Ismene Brown

Sacred Monsters, Sadler’s Wells: Sylvie Guillem and Akram Kham’s captivating final boogie

Ismene Brown is intrigued by an 18th century baby shower, spooked by a worldweary Dracula, bored by an overlong Rambert triple and disappointed by Len Goodman and Lucy Worsley

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  • Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan: Sacred Monsters

    Sadler’s Wells

  • Daphnis et Églé; La naissance d’Osiris

    Barbican

  • Mark Bruce Company: Dracula

    Touring

  • Rambert Dance

    Touring into 2015, title

  • Phoenix Dance Theatre: mixed programme

    Linbury Studio Theatre

I’m dashing between dance theatres at the moment and there’s just so much to tell you about. I could linger on Sacred Monsters, the captivating conversation-piece at Sadler’s Wells for Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan — conversational being the word, for these genius dancers also talk to us, which is rather like Garbo laughing.

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