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  • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
    Review
    Scottish Ballet’s Coppélia turns doll maker’s classic dance into AI parable

    Artificial intelligence is the theme of this new version, given its world premiere in Edinburgh

  • Monday, 25 July, 2022
    Review
    Vaison Danses celebrates the evergreen Carolyn Carlson

    The choreographer, 79, made a playful appearance at this summer festival

  • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
    Review
    Tutus and tears as Paris Opera Ballet rounds off turbulent season with major departures

    Giselle required an understudy to step up, while A Midsummer Night’s Dream lacked purpose

  • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
    Review
    Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival — ancient traditions refashioned

    Manuel Liñán’s troupe appropriated female costumery while María del Mar Moreno’s stripped-down staging put the focus firmly on sublime dance and song

  • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
    Review
    The Crucible, Sadler’s Wells — witch-hunt ballet casts a powerful spell

    Performed by Scottish Ballet at Sadler’s Wells, Helen Pickett’s work brings Arthur Miller’s play to the dance stage

  • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
    Review
    Fun turns to darkness in Kyle Abraham’s An Untitled Love

    The choreographer’s latest work, performed at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, mimics the ebb and flow of conversation

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    Review
    Dance review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate — magical-realism brought to life

    The choreographer’s new adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s novel features gorgeous stage images

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    Interview
    Matthew Bourne: ‘We tell stories. It’s what we’re best at’

    The British choreographer is reviving ‘The Car Man’ for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary, and it’s bigger than ever

  • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
    Review
    Kyle Abraham’s Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth — dance marries Mozart and mourning

    The choreographer’s AIM company gave the stylistically varied work its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    Review
    Natalia Osipova mesmerises in a confused Carmen — review

    The Russian star’s extraordinary gifts are squandered in Didy Veldman’s staging at Queen Elizabeth Hall

  • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
    Review
    National Ballet of Marseille celebrates its 50th year with a Paris programme

    A mixed bill at Théâtre de la Ville illustrated the company’s journey into contemporary dance

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Review
    Witty, absurdist, exasperating — Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion at Sadler’s Wells

    The duo perform a double bill, plus twinned pieces from House of Absolute and Matsena Productions

  • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
    Review
    Frederick Ashton triple bill — Royal Ballet’s well-chosen menu ends with a flambé

    Vadim Muntagirov and Marianela Núñez reassert the choreographer’s genius in a sparkling programme

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Mayerling remade — how a classic ballet gained a new lease of life

    Scottish Ballet’s ‘Scandal at Mayerling’ is a slimmed-down but no less exciting version of Kenneth MacMillan’s original

  • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
    Review
    Zurich Ballet relishes Crystal Pite’s gift for collective emotion

    As well as the choreographer’s Angels’ Atlas, the programme included Marco Goecke’s Almost Blue

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Review
    Kipling gets eco-makeover in Akram Khan’s Jungle Book Reimagined

    His adaptation struggles with drab costumes and a flat narrative. Plus: an immersive VR show at the Barbican

  • Monday, 4 April, 2022
    Review
    English National Ballet’s William Forsythe evening — a tireless flow of bravura steps

    A programme of the choreographer’s recent work left the audience tipsy with delight at Sadler’s Wells

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    Review
    Ballet Black and BalletBoyz — small companies making a big impact

    The two ensembles perform double bills of new material on their UK tours

  • Monday, 28 March, 2022
    Review
    Royal Ballet’s 21st-century triple bill is a mixed bag

    Programme at London’s Royal Opera House included a world premiere by Kyle Abraham

  • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
    Review
    Dance Reflections — important works excitingly revived

    The London festival aims to recover late-20th-century pieces, such as Trisha Brown’s ‘Set and Reset’

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Dance Reflections — mesmerising moves of a performance pioneer

    Loïe Fuller’s shows wowed 1890s-1900s audiences — and have inspired a new series at London’s Royal Opera House

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Review
    An emotional evening at the Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

    Fumi Kaneko danced her first Odette/Odile alongside Federico Bonelli, who is leaving the company after 19 years

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    Obituary
    Clement Crisp — FT dance critic of 60 years who wrote with eloquence and wit

    His prose could be scorching, but his love of dance was limitless and his knowledge astounding

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Review
    Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet stages his new-look Don Quixote

    Mathias Dingman, Marianela Núñez and Vadim Muntagirov are among the star dancers in this sunny and attractive production at the Hippodrome

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Review
    Zeleidy Crespo steals the show in Carlos Acosta’s 100% Cuban

    The troupe’s training is showcased at Sadler’s Wells despite a frustratingly uneven programme

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