The big dance hit of this year’s Edinburgh international festival was Morgann Runacre-Temple and Jessica Wright’s reboot of Coppélia, using live video to enhance clever storytelling. This triple bill by Birmingham Royal Ballet features another new piece by Runacre-Temple, with Wright working on the film, which continues the pair’s quest to bring dance’s use of video technology into the 21st century.
Hotel is a half-hour ballet, but it packs in different ways to use the camera on stage. The hotel setting is a handy scenario for CCTV-style surveillance behind closed doors – although what is happening there isn’t always as exciting as you might hope.
