Barbican, LondonThis eclectic triple bill draws inspiration from Debussy and Shostakovich before concluding with a riotous rendering of Little Red Riding HoodThere are so many shining ways i…
The Place, London With its violent seesaws between darkness and tender insight, Pita's macabre cabaret confirms the choreographer as one of his generation's leading storytellersWith his rece…
His debut show featured a duet in which a dancer never touched the ground. Now, James Cousins is staging his most ambitious piece yet, a modern take on As You Like It set in Seoul and inspir…
Barbican, London The company's three works explore hothouse machismo, private headspace and colliding forces in Cuban society with power and urgencyIs Cuba finally about to emerge from decad…
Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev were the Bolshoi's golden couple " on stage and off. But their love affair is over and they're flirting with new kinds of dance. Judith Mackrell asks them w…
Steven Cantor's intimate film about the rebellious dancer exposes the pressures heaped on young prodigies " and has vital lessons for the industryIn Dancer, Steven Cantor's new film about Se…
Sadler's Wells, London Galván's wild flamenco reinventions show mesmerising prowess " though not when he's being pelted by paper ballsThere's good reason to fear the worst from the archly…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn Pina Bausch's impressionistic travelogue of Portugal and Brazil, the dancers confess intimate memories, put their bodies on parade and enjoy larky gamesIt's nearly e…
The US prodigy, celebrated for his speed, grace and spectacularly witty performances, is among the winners at the National Dance awardsClassical ballet is notoriously an art form that impose…
Royal Opera House, LondonThere's no doubting the love that many British ballet fans feel for the Bolshoi, nor their sympathy for the company's recent trials. But in spite of such loyal enthu…
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…
Barbican theatre, LondonWith eight Royal Ballet dancers enacting the claustrophobic world of an incestuous couple, De Frutos weaves intricate physical poetry around Jean Cocteau's text and P…
The choreographer's latest project explores the 'intelligent body', as her audience follow their own path through the Barbican's Curve galleryWhen does a simple movement become a gesture of …
Royal Opera House, LondonWayne McGregor's triptych based on Virginia Woolf's life and writings is a haunting meditation on memory, madness and timeWayne McGregor doesn't flinch from exposing…
Ahead of the Royal Ballet's new production of Philip Glass's dance opera, based on the poetic French novel, choreographer Javier De Frutos and his principal dancers talk incest, jealousy and…
Wayne McGregor is one of the world's busiest choreographers. He's also into neuroscience, Antarctica " and walking his dog on a remote African island.In the opening and closing moments of Wa…
Carlos Acosta's Cuban company comes to the UK, Javier de Frutos assembles a dream cast for Philip Glass's dance opera and Shobana Jeyasingh explores the Indian diaspora … the best dance to…
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…
Scandal rocked the Bolshoi this year when its artistic director had acid thrown in his face. Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the troupe's recently sacked principal dancer, tells Judith Mackrell why he …
Isadora Duncan's half-naked, nymph-like movements changed the nature of ballet - and anticipated modern choreography. Judith Mackrell celebrates her influenceWhen Frederick Ashton choreograp…
Jane Eyre duetted with Rochester, Akram Khan imagined a refugee Giselle and Jonathon Young battled his demons in a nightmare cabaret. Our critic picks this year's best danceIt was a tribute …
As the Guardian prepares to stream a classic performance of Tchaikovsky's glittering masterpiece, we explore what makes this the world's favourite ballet " and pick out a few favourite produ…
At 22, Hayward is already being fast-tracked into principal roles and is one of the Royal Ballet's most promising talentsAct II of Kenneth MacMillan's Manon takes place in a high-class broth…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMichael Keegan-Dolan's version of the classic ballet, told with Irish-Nordic folk music, builds to an unexpected moment of raptureMichael Keegan-Dolan has deep choreogr…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCloud Gate Dance Theatre's younger sibling moves with a vehement, contemporary edge, but some of their concepts are desperately overworkedCloud Gate 2 was formed in 199…