How Much Context Does A Dance Critic Need To Review A Piece? Can She Have Too Much?

Katie Colombus, after having interviewed Matthew Bourne: “I’m going to be at Sadler’s Wells on press night, covering Sleeping Beauty as a review, and it suddenly struck me – what if it’s shit? Would it sway my judgment of the piece, having talked to Bourne all about the show, having a little choreo-crush on him and a better understanding of the intricacies of the performance?”