Roundhouse, LondonWith this arresting take on an episode from the Mahabharata, Khan creates an epic theatrical space and a battlegroundThe Mahabharata has been a kind of artistic home to Akr…
Linbury Studio, LondonZenaida Yanowsky rises to the title role and Carlos Acosta brings wit to his last classical role at the Royal Opera House in a tapestry of dance, music and textAs a cho…
Le Patin Libre: Vertical | Akram Khan: Until The LionsThis joyous contemporary ice-dance crew from Canada were the surprise hit of Dance Umbrella 2014, the year the festival moved to the ice…
A new film probes the shocking assault on Sergei Filin, ballet director at Russia's historic company, and sheds light on a toxic story of rivalry and state meddlingFrom 2013 to 2014, a small…
Sadlers Wells, LondonMatthew Bourne has already branded his imagination on two of the great Tchaikovsky ballets, reinventing a dark, Dickensian Nutcracker and a feral Swan Lake. But in tackl…
Resolution | ElizabethNow in its 27th season, the Place's Resolution festival " an open platform that embraces new works " has become a key fixture in the British dance year. More than 78 co…
The Snowman | Saint Petersburg Classic BalletRaymond Briggs's tale of a snowman who comes to life and befriends a small boy was adapted for the stage by Bill Alexander in 1993. It is now a C…
Wayne McGregor distilled the essence of Virginia Woolf while others tackled Milton and Samuel Beckett, and the beauty of maturity found champions in Alessandra Ferri and Sylvie GuillemThe ex…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward is superb as Clara, bringing acting skills to match the gorgeous elegance of her dancing at the heart of a very fine productionClara is the most in…
In 1961, on tour in Paris, the Kirov Ballet's star made a historic dash from his KGB bodyguards into the arms of French police. But was there more to his defection than meets the eye? A BBC …
The Nutcracker | The Little Match GirlLev Ivanov's 1892 ballet wasn't widely admired when it was premiered in Russia, but it is now in the repertory of almost every classical company in the …
Sadler's Wells, LondonBourne's imagination thrives where others fail and his reinventions " a puppet Aurora, battling suitors and homages to Petipa " transform fairytale into dramaBaby Auror…
Coliseum, LondonThe Cuban star's entertaining valedictory showcase demonstrates perfectly why he will be much missed in balletCarlos Acosta's last performances with the Royal Ballet were clo…
If your festive season isn't complete without The Nutcracker or another classic ballet, you will find something perfect hereIt's pointless trying to pretend that Christmas dance isn't all ab…
Sadler's Wells, LondonSasha Waltz has orchestrated some of the most extraordinary spectacles on the modern dance stage: the giant fish tank that housed her floating, spinning dancers in Dido…
Scottish Ballet: Cinderella | Carlos Acosta, A Classical SelectionChristopher Hampson choreographed Cinderella for the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2007; now his work gets its first European …
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonThe singer makes a major contribution to a show inspired by her album of Welsh folk music, part of the bold dance company's mixed programmeWhat a cheerleader Ball…
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonThe flawed batch of new works brings out chameleon talents and by the end you're curious about what they'll do nextEleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley are…
Sadler's Wells, LondonConceal | Reveal features Spiral Pass, one of Maliphant's finest, most beautiful works, but elsewhere the ensemble's chemistry is lostFor two decades, Michael Hulls and…
Rolmoe & Juliet | Nora Invites…Rudolf Nureyev choreographed Romeo And Juliet for English National Ballet (ENB) back in 1977, when the company was still known as London Festival Ballet.…
Royal Opera House, London Vadim Muntagirov and Lauren Cuthbertson dance a sparky revival of The Two Pigeons, while Monotones expands magically beyond ballet's minimal meansFrederick Ashton s…
Linbury Studio, LondonWild, muscular dance meets deft use of Maori music in Javier De Frutos's joyful yet complex work for RNZB " whose intensity is hard to matchI wish the world had more da…
Royal Ballet: Monotones I and II & The Two Pigeons | Christian Rizzo: D'Apres Une Histoire VraieFrederick Ashton was a 20th-century English romantic, a choreographer who was inclined tow…
Linbury studio, London The Leeds-based company marks 35 years with a triple bill kicking off with Caroline Finn's Bloom, a creepily beguiling cabaret of odditiesNext year, as Phoenix celebra…
Sasha Waltz & Guests: Sacre | Cardiff Dance FestivalGermany's Sasha Waltz choreographed her version of Rite Of Spring in Berlin in 2013, 100 years after Stravinsky debuted his radical sc…