The Place, LondonThough often more associated with abstract contemporary dance, Scottish Dance Theatre prove more than adept at bringing tales of daring on the high seas to a younger audienc…
Dance House, CardiffLea Anderson's show for children, staged by National Dance Company Wales, presents the story of evolution as an absurdist cabaret First, a word from the audience (of prim…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTim Burton's film is a natural fit for Bourne's choreography and a bright young cast bring its bittersweet tale to fresh life Matthew Bourne is a canny operator when it…
The Romanina ballerina's rise has been the result of years of gruelling physical work, not just talent. A decade after leaving the Royal Ballet due to creative differences, she's back with h…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan show extraordinary finesse but the theme of bodies and technology rarely coheres into anything substantial A giant hand reaches down …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe 2017 piece Goat, made in the aftermath of London terror attacks, loses its way but last year's Cerberus is a powerful account of grief Rambert is a dance company cu…
The UK-based Vietnamese dancer and choreographer stages a piece inspired by the horror and dislocation of war with experimental vocals from Elaine Mitchener Choreographer Dam Van Huynh was a…
Emmanuel Gat explains why it's easier to choreograph to Pierre Boulez than pop music and how his dancers perform 'with a question mark not an exclamation mark' 'All around me are familiar fa…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe slinky grooves of Charles Mingus animate the expressive dancers of Clod Ensemble, who sweep up the crowd in a joyful celebration of movement "It's not about w…
The dance-theatre creator explains how she builds community through performance and how her new work, Lay Down Your Burdens, explores shame, trauma and anxiety Rhiannon Faith has built her o…
Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Southbank Centre, LondonA hunky Action Man opens up a sequin-clad life for the protagonist of Drew McOnie's jazzy, out-and-proud take on Tchaikovsky's ballet The run-up …
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonWith incredible moves from Rio's Cia Suave, Alice Ripoll choreographs a joyful celebration of young lives The party has started on stage before we've even sat dow…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA loose, casual dance based on an artist's interpretation of a Cézanne painting via a Pete Harden score is full of ideas that often feel out of sync You could watch F…
The Place, LondonThe set is a claustrophobic flat, the clothes are baggy, the prop is a gaming console … this three-part show lets us peer into its characters' lives There's something abo…
Royal Opera House, LondonSam Steiner's play, set in a world of rationed speech, lends itself to movement, and the dancers here also retain the dialogue, fusing the forms with quiet grace A s…
Our regional dance series continues in Northern Ireland where, despite little funding, the capital has produced a European star in Oona Doherty " with more on the way 'This is still a segreg…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterThe director's collaboration with hip-hop dance company Boy Blue, designer Es Devlin and writer Sabrina Mahfouz conveys the march of AI There are some shows that are…
Sadler's Wells, LondonLeading Indian kathak performer Mangaldas explores her desire and confronts the double standards around men's and women's sexuality Is it audacious for a 63-year-old wo…
Barbican, LondonMeditation on the Bible's great love poem can feel opaque but it is performed with great precision and set to a bewitching score There's something unsolvable about Pam Tanowi…
The Place/Somerset House, LondonHighlights of the opening weekend of the annual month-long dance festival included an arresting piece about gender expectations by Taiwan's Su PinWen and an e…
Despite her work being described as the greatest dance theatre of the century, Tanowitz can still be found 'backstage, throwing up' before shows. Will her new production, based on a Hebrew l…
Royal Opera House, LondonWith its stellar leads and lively background action, this sprightly revival of Carlos Acosta's revised staging is a celebration of the pleasure of classical dance Is…
Birmingham HippodromeThree choreographers use inspiringly orchestrated tracks from the city's heavy metal legends to spring some surprises What on earth does a Black Sabbath ballet look like…
In showbiz since the age of six, and still high-kicking at 59, the screen and stage sensation looks back on her biggest moments " from Cats to Doctor Who to the 'madness' of The Masked Dance…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDancers in flight exist in a different realm in an absorbing Les Noces, reimagined as a sequel to The Rite of Spring, in this triple bill from a company really pushing …