Lilian Baylis Studio, London Dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Charlotte Maclean weave patterns of wit, absurdity and giddy joy in a strange and quietly radical showTwice a finalist in the Place …
Sadler's Wells, LondonJasmin Vardimon's twist on the ancient Greek myth features near-contortionist dancers and violent choreography let down by a cloudy central conceptA billowing plastic s…
Dimitris Papaioannou's show at Dance Umbrella is a painterly piece that leaves little to the imagination, while Le Patin Libre deliver a haunting show on iceLondon's Dance Umbrella festival …
After fresh and funny takes on Shakespeare and Paradise Lost, Ben Duke brings together five people who have had a stroke to tell their stories " and help them reconnect with their bodiesIt w…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with three ambitious, striking, heart-lifting new commissions from Botis Seva, Julie Cunningham and Alesandra Seutin To cele…
Out with abstraction and virtuosity for its own sake: these idealistic young choreographers are making empowering work that tackles big issues"I always say I just want to save the world," sa…
A quick-stepping dance from the townships has gone mainstream thanks to its crazy energy, competitive edge and campaigning forceIn the beginning, it was all about the shoes. In the early 195…
Purcell Room, LondonThe Beijing-based choreographer offers a fascinating reappraisal of a propagandist balletIn the first years of China's Cultural Revolution, there were only eight "model p…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA mixed bill involving Acosta's Havana-based company was not so much a summing up of his 30-year career as a step forwardCarlos Acosta is celebrating 30 years as a p…
Old Vic, LondonPepys's celebrated diaries come under feminist scrutiny in Big Dance Theater's postmodern mashupWhat's the British slang for penis? The woman in the wig wants to know. She's a…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe ballet superstar plots a course from classic to modern with six pieces that evoke eeriness, desolation and giddy joyMuch is made these days of ballet dancers being …
Sadler's Wells, London Rigal's performers explore street vernaculars and the shamanic power of music in this flawed if clever pieceSix fresh young dancers look as if they've bought the whole…
It sets history to hip-hop and has a diverse cast " but Sylvia is not riding on the coattails of Hamilton, says its director Kate Prince. Instead its heroine marches to a beat all her own Wh…
The Dane likes his audience to leave their phones on and has a troupe that's the choreographic equivalent of Occupy. He explains why he's aiming for 'something neo-liberalism can't cope with…
Dancers are cast as string instruments in a show set to the composer's 'frighteningly powerful' late work. Lucinda Childs, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Maguy Marin discuss turning his musi…
No Miracles Here, a new show at the Edinburgh festival, revisits the Depression-era craze that had couples dancing for weeks in pursuit of big prize money. Today, that spirit lives on in rea…
They squeeze into alcoves, pile up by litter trays and pose for family photos with chairs on their heads. Meet the dance troupe making no living room safeI walk through the front door to fin…
From Coppélia and Pygmalion to Mannequin and Buffybot, artists love playing games with lifesize dolls. It's a trail of lust, obsession and beheadingsCoppélia is one of the sillier corners …
How do you tell the story of the 'gaysian' drag scene? With killer heels, pineapple hats and lots of duct tape. We go backstage at Miss Meena and the Masala QueensAn actor waits for his scen…
She has blazed a trail from Granada to New York to Paris, rapping, partying and dancing in a latex flamenco dress. Is Britain ready for Blanca Li and her ramshackle dancing robots?I didn't r…
Their art form already feels distant to some audiences. Do choreographers just make things worse by coming up with obscure names for their shows?I was once having a conversation with Matthew…
This week La La Land, whose stars sing and dance, got 14 Oscar nominations. What did former Strictly judge Arlene Phillips think?I had read all the reviews before going to see La La Land and…
Does the mind rule the body? The dancer doesn't think so " and she's recruited scientists for her experimental new showWe're standing in a beautiful, airy dance studio, beneath a ceiling mad…
This feature-length animation set in the prestigious Paris Opera school boasts choreography based on real performances and takes the art form seriouslyAsk any ballet dancer about the film Bl…
As the Gene Kelly classic An American in Paris makes it to the stage, we celebrate some other big-screen stories with unexpectedly light feet' How Christopher Wheeldon adapted An American in…