Rupert Christiansen

Pam Tanowitz is the real deal: Secret Things/Everyone Keeps Me, at the Linbury Theatre, reviewed

Plus: Acosta Danza is full of beautiful creatures and variable dancing

Artists of the Royal Ballet, in gorgeously coloured Greek chitons with greaves round the ankles, performing Secret Things by Pam Tanowitz. Credit: Alice Pennefather/Roh 
issue 11 February 2023
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  • Secret Things/Everyone Keeps Me

    Linbury Theatre, in rep until 16 February

  • Acosta Danza: Spectrum

    Linbury Theatre

Civilisation has never nurtured more than a handful of front-rank choreographers within any one generation, with the undesirable result that the chosen few end up excessively in demand, careering around the globe and overworking, delegating or repeating themselves. Please can someone up there ensure that Pam Tanowitz doesn’t suffer such a fate.

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