Review: OSIPOVA / LINBURY, Royal Ballet And Opera
Natalia Osipova is not a dancer who likes to play by the rules.
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The latest news on performances of Dance in UK / West End.
Review: TWICE-BORN; SCOTTISH BALLET, Sadler’s Wells
Scottish Ballet return to Sadler’s Wells with a triple bill.
Review: JASMIN VARDIMON: NOW, Sadler's Wells East
With NOW standing for many nows, thens, nowheres, future nows, past nows, and present nows, Jasmin Vardimon offers up revisited classic choreography fused with new material to create a beautiful and intense way to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary.
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera
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: DEEPSTARIA, Sadler's Wells
A work that uses the darkest of dark sets to shed light on the possibilities inherent in creative work, right here, right now
Review: BIRDBOY, Sadler's Wells
February 2025 is the inaugural month of Sadler’s Wells East, London’s newest dance house with a 550-seat theatre, six dance studios, and a public performance space all under one roof.
Review: CINDERELLA, Birmingham Hippodrome
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: LIGHT OF PASSAGE, Royal Ballet And Opera
Crystal Pite’s deeply moving work has themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality.
Review: VOLLMOND, Sadler's Wells
Desperation, desire and dance in a drowned world
Review: OUR MIGHTY GROOVE, Sadler's Wells East
In the new Sadler's Wells East venue, we are invited to observe and then enter the world of Club Groove in a pulsing, energetic, modern dance piece allowing the audience to mingle on the dance floor.
Review: LEÏLA KA AND CHRISTOS PAPADOPOULOS, Sadler’s Wells
The prizes continue at Sadler’s Wells with both a Bloom and Rose contender showing their work.
Review: MARCO DA SILVA FERREIRA: CARCAÇA, Sadler’s Wells
Competition in the Arts.
Review: NORTHERN BALLET - THREE SHORT BALLETS, Royal Ballet And Opera
Northern Ballet return to the Linbury Theatre for a triple bill of diverse works…or is it really a double bill with an additional third piece that's just five minutes long?!
Review: DEWEY DELL - THE RITE OF SPRING, Southbank Centre
The one thing we can always count on is a new reading of The Rite of Spring.
Review: ONEGIN, Royal Ballet and Opera
Cranko took the predictable love melodrama - I want you, I don't, actually I do, well now I don’t - and turned it into a full-length, 3 act ballet.
Crystal Pite's LIGHT OF PASSAGE Returns To The Royal Ballet In February
Light of Passage, Crystal Pite's meditation on safe movement, displacement, community and mortality, returns to the Main Stage of the Royal Opera House this February.
Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Albert Hall
When I first saw The Nutcracker, I was convinced one of these things must be true: either someone had spiked my drink, the cast were all on drugs or we were all in some kind of baffling nightmare.
Video: Behind the Scenes of The Pumpkin Transformation from The Royal Ballet's CINDERELLA
Get a look behind the scenes of the pumpkin transformation from The Royal Ballet's Cinderella with Flys Assistant Manager Henry Desmond in the video here!
Video: James Hay and Bennett Gartside Discuss Playing Step-Sisters in The Royal Ballet's CINDERELLA
James Hay and Bennett Gartside discuss their performance as the step-sisters in The Royal Ballet's Cinderella, in the video here! Performances run through 16 January.
Video: Lia Rodrigues Talks Choreographing ENCANTADO at Sadler Wells
Watch choreographer Lia Rodrigues discuss her dance performance Encantado, nominated for The Rose International Dance Prize in the video here.
Review: NUTCRACKER, London Coliseum
It has been some time coming.
The Royal Ballet Promotes Melissa Hamilton To Principal Dancer
Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O’Hare has announced that Melissa Hamilton has been promoted to Principal Dancer, the highest rank in the Company, taking effect from 1 January 2025.
Review: CARLOS ACOSTA'S NUTCRACKER IN HAVANA, Southbank Centre
Carlos Acosta's touring show is a delightful Christmassy treat
Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE: THE NEXT GENERATION, Sadler's Wells
Even 30 years after he created it, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake is still his defining production.
Review: RUINATION, Royal Ballet and Opera
In a season where theatres are filled with the usual hoary horde - here a Christmas Carol, there a Nutcracker or Messiah - the Royal Opera House deserves praise and maybe even a standing ovation for bringing back its Yuletide hit from 2022.
Review: CINDERELLA, Royal Ballet and Opera
This year’s festive crowd pleaser from the Royal Ballet does not feature a growing Christmas tree nor a Kingdom of Sweets.
Review: THE PICNIC, Sadler's Wells
Billed as a 'weird and wonderful gathering', Eva Recacha's full-length work The Picnic is inspired by the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, dating from the 15th century.
Review: NOBODADDY - TEAĊ DAṀSA, Sadler’s Wells
Teaċ Daṁsa return to Sadler’s Wells with Michael Keegan-Dolan's latest work: NOBODADDY (Tríd an bpoll gan bun).
Review: MADDADDAM, Royal Ballet And Opera
Whether on the news or on Netflix, dystopia seems the theme of the year.
Review: BALLET BLACK: HEROES, Royal Ballet And Opera
Ballet Black return to the Royal Ballet and Opera's Linbury Theatre with their current double bill Heroes.
Review: STORIES, Peacock Theatre
Smashing together tap dance and film noir, Romain Rachline Borgeaud’s Stories is wrapped around an immersive form of storytelling.
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Review: THE RITE OF SPRING/COMMON GROUND[S], Sadler’s Wells
Sadler’s Wells advertise The Rite of Spring / common ground[s] bill as “iconic” and I'm tempted to agree.
Review: LENIO KAKLEA - ΑΓΡΊΜΙ (FAUVE), Sadler’s Wells
Αγρίμι (Fauve) by Lenio Kaklea is a brave piece of modern dance that should be recognised for its shunning of conventions and committed performances.
Review: LEGACY, Royal Ballet and Opera
It’s interesting to consider that ballet began its development in the mid 16th century, however it wasn't until around 400 years later that BIPOC (American) dancers Maria Tallchief, Raven Wilkinson and Arthur Mitchell, first joined ballet companies.
Review: LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE, Sadler's Wells
A sweet revival of Frederick Ashton's best-known and loved ballet returns to Sadler's Wells.
Review: LUNA, Sadler's Wells
Guided by the vision of five female, international choreographers, Luna narrates the complexities of womanhood-its beauty, struggles, and power.
Review: ENCOUNTERS: FOUR CONTEMPORARY BALLETS, Royal Ballet And Opera
The Royal Ballet season continues with its first modern bill - Encounters: Four contemporary ballets.
Review: RADIOACTIVE PRACTICE - ABBY Z AND THE NEW UTILITY, Sadler's Wells
Dance Umbrella continues in London with Radioactive Practice by Abby Z (Abby Zbikowski) and the New Utility.
Review: FOUR - YOUNG ASSOCIATES, Sadler's Wells
It can be a mistake to get overexcited.
Review: HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY: THEATRE OF DREAMS, Sadler's Wells
As his latest production Theatre Of Dreams amply demonstrates, it’s probably easier to pin strawberry jelly to a wall than to precisely pin down Hofesh Shechter’s exuberant full-on style.