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Zoe Anderson

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Dance writer at The Independent

Knowledge & Learning manager @TNLComFund. Dance writer @Independent. Author of The Ballet Lover's Companion, published by @YaleBooks

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  • Shadows and light: Ballet BC

    2 weeks ago | bachtrack.com | Zoe Anderson

    The works on Ballet BC’s double bill, touring the UK with Dance Consortium, are set up in conversation with each other. Crystal Pite’s shadowy Frontier is full of the unknown. Johan Inger’s Passing plays with birth and death and the brightly-lit moments in between. Eduardo Jimenez Cabrera in Crystal Pite's Frontier Based in Vancouver, Ballet BC has a strong Nederlands Dans Theater connection – not least in current director Mehdi Walerski, who performed in Frontier as a dancer with NDT.

  • The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Christopher Wheeldon showcases the choreographer’s dazzling range

    3 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Anderson

    Four works show the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet’s Artistic Associate, Christopher WheeldonZoe AndersonIn Ballet To Broadway: Wheeldon Works, The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Christopher Wheeldon emphasises his range – balletic through to the pizazz of An American in Paris. In this programme, it’s his steps away from ballet that make the strongest impression, from living-room intimacies to Broadway dazzle.

  • The Forsythe Programme review: English National Ballet celebrate influential choreographer

    1 month ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Anderson

    Influential choreographer’s talent is on full display in the company’s joyful medley of his worksZoe AndersonFrom the edgy snapshots of Rearray (London Edition 2025) to the joyful club energy of Playlist (EP), English National Ballet are lucid and sharp in this celebration of William Forsythe. It’s part of the company’s ongoing relationship with one of the world’s most influential choreographers – a jewel in ENB’s crown, and one that it’s keeping diamond-bright.

  • Shadows, Ballet Black creates a ‘haunting’ dance spectacle in ‘handsome’ double bill

    2 months ago | independent.co.uk | Zoe Anderson

    Ballet Black’s adaptations of ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’ and ‘A Shadow Work’ continue to show this adventurous company’s ambitionsZoe AndersonFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing.

  • Romeo and Juliet review: Royal Ballet brings new life to Shakespeare classic after 60 years

    Mar 5, 2025 | independent.co.uk | Zoe Anderson

    Matthew Ball and Yasmine Naghdi’s heartfelt lead performances reimagine Kenneth MacMillan’s love at first sight classicZoe AndersonSixty years old, and still fresh: in its anniversary year, The Royal Ballet’s production of Romeo and Juliet is ardently danced. With its feuding families and star-crossed lovers, the story sings out, sweeping from passion to heartbreak.

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