Beyoncé 'cuts' her hair

Beyoncé shocked the world last week by posting a picture on Twitter of her new drastic hair cut. Beyoncé,  is famous for 'her' hair, which for years has been long and big. She is all about dancing with a wind machine blowing her locks so she stays flawless. So it is a drastic fashion statement to chop all of that hair off. However, the question that popped straight into my mind was "is this her natural hair?"

We all know that Beyoncé, very rarely shows off her natural hair. In fact, I am not actually sure what her natural hair looks like. She is a lover of the weave, which has become her statement look. So yes this new hair do would be considered drastic if she had cut off her hair and would have to wait 5 years to grow it back, but in a few weeks if she hates it she can just put in some weave and be back to her fabulous self.

Swan Lake Reloaded

You can tell from the advertising that Swan Lake Reloaded was no normally Swan Lake. It was virtually a year to the day since I had seen English National Ballet's Swan Lake and I was back The Coliseum to see Fredrik Rydman's version.

In this version the Swans are prostitues and Rothbart is their pimp. The performance mixed hip-hop and contemporary dance to create a fusion that worked at times but not at others. The contemporary elements wasn't anything spectacular, but the use of isolation was interesting and in true hip-hop style there was some nice tricks. It was interesting to see a headspin replacing the infamous 32 fouettes.

One aspect I throughly enjoyed was the music. There was elements of the traditional Tchaikovsky score and then mixed with electro sounds. The choreography complimented the music throughout and it was interesting to see choreography that really worked with the drama of the music.

Swan Lake reloaded may not be everyone's cup of tea, but for those who are open to seeing performance in its the general sense - go see! Definitely one of the most enjoyable performance I have seen in a while.