Created 100 years ago, Nijinska's ballet Les Noces is a feminist masterpiece. Andrea Miller, who has choreographed a new version using Stravinsky's music and art by Phyllida Barlow, hails a …
The first dancer of colour to join the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet whose ballet school in Cape Town was closed in the 1970s as he refused to operate under apartheid rulesThe South African …
Stanley & Audrey Burton theatre, LeedsIntimate Pages, the newest piece by the US dance star turned choreographer, is the inventive highlight of an adventurous triple bill New York City B…
Our series on regional dance scenes continues with a visit to Hebden Bridge, where a range of left-field choreographers have put on work Donna Summer's I Feel Love kicks in and everybody's u…
When the Ukrainian invasion began, the ballet great left a show at the Bolshoi in protest. Here he reconsiders his past ties with Russia and the silence of the cultural elite in the country …
Festival theatre, EdinburghThe American company brought Ailey's legendary Revelations, still hugely powerful after 65 years, alongside modern pieces of precision and fire The thing about th…
Assembly @ Dance Base, EdinburghBobak Champion is a storyteller who dances from one character to another in these travels between Bristol and Tehran There is a fragrant scent when you walk i…
The festival's Dance Base hosts eclectic performances involving a wondrous paper sculpture, an examination of duality and Bach reimagined There are more shows at the fringe than you could ev…
Summerhall, EdinburghThis life-affirming show from the Danish company Himherandit Productions moves from HIIT class to bacchanale We're two minutes in and already those of us sitting down ar…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghMikel Murfi and Finola Cronin have laughs, despair and arresting moments of connection in a dance-theatre show about the realities of ageing The flub, that's what he…
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghMezzo soprano Christine Rice is compelling in the first half while dancers in the dreamlike second part are a revelation in Deborah Warner's simply staged show A terri…
Summerhall, EdinburghThe three dancers portray arrestingly clear images of women on high alert, but a potent performance is marred at times by scrappiness and muddy rhythms The choreographer…
Assembly @ Dance Base, EdinburghMushroom coffins, organic wool shrouds and funeral re-enactments pepper Solène Weinachter's light touch but poignant show Sinatra, T Rex, pan pipe muzak: wha…
George Balanchine's choreography is gorgeous to look at, and there are standout individual performances, but it really needs more lush grandeur It's 35 years since the Australian Ballet last…
Royal Opera House, London Of course Acosta has lost a little bounce after half a century, but the Cuban master still dances with care, specificity and dramatic flair When Carlos Acosta stage…
The Channel island now has a professional ballet outfit, run by Canadian former dancer Carolyn Rose Ramsay. She remembers rehearsals in a potato warehouse and shares ambitious plans 'I've ne…
Manchester AcademyThree dancers are photographed by Reid in real time " and the beautiful still moments he extracts from their choreography form into a striking visual narrative before your …
New Century Hall, ManchesterLace-clad dancers writhe and prowl across a packed dancefloor, titillating close-up audience members with their supreme confidence and awesome muscular control Fo…
Two shows at Sadler's Wells reveal the range of influences and restless experimentation that are key to the ever-progressing art form Since the annual flamenco festival was first staged at S…
New novels combine romance and raunchy trysts with body politics and an exploration of the industry's power dynamics Where would you expect to read the latest on the politics of the ballet w…
He danced with ballet's legends, partied with Freddie Mercury, and became a household name. As he celebrates his birthday with a gala performance, the 5ft 2in dynamo looks back at an action-…
Our series on regional dance scenes continues in the Scottish city where a close-knit group of artists with a DIY spirit have found a willing audience open to cutting-edge work Saturday nigh…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonElena Takahashi's finely tuned grace is framed by visual and design flair in Christopher Wheeldon's conventional show in-the-round Fairytale ballets are great for ge…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis classic song-and-dancer directed by Jonathan Church has a tight ensemble cast and sunny vibes throughout There's a seam of bright positivity running through 42nd S…
Latifa Khamessi's parents prohibited her from dancing. Now, after years apart, she and her son Mohamed Toukabri share the stage for a duet As a teenager in 1970s Tunis, Latifa Khamessi used …