Sadler's Wells, LondonWith an amazing sense of pure movement, Doherty's bold, distinctive work takes the story of her great-great-grandfather beyond magic realism Here we are in an abattoir …
The Place, LondonThis year's festival launches with a multi-layered exploration of human connection from Korea National Contemporary Dance Company K-pop, K-drama, K-beauty: South Korean cult…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London The choreographer pairs the semi-improvised score with similarly loose structures that reflect on collective action and identi…
As she unveils The Trembling Forest with an ensemble of clay-covered performers, the great dance disruptor looks back on decades of radical and autobiographical shows Maybe it's inevitable b…
★★★☆☆ / ★★★★☆Sadler's Wells East, LondonBalletLorent stages two dance-theatre versions of the fairytale " one for all the family, …
Peacock theatre, London Gleefully exploding traditional funeral rites, Thisispopbaby deploy styles from stepdance to pole dance to upend expectations of Irish culture Yo…
Director Kevin O'Hare announces staging of NYCB choreographer Peck's 2014 piece, as well as new works by Akram Khan and Cathy Marston A ballet by one of New York's hottest choreographers, se…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonJules Cunningham explores themes of marginalisation in a masterful collaboration with Le Tigre's JD Samson and a piece that echoes Merce Cunningham Last time Jules…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMerce Cunningham's demands on dancers are the stuff of legend, but as in the celebration of two of his classic works here, utterly essential Merce Cunningham was always…
Hackney Empire, LondonOyinkan Braithwaite's novel My Sister, the Serial Killer is the inspiration for Cassa Pancho's dramatic ballet, accompanied by Chanel DaSilva's A Shadow Work Putting on…
Sadler's Wells, LondonPairing Brown's classic Working Title with Soulier's recent In the Fall shows off both choreographers' highly skilled simplicity In these times of shrinking arts budget…
The role has inspired the world's best ballerinas and her story is as popular as ever " whether revived, reimagined or deconstructed. Dancers explain the appeal of Giselle 'I thought I looke…
As she brings A Shadow Work to the UK, the New York choreographer talks about therapy, 'pulling up women with me' and art-led activism Chanel DaSilva has always been a dancer. "I felt comple…
Leeds PlayhousePhoenix Dance Theatre's artistic director Marcus Jarrell Willis brings an urgency and groove to a tale of hunger, tenderness and sexual identity In the centre of a minimal sta…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonNatalia Osipova steps into Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan's shoes in a mischievous triple bill which also acts as a statement of intent Dancers do…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonIndian-American dancer Prakash dismantles the myth of a female goddess granted power by men As a child, Mythili Prakash was always puzzled by the myth around the g…
The beloved tale got Turks applauding and Saudis cheering. How will it be received in Britain? We meet the team behind a high-flying, dance-circus rejig After the Bible, The Little Prince is…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith quiet choreography and a focus on solos and duos, there is some incredibly tender movement in a captivating show that gives a sense of rippling through water The d…
The Place, LondonCarlos Pons Guerra turns Puccini's tragedy into the story of a Cuban sex worker who completely transforms himself to win the love of a sailor This reimagining of Madame Butt…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonThere is a cartoonishness at play, but a coldness too, in this shadowy tribute to the 'weirdo' outsider Birdboy is billed as a show for audiences aged from seven u…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterCrystal Pite and Simon McBurney's three-act dance work on the state of the world turns the stage into a living thing and morphs between sorrow, humour, fear and reli…
From Matilda to Dear England, she is the movement director everyone wants to work with " and her work has lit up hit after smash hit. But, she says, it's time this under-appreciated art rece…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith its off-kilter comedy and flirtatious touches, this show is Bausch at her most accessible " and beautiful There is some absolute beauty in Vollmond, one of the las…
From young office workers to a 'Granny Grappler', women are being shown how to throw their weight around in WrestleLadsWrestle. Its creator, a former judo champion, tells us why 'Find a new …
Christos Papadopoulos took the award for his glacially paced, illusory Larsen C, beating a shortlist that largely eschewed traditional formal techniques and structures' The Rose Internationa…