Transfigured Night

“This review is going to be a love letter to Kim Brandstrup’s new creation, Transfigured Night. The centrepiece of Rambert’s London season, it is a sensational danced response to Schoenberg’s score... Using 20 Rambert dancers (almost the entire company) Brandstrup produces a dance drama that deals with the aftermath of a shocking confession from three perspectives — and each is suffused with a staggering emotional resonance inherent in every single phrase. “..the ensemble, enhancing the choreography’s pulse through balletic lifts, is wonderful, as are the four central characters. A triumph all round.”

“a fascinating new work.. Brandstrup’s dances — generous in phrase and feeling, solos and duets set against a large corps de ballet which establishes echoing responses to the drama — tell their tale with a sure and sympathetic language.”

“What makes this one of Brandstrup’s finest works is his use of a large framing chorus to embody the shapes and currents of the lovers’ emotions.”

“Kim Brandstrup is a gift to Rambert… clear eyed and choreographically assured..”

“Bittersweet, Brandstrup’s gorgeous piece, one of the finest he has created, proves how effectively he can be romantic without descending into sentimentality.”

“Bold, flawlessly executed..”

“Kim Brandstrup’s fine new Transfigured Night …the duets are touchingly detailed..”

“beautifully constructed: a subtle, sensitive depiction of three different outcomes of a woman’s confession to her lover. This is an excellent piece.”

“This is a humane and eloquent piece, wonderfully danced.”

"Brandstrup romps away with full honours. His Transfigured Night is a haunting, emotionally piercing masterpiece, one of the finest that this outstanding choreographer has ever made, the reward of maturity.