Gus Hodgson's Blog

The Minotaur and the Soul in Flight: What Does it Mean for Ballet to be Radical?

On the English National Ballet’s R:Evolution and the choreographers who expand what we believe ballet is equipped to address.

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Lomachenko the Dancer: What Ballet Can Learn From Boxing

Vasiliy Lomachenko is one of the greatest boxers ever to live - I think he'd also be one of the greatest choreographers.

Sep 23 • 

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A Way You Could Make Macbeth

Macbeth: The Reality TV Tyrant

Sep 19 • 

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Marina Abramović: Lives Being Lived

Some thoughts on simply observing lives being lived.

Sep 10 • 

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August 2025

Notes From the Rehearsal Room: How Long Have We Been Here?

Notes on making a play set in a talking lift that never stops going up.

Aug 29 • 

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Coney Island Pilgrimige

What I learnt about having heroes and finding meaning from a failed pilgrimage to Coney Island.

Aug 18 • 

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July 2025

Péter Nádas and the Theatre of the Body

What happens when we take a play beyond story or thought?

Jul 28 • 

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The Mercy of Audiences

Why we can trust audiences to be generous.

Jul 20 • 

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Some Things I've Learnt At Drama School

I'm just about to graduate from an MA in theatre directing - this is a glance backwards at some of the things it's got me to think about.

Jul 13 • 

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Disappointment and Fatigue

The stylish tragedy of La Grande Bellezza's Jep Gambardella.

Jul 1 • 

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June 2025

Notes From the Rehearsal Room: Eumenides

On adapting Aeschylus' Eumenides at the Athens Conservatoire.

Jun 24 • 

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Shades of Misery

Vincenzo Latronico's 'Perfection' and Mario Banushi's 'Taverna Miresia' - two different shades of misery.

Jun 15 • 

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