Royal Opera House, LondonThe Italian star graces a flawless revival of McGregor's dreamlike 2015 ballet inspired by the writings of Virginia Woolf Woolf Works is a beauty " a ballet of ravis…
The principal ballerina on portraying Virginia Woolf, why she's so enthusiastic about ageing, and what she learned from the greats Born in Milan in 1963, Alessandra Ferri was a principal wit…
Brighton Dome and touringThe South African choreographer transforms The Rite of Spring using the music, rhythms and rituals of her Tswana background The South African choreographer Dada Masi…
The actor talks to Sarah Crompton about setting 'The Merchant of Venice' at the time of Oswald Mosley's fascists, and her thoughts on trigger warnings
Stravinsky's ballet sensation of 1913 shocked its first Paris audience. More than 150 versions later, the far-reaching pull of this modernist masterpiece remains irresistible… For a work t…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonThe American choreographer delights with a programme of rare wit, beauty and unshowy complexity. Elsewhere, a Vegas-style tribute to…
Royal Opera House; Sadler's Wells, LondonBig personalities shine out in the Cuban company's celebratory show. And Mel C holds her own in Cunningham's opaque new work In ballet, the dancers a…
Royal Opera House, LondonIt's unapologetically retro, and there's no story, but the Royal Ballet's latest revival of Petipa's intricate masterpiece casts its spell When choreographers want t…
Sadler's Wells, LondonDanced with vigour and detail, Bourne's ingenious fairytale fix is brought bang up to date in this 10th anniversary revival Amid all the pink, sparkly tinsel of numerou…
Past and present entwined in a sparkling postmodern revival, plus a sensational take on Stravinsky and Crystal Pite's sublime dance of life Read the Observer critics' review of 2022 in full …
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonBen Duke's retelling of the Medea myth may not have the trappings of Christmas cheer, but its inventive wit brings real delight Well, hats off to Be…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe flamenco star reinvents Stravinsky's 1913 ballet in a stunning solo show that seems to take over his entire body Israel Galván slinks on to the stage from the op…
Royal Opera House, LondonWorld premieres, old favourites and a ballet legend in the house make for a memorable gala evening Ballet loves an event, an opportunity to pull out the posh frocks …
The actor and environmentalist on playing Atticus Finch, the character's importance today, and why he dyed his hair white for Stranger Things Actor Matthew Modine, born in California in 1959…
Two South African brothers have spent seven years developing a musical about Nelson Mandela's younger, radical years. His family are supportive, but political musicals are high risk… We ta…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMats Ek's riveting new Rite of Spring for the #MeToo era is the centrepiece of the company's last triple bill under its transformative artistic director This was Tamara…
Sadler's Wells; Linbury Studio theatre, Royal Opera House Inspired by Munch paintings and infused with hip-hop, two invigorating triple bills by Royal Ballet alumni are a riot of styles and …
Sadler's Wells, LondonImbuing the balletic grace of her dancer's movements with tension and anxiety, Doherty asks a refreshing yet unsettling question: what's the point of dance? An awful l…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe Canadian choreographer has turned 2017's acclaimed Flight Pattern into a full-length work that brims with massed energy and profound humanity Crystal Pite is an …
The online programme of the forward-facing London festival boasts thoughtful and varied work by Calixto Neto, Abby Zbikowski and more Dance Umbrella, London's celebration of cutting-edge dan…
Royal Opera House, LondonKenneth MacMillan's bleak psychological period piece is a gift for the Royal Ballet's dancers, who take turns in performances of gripping, in-the-moment power When K…
Birmingham Hippodrome, and touringRambert's dancers bring style, but can't provide substance, to this somewhat inert adaptation of the hit TV crime series I watched every second of all six s…
The founder of ZooNation on how the company " about to celebrate its 20th anniversary " helped to bring hip-hop dance into the mainstream The choreographer, director and writer Kate Prince, …
Coliseum, LondonIn borrowed costumes, this company exiled by war inhabit Alexei Ratmansky's take on the 19th-century classic High emotion inevitably surrounded this production of Giselle by…
Sadler's Wells; Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker creates a revelatory response to Bach, while a gala celebrating the dance legend is full of bravura dancing A week …