The Place, LondonFusing funk styles with contemporary dance, Jamaal Burkmar's original voice and feelgood choreography is warm, fun and very watchable The programme notes for Jamaal Burkmar'…
New Theatre, OxfordThere's a general sense of wasted potential in a show that has flashes of brilliance, yet feels light on vitality with an underwhelming score The Russian State Ballet of S…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe company mix worldwide influences into Cuban dance and though not all these cocktails hit the mark, they make for an intoxicating evening Carlos Acosta doesn't curre…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTender, brutal and humorous, the choreographer's 1978 piece about gender wars and sexual mores still feels acutely contemporary It was 40 years ago that choreographer P…
Barbican, LondonKuchipudi dancer Shantala Shivalingappa is hypnotically precise in a piece about renewal and transformation inspired by the Hindu god Shiva The Hindu god Shiva is an inspirat…
For 30 years, pioneering company Corali has subverted audience expectations. Now it's helping queer-dance duo Thick & Tight with a work about poet Edith Sitwell We've all got our teas?" …
Sadler's Wells, LondonCombining juggling and contemporary dance, this is a complex and accomplished homage to the late choreographer There have been many tributes to the great choreographer …
The dancer, choreographer and artistic director has shown great ambition and had an astonishing impact at the company Right now, Tamara Rojo is putting the finishing touches to the first bal…
The ENB director has pulled the story forward to the Crimean war, based the female lead on Florence Nightingale " and adapted the choreography for today's more slender dancers When people ta…
Sadler's Wells, LondonBourne's reworked version has a darker edge but it's still full of wit, energy and colour, with a sensuous thrill It's nearly a decade since Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonChoreographed by Johan Kobborg, this is an often overblown show but has a divine turn from Alina Cojocaru This vehicle for Ukrainian ballet star Sergei Polunin, crea…
He walked out of the Royal Ballet and went off the rails. But the bad boy of ballet is now a father with a responsible a new attitude " and he's even dancing Romeo and Juliet Dancers sweep a…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe shows's Gilgamesh-inspired plot may be near-impossible to follow " but its dazzling performers are hard to resist Purely in terms of the dancing, the physical maste…
After winning 10 Tony awards on Broadway, an adaptation of Baz Luhrmann's high-kicking, pop song-mashing film hits both the West End and Melbourne. Its creators draw back the red velvet curt…
Leicester Square Spiegeltent, LondonFrom a sword-swallowing fire-breather to high-risk rollerskaters and the Incredible Hula Boy, this is sexy, edgy, head-exploding stuff Taking the Edinburg…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe performers of the Belgian company Les Ballets C de la B revive a decade-old stage show with added poignancy Vanessa Van Durme walks falteringly to the mic, shoulder…
The Place, LondonDevised piece presenting the hopes and fears of its young, untrained cast contemplates a burning world severed by divisions There's no way this many teenagers have this litt…
The Yard, LondonThis ingenious dance-play hybrid makes use of a richly talented cast to interrogate black masculinity and dismantle stereotypes Who in tonight's audience, I wonder, thought t…
From tap stars duetting with Gene Kelly to Gordon Ramsay twisting with his daughter, TikTok is where performers " large, small, amateur, pro " drop the facade and dance till their toes are r…
Royal Opera House, LondonSupported by a talented cast in Peter Wright's acclaimed production, the principal makes an astounding return to the role she has made her own Natalia Osipova is an …
Southwark Playhouse, LondonJazzy vocals come to the rescue of the latest throwback blockbuster to land on the London stage It seems an unlikely proposal, if not an indecent one, to turn the…
Chests must be de-fuzzed, armpits shaved, legs waxed. But as dance becomes more diverse, should it stop policing what grows naturally? Top performers speak out about their body hair The idea…
The choreographer found himself in a dark place after his son's birth. He talks about drawing on his fears of being a father to create the Olivier award-winning BLKDOG When Botis Seva was a …
Sadler's Wells, LondonFake babies waving to the audience, an imposing puppet bull and an optical illusion of entwined limbs combine in a cocktail of contradictions Is there anywhere else you…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonHeather Agyepong uses improvised movement, set to a soundtrack of real women's testimonies, to search for equilibrium amid pain Heather Agyepong cares if you're …