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An upcoming programme featuring a world premiere with the stellar duo, plus new pieces from Crystal Pite and Javier De Frutos, is proof that the dance house is on a roll under Alistair Spald…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA supremely confident triple bill combines a clever response to Picasso's 3 Dancers, a haunting Schoenberg recital and Miguel Altunaga as a cocky Red Rooster in Christo…
One of Breaking Bad's producers has created a new show set in the world of ballet. Our dance critic confirms the moves are en pointe, but the script is shakier One of the key things that Bla…
Lippy, brash and unshaven, the Ballet Boyz were a dance phenomenon. Now, as they enter their 40s, they're launching their boldest venture yetMichael Nunn has just made an unsettling discover…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe virtuoso invention of Hussein Chalayan's first dance work frequently thrills but is impeded by a stop-start flowHussein Chalayan is more than a fashion designer. He…
Royal New Zealand Ballet | RambertOver the course of its 62-year history, this company has developed a history of smart and unusual programming, and for this UK tour it is demonstrating its …
This year's award nominations are impressively diverse, with excellent independents vying with the titans of British dance, and fiftysomething dancers getting recognitionLife for independent…
Royal Opera House, London Acosta's souped-up ballet looks messy and naive in comparison to the elegance of Liam Scarlett's Viscera, Jerome Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun and George Balanchine'…
Royal Opera House, LondonHayward's Juliet is transparently spontaneous, beautifully shaped and well paired with Matthew Golding's ardent, attentive Romeo In the 50 years since Kenneth MacMil…
Hussein Chalayan: Gravity Fatigue | The Royal Ballet: Viscera, Afternoon Of A Faun, Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux & CarmenCelebrated fashion designer Hussein Chalayan has already had some conn…
Greenwich Park, London Charlotte Spencer's journey is more than a choreographed nature trail, as its mobile audience is gently lured into self-discoveryIn so far as Walking Stories features …
Sadler's Wells, LondonBalanchine's 1947 ballet is pressured and punchy, but the rest of this mixed programme shrinks to caricature and uneven pasticheIn Theme and Variations, Balanchine took…
NCP Car Park Farringdon, LondonDan Canham's fresh and deliciously convincing mashup of lilting traditional dance and percussive popping and locking succeeds in celebratory style Related: Fes…
Russell Maliphant Company: Conceal/Reveal | Out Of India: Modern MovesChoreographer Russell Maliphant and lighting designer Michael Hulls have been working together for the last 20 years, ca…
For the last decade, too few women have received high-profile dance commissions and run big companies in the UK. Our live-streamed discussion will explore how to support themWhere have all t…
Dance Umbrella | The Royal Ballet Double BillThis may be the most wide-reaching festival in Umbrella's recent history, with 10 shows across venues in 13 boroughs. There is a focus on outdoor…
Dome, BrightonHofesh Shechter's latest work detonates on stage in a scattershot of shattering political imagery. A samurai soldier performs ritual hara-kiri while a dictator, standing high a…
Royal Opera House, LondonMcGregor's adaptation of Audrey Niffenegger's novel takes flight, but Alastair Marriott's Connectome is left exposed in this mixed programmeWayne McGregor's Raven Gi…
Sébastian Ramirez & Honji Wang: Borderline | Birmingham Royal BalletThis pan-European hip-hop duo have been credited with creating their own genre of urban tanztheater, drawing on their…
Linbury Studio, LondonAlessandra Ferri moves from skittish ardour to harrowing, haggard defeat in Martha Clarke's sensual tale of an ageing woman's passion for a younger man Related: Keep da…
The Russian choreographer's production at Milan's La Scala brings Petipa's 1890 ballet back to life and requires dancers to go against all their habitsEver since Matthew Bourne cast Swan Lak…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Belgian choreographer's thoughtful collaboration with China's Yabin Wang searches for communal ground in a disconnected worldSidi Larbi Cherkaoui doesn't take colla…
Linbury Studio, LondonSwerving from clipped minimalism to fast, propulsive ballet, this manic mashup of movement is a little too knowing to pack an emotional punchIt's 50 years since Kenneth…
Peacock theatre, LondonThe all-male company's sublime parodies of classical and modern dance from Petipa to Merce Cunningham are on point and brilliantly performed Related: Les Ballets Trock…
Wuppertal Opera HouseSix years after its founder's death, the Bausch company finally opens up to outside choreographers, and makes some brave departures of styleThere's a palpable sense of c…