It was one of this winter's hottest tickets but has been cancelled after one performance. The choreographer describes the heartbreak behind the scenes Of all the many Nutcrackers competing f…
He has aped superheroes, written over himself in henna and based a performance around his moustache. Now, accidental dancer Hetain Patel has imagined a post-presidential rampageWhen he was g…
Sadler's Wells, LondonForty three dancers are complemented by orchestra, choir and soloists in an ambitious and highly energetic production of Haydn's oratorio Mark Baldwin has always been s…
Walk among pirouetting dancers or get drawn into the world of a breakdancing wolf this seasonMatthew Bourne's latest production promises to be more Powell and Pressburger than Hans Christian…
Royal Opera House, LondonMultiverse, McGregor's newest work for the Royal Ballet, is set to Steve Reich's most apocalyptic score but ends on a note of lyrical, limpid beautyBack in 2006, the…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe storytelling can seem baffling in this tale of an ancient Chinese battle, but the show comes alive through its hallucinatory imagesIt's hard to think of a more visu…
Rodin was enthralled by a new generation of dancers. With its lightning sketches and an expressive bronze of Nijinsky, the Courtauld's exhibition gives us the sculptor as choreographerWhen I…
He picked on them and pushed them to the limit - but that, according to his company, is what made Antony Tudor great. Judith Mackrell reportsAnthony Dowell still remembers the day when Anton…
He turned Swan Lake into a homoerotic comedy. Can Matthew Bourne work his magic on the best dance film ever? He talks toxic love triangles and knighthoods "When I'm watching a film or play,"…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDrawing on everything from breakdance to Midle Eastern song, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's new choreography views fusion and collaboration as acts of political resistanceAs a …
Royal Opera House, LondonIt's hard to know why the Royal Ballet have revived Kenneth MacMillan's flawed study of madness, but Osipova's magnificent performance makes it worthwhile The ballet…
Sadler's Wells, LondonVardimon's choreography is superbly performed and complemented by artful stage illusions, but this family show's over-moralising tone slows down the story Related: Jasm…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIn Bel's riveting piece, a mixed-ability cast of 20 moonwalk, waltz and pirouette, performing routines the others have to copyThere is a masterful range of styles and s…
For some ballerinas, being laid up with a serious foot injury can end a career. But not Sarah Lamb. Judith Mackrell talks misogyny, politics and heavy-lifting with the Boston-born power…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDavid Bintley's adaptation of Shakespeare's play conjures a convincing sense of wonder but conveys too little of the emotional drama Related: David Bintley: 'The Tempes…
Dance Umbrella and CCN-Ballet de Lorraine's Unknown Pleasures presents five new works anonymously. So, what's it like to watch a production with no preconceptions?What kind of value judgment…
Barbican, LondonThe punk perfectionist's homage to Satie, Patti Smith and Bowie packs in a range of moods from enigmatic mournfulness to stomping, dadaist revolutionMichael Clark has never q…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward and Marcelino Sambé dance with unforced beauty, imbuing Ashton's 1960 romcom with a rare sense of mutual discoveryBallet is all about illusion and…
Blending a floating grace with a fierce athleticism, the Fabulous Nicholas Brothers won fans from Gene Kelly to Michael Jackson. Now a cinematic retrospective celebrates their talentsWhen co…
Carlos Acosta | The Tempest | Michael Clark CompanyThe great dancer retires from the ballet stage by performing extracts from works such as Balanchine's Apollo and MacMillan's Requiem. Royal…
Palace theatre, ManchesterIn a new version of the classic for English National Ballet, Khan give us a modern-day tale of migrants and his choreography rises to the scale of his set design Re…
He had never worked on a classical ballet, and had seen Giselle just once. But the choreographer jumped at the chance to drag the story into the 21st century " with the help of English Natio…
La Fille Mal Gardée | Giselle | Scottish BalletThe Royal Ballet opens its new season with one of the most captivating comedy ballets in its repertory. Continue reading...
Kabinet K | Jasmin Vardimon Company | Sole Rebel TapA superb cast of children perform alongside two adults in Raw, an entrancingly strange and lively exploration of kids on the fringes of so…
Pattern Recognition | L-E-V " OCD Love | Richard Alston Dance CompanyAlexander Whitley's fascinating collaboration with the digital artist Memo Akten creates an inventive, innovative dialogu…