dance from Brooklyn’s FlexN and the spectacle of the Helicopter String Quartet are part of British artistic director’s programme
Lyndsey Winship
06, Jul, 2020 @11:15 AM
Cross Currents/ Monotones II/ Everyone Keeps Me; Danse Élargie – review
Pam Tanowitz’s dazzling new work for the Royal Ballet sat perfectly alongside Ashton and Cunningham
Sarah Crompton
20, Oct, 2019 @11:00 AM
Ten minutes to face the apocalypse! A dance-off for dark times
The finalists of Boris Charmatz’s Danse Élargie competition squared up to today’s doom and gloom
Lyndsey Winship
14, Oct, 2019 @12:17 PM
10,000 Gestures; The Mother review – disparate measures
Twenty-two dancers never make the same move twice, while Natalia Osipova floors a deadly foe
Sara Veale
30, Jun, 2019 @7:00 AM
The top 10 dance shows of 2017
Sgt Pepper strutted, Boris Charmatz gave us a buttock-scratching beauty and three men became Lady Macbeth – our critic picks the best dance of the year
Judith Mackrell
18, Dec, 2017 @6:00 AM
Boris Charmatz’s 10,000 Gestures: pushing forward, one step at a time
Boris Charmatz’s blistering new work is, he says, like life – a blizzard of unique moves, never repeated
Sarah Crompton
16, Jul, 2017 @7:00 AM
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