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  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Review
    Acosta Danza’s Spectrum at the Linbury Theatre — five works glide by smoothly

    The London programme from Carlos Acosta’s company features fine dancers, but the choreographic choices are questionable

  • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
    Review
    The Games We Play — Gandini Juggling show could do with more balls and fewer concepts

    Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala are dexterous and engaging in the hour-long London show

  • Friday, 20 January, 2023
    Review
    Mel C aims to spice up Julie Cunningham’s how did we get here?

    The Sadler’s Wells world premiere was earnest and introspective but lacked energy

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Review
    Sleeping Beauty sets the bar impossibly high at the Royal Opera House

    Marianela Núñez has danced the role since 2003 and still displays all the fairy gifts

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    Review
    English National Ballet’s Swan Lake is danced with soulful precision

    Derek Deane’s production is revived with strong performances and meticulous choreography

  • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
    Review
    New generation takes on France’s longest-running hip-hop dance festival

    Suresnes Cités Danse had plenty of premieres, including rising star Mehdi Kerkouche’s ‘Portrait’

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    The Aesthete
    Dancer and choreographer Léo Walk talks taste

    The Paris-based choreographer collects stones, admires JFK Jr, and smells of Terre d’Hermès

  • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
    Review
    Ukraine’s state ballet sends defiant message with lively Giselle

    National Ballet of Ukraine, which has been performing amid attacks in Kyiv, brought elegance and attitude to a Paris show

  • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
    Arts
    From Vermeer to Joni Mitchell: hot tickets for 2023

    Amsterdam’s show of dozens of Vermeer works is set to be one of the highlights of a year that promises blockbusters, comebacks and a final farewell

  • Monday, 19 December, 2022
    Review
    Snowed In, The Place — a delightfully inventive Christmas show for kids

    Plus: English National Ballet’s creaking Nutcracker at the London Coliseum

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Review
    Sleeping Beauty, Sadler’s Wells — sumptuous staging let down by pedestrian steps

    Matthew Bourne’s production is well danced, with plenty of clever quotations from other ballets

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    Review
    Ruination, Royal Opera House review — up-tempo Medea combines tragedy and farce

    Lost Dog’s dance production at the Linbury Theatre is surprisingly funny and steamy

  • Monday, 28 November, 2022
    Review
    Flamenco star Israel Galván enchants at Sadler’s Wells

    ‘La Consagración de la Primavera’ disappeared in a flash and was studded with cheeky quotes

  • Friday, 25 November, 2022
    HTSI
    The rise (and falls) of the roller disco

    The reopening of an iconic skating venue has brought back the boogie

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Review
    Northern Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet both work their magic on The Nutcracker

    Two stylish revivals have opened in Woking and Birmingham to audience delight

  • Friday, 18 November, 2022
    FT Globetrotter
    The best places for flamenco in Madrid

    Many of the Andalucían art form’s most exciting performers and rising stars are based in the Spanish capital — and to be seen on the stages of small, atmospheric venues

  • Friday, 11 November, 2022
    Review
    Exhilarating William Forsythe shines brightest in English National Ballet triple bill

    Sadler’s Wells programme also includes well-crafted work by Stina Quagebeur and a new ‘Rite of Spring’ from Mats Ek

  • Friday, 4 November, 2022
    HTSI
    Margaret Atwood’s leap of faith with Wayne McGregor

    The legendary writer on teaming up with the choreographer to transform her MaddAddam into a ballet

  • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
    Review
    Northern Ballet’s Made in Leeds showcases a talented company

    Three lively and varied pieces were performed at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    OutlookJude Webber
    Ireland confronts sordid realities behind the shimmer of ‘Riverdance’

    The hypnotic high-kicking extravaganza has come a long way from the ancient Celtic ritual of dancing around trees

  • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
    Review
    Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling finds its feet in Paris

    After a shaky start, Paris Opera Ballet’s dancers warm to their task in this handsome production

  • Monday, 31 October, 2022
    Review
    Family dance diversions include Alice’s adventures and a flatulent horse

    Sadler’s Wells staged Jasmin Vardimon’s Alice and Arthur Pita’s Ten Sorry Tales for younger audiences

  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Review
    Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage review — deeply moving dance tackles human rights

    The choreographer has expanded ‘Flight Pattern’ into a whole-evening programme for the Royal Opera House

  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Review
    Standing ovations at Sadler’s Wells for the Aakash Odedra Company and Dickson Mbi

    A two-hander inspired by a 16th-century Chinese epic and a one-man show are both expressive and compelling

  • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
    Interview
    Choreographer Jiří Kylián on bringing his work to the UK and facing his fiercest critics

    Birmingham Royal Ballet will this week perform a piece by the esteemed Czech dancemaker for the first time

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