But if doubts still lurk be sure to catch Rambert on their extensive 2017/2018 National Tour.
In London last week, we were given a taste of the phenomenal talent currently delighting dance lovers all over Britain as Rambert takes to the road.
Three works were chosen, opening with Itzik Galili’s Latin extravaganza A Linha Curva.
Blocks of light illuminate the shapes and sizes of the dancers, grouped or solo, as timpani-based music composed by Dutch percussion band Percossa assaults our ears from the playback.
But the dancers get us flying with the infectious thrill of what they are doing.
Solos, duets and crowds of dancers singing and dancing of love and happiness.
I defy anyone not to be carried along on the company’s wave of all that is good in life.
In an interesting, perhaps strange piece of programming Andonis Foniadakis’ Symbiosis follows very much the same pattern with composer Ilan Eshkeri’s delightful obsession with love.
Unfortunately Foniadikis is not in the Galili class and much of what the dancers are in the process of telling us about is lost in this distracting similarity.
Despite this I was relieved at how this was overruled by the sheer pleasure of watching the dancers.
The closing piece, Goat, is ambitious with Nia Lynn’s powerful singing voice and Miguel Altunaga’s lively running commentary.
Creator Ben Duke’s story is simple – how popular music can woo you into surprising and irresistible romantic unions.
The setting is a small stage set halfway up the back wall designed, I think, to create a nightclub feel.
Nia Lynn sings popular numbers such as Feelin’ Good, My Way and Feelings to a piano at stage level as the performers and the small on-stage audience is gradually seduced into finding a partner.
Altanuga, a fine dancer, is surprisingly effective as the storyteller coming across clear and strong vocally.
But as the curtain fell I felt an ominous shadow. Is Goat a precursor of Britain’s oldest ballet company’s transition into musical comedy?
Is this the only way to pay the bills? I do hope I am wrong.
Rambert Triple Bill (Now touring, see rambert.org.uk)