Wendy Whelan

Wendy Whelan in Joshua Beamish’s Waltz Epoca, London, July 2014 (© Dave Morgan) - In the duet Waltz Epoca, Whelan is shadowed by Joshua Beamish in a series of eclectic waltzes by Borut Krzisnik, a Slovenian guitarist. She seems unaware of him until she falls back into his arms, more tango dancer than waltz partner. Their movement vocabulary is ballet-based, quirky, disjointed. She is so much more enthralling of the two…