
Vikki Jane Vile
Vikki Jane Vile has been reviewing dance for fifteen years, specialising in classical dance and Ballroom, with a specific passion for Strictly. In 2018, she became a member of the Critics' Circle for Dance.
Vikki also wrote for Dancing Times from 2010 until the magazine's closure in 2022, as well as CultureWhisper and LondonDance.com. She currently also regularly reviews for Bachtrack.com and Dance for You magazine.
She is currently based in Germany, but that doesn't stop her making frequent flying visits to London for "essential" performances.
Instagram: @vikkijane
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Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET, BODY AND SOUL, Sadler's Wells
March 21, 2026

Review: DON QUIXOTE, Sadler's Wells
April 25, 2026

Review: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, Royal Albert Hall
June 27, 2026
English National Ballet close their season, as has become tradition, at London’s glorious (but not especially well air conditioned) Royal Albert Hall.

Review: DON QUIXOTE, Sadler's Wells
April 25, 2026
Carlos Acosta’s favourite ballet full of Spanish sun and slapstick humour is a very silly story.

Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET, BODY AND SOUL, Sadler's Wells
March 21, 2026
English National Ballet’s new Sadler’s Wells programme includes just two works.

Review: TURN IT OUT WITH TILER PECK AND FRIENDS, Sadler's Wells
March 14, 2026
Perhaps New York City Ballet Principal, Tiler Peck should rename her self curated programme Turn it On

Review: AKRAM KHAN'S GISELLE, London Coliseum
January 16, 2026
It’s only four days since the sugar rush of Aaron S.

Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Ballet And Opera
November 24, 2025
Ballet lovers will all have their own relationship with Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker.

Review: LONDON CITY BALLET - REBIRTH, Linbury Theatre
November 20, 2025
London City Ballet have been winning fans across the country since their reforming under the direction of Christopher Marney in 2023, and in their current eclectic programme, Rebirth, it’s easy to see why.

Review: LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE, Royal Ballet And Opera
October 19, 2025
Marianela Núñez said of La Fille mal gardée during a rehearsal that it was just what the world needed right now.

Review: R:EVOLUTION, Sadler's Wells
October 2, 2025
English National Ballet’s season opener, R:Evolution offers up a varied set of challenges for the company, taking us back to the 1940s with George Balanchine and Martha Graham, to the present day with William Forsythe and David Dawson.

Review: THE FORSYTHE PROGRAMME, Sadler's Wells
April 11, 2025
Back in 2018, English National Ballet premiered Playlist (Track 1, 2) as part of their Voices of America programme.

Review: OSIPOVA / LINBURY, Royal Ballet And Opera
March 8, 2025
Natalia Osipova is not a dancer who likes to play by the rules.

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera
March 5, 2025
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet continues to enjoy endless popularity, this being its third run by the Royal Ballet since 2019, but when the results are as good, there’s no reason why not.

Review: CINDERELLA, Birmingham Hippodrome
February 21, 2025
Sir David Bintley’s 2010 production of Cinderella has been long overdue an outing, and based on Wednesday’s opening night at Birmingham Hippodrome it is worth the wait.

Review: CINDERELLA, Royal Ballet and Opera
December 4, 2024
This year’s festive crowd pleaser from the Royal Ballet does not feature a growing Christmas tree nor a Kingdom of Sweets.

Review: SWAN LAKE IN-THE-ROUND, Royal Albert Hall
June 14, 2024
Derek Deane’s Swan Lake has quite the reputation.

Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Sadler's Wells
May 30, 2024
Leeds based Northern Ballet always pack a punch when they visit London every May, and this time was no different, with Massimo Moricone’s slick and captivating Romeo and Juliet.

Review: EMERGING DANCER 2024, Sadler's Wells
May 25, 2024
English National Ballet’s Emerging Dancer award returned to Sadler’s Wells after a two year absence, with a unique opportunity for the most junior members of the company to shine.

Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
March 9, 2024
New York City Ballet are at Sadler’s Wells for the very first time, and returning to London for the first time since 2008 in a rare event for dance fans in the capital.

Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
March 8, 2024
If you came for anything other than wall-to-wall superlatives for the Royal Ballet’s A-team and Liam Scarlett’s superior production of Swan Lake then you’ll be disappointed with this review, because yet again, for the fourth time in six years, ballet heaven is delivered with a side of perfecti
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