The Place, LondonRadical hip-hop choreographer Botis Seva liberates his dancers from the strictures of classical dance with a strange new language of movementEver since Isadora Duncan denoun…
Richmond theatre, LondonNorthern Ballet's production, based on John Boyne's novel about an unlikely friendship at Auschwitz, is performed well but plagued by drastic failures of toneJohn Boy…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe company's founder choreographer Frederick Ashton is celebrated in a sensational triple bill that captures his spirit and styleShortly before his death in 1988, F…
The Place, London From deliriously odd moments of fantasy to monstrous games with poo, the children in this dance diary drag their mother from ecstasy to exhaustion"I am the mother," roars F…
Zenaida Yanowsky has been too Russian, too intelligent and sometimes just too tall for the great classical roles. But after a decade with the Royal Ballet, that is finally about to change. S…
He may be nearing 60 but Mark Morris has no time for looking back. The great choreographer is too busy swearing, feuding " and creating dazzling dance. Judith Mackrell sees him in actionWith…
Royal Court, LiverpoolUsing a bold new score from Ethan Iverson, the choreographer has created a gorgeously entertaining and witty tribute to the classic Beatles albumWith Mark Morris it alw…
Royal Opera House, LondonA magnificent performance by Zenaida Yanowsky in Liam Scarlett's Symphonic Dances crowns a programme including Balanchine, Ashton and WheeldonWhen Zenaida Yanowsky r…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAletta Collins considers a mother's memories in her new work, part of a triple bill that includes a revival of Christopher Bruce's classic Ghost DancesAletta Collins is…
His dancers have performed at Tate Modern and been lifted by cranes. Now, the maverick choreographer is taking them to the top of a multistorey carpark for a feverish protest showIt is dark,…
The Place, LondonDidy Veldman launches her company with a terrific show that encourages its audience to experience dance as a surge of emotionAre you happy? This most banal but quintessentia…
Royal Opera House, LondonEdward Watson finds sympathy for the doomed prince while Sarah Lamb gives one of the performances of her career in MacMillan's unsparingly brutal balletMayerling is …
Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo and Akram Khan are onboard, and contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance are added to the usual ballet fare. But there are flaws in this conceptDoes the dance w…
Laban theatre, LondonIn a stylish collaboration, the film-maker and choreographer explore the myth of a shadowy cult attempting world domination through mass brainwashingAgainst a rising tid…
Theatre Royal, NorwichThere are powdered wigs and romps galore in Kenneth Tindall's first full-length story ballet, but he never truly gets at his hero's mind and heartThere is a properly ri…
For its 2017-18 season, the Royal Ballet pays tribute to Kenneth MacMillan and Leonard Bernstein " and brings in Liam Scarlett, Edmund de Waal and a take on a deranged silent movieOne of the…
With its shameless courting of wealthy New York, George Balanchine's plot-free ballet Jewels was initially seen as tacky. But its magical synthesis of ballet history means it has endured for…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe first UK company to perform Pina Bausch's epic piece hurl themselves against exhaustion as they draw us into a world of hypnotic emotionDancers were everything to P…
In hit movies like 42nd Street, Berkeley liberated dance from the stage and placed it in a purely cinematic dimension with dizzyingly inventive routinesA new West End production of 42nd Stre…
Influential US choreographer first admired for her spare, subversive dances who underwent a radical shift as she was gripped by 'a rapture to move'Trisha Brown, who has died aged 80, was wid…
Royal Opera House, LondonSet to Górecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Crystal Pite's Flight Pattern is brave and beautiful alongside work by Christopher Wheeldon and David DawsonIt's bee…
The Place, LondonJames Cousins deploys a language of sexual fluidity as his superb dancers bring passion and intimacy to a flirtation with Shakespeare's heroineIn James Cousins' bold reinven…
Sadler's Wells, London Sergei Polunin and Natalia Osipova bring star power to an ambitious dance programme but despite some beautiful moves it's a misjudged muddleEver since Sergei Polunin w…
Rosie Kay has trained with the army and delved into tribal rituals for her bold dance shows. In her latest, MK Ultra, she's investigating the secret society believed to be brainwashing Beyon…
The Pit, Barbican, LondonThe dancer turned choreographer presents two pieces themed around identity and sexual fluidity, featuring some gorgeously sophisticated sequencesJulie Cunningham has…