ImpulsTanz Festival [ENA] TAO Dance Theater’s 16 & 18 in frames of the ImpulsTanz Festival is a striking demonstration of how minimalist form can generate extraordinary theatrical voltage. Tao Ye’s work has long explored the body as an abstract yet deeply human system, and this evening distils that inquiry into two pieces that feel conceptually rigorous, visually lucid, and physically exacting.   [Full story...]

Bregenzer Festspiele [ENA] Leoš Janáček’s Die Ausflüge des Herrn Brouček at the Bregenz Festival is a rare and exhilarating pleasure: a “house opera” that embraces the full oddity of this burlesque score while turning its satire into pointed contemporary theatre. In the Große Saal of the Festspielhaus, Yuval Sharon and his team deliver a production that feels both fantastical and surgically precise, staging Brouček’s escapes from reality.   [Full story...]