Sleeping Beauty review at Royal Opera House, London " 'excellent revival of a cherished classic'
The Royal Ballet made its name with Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty, reopening Covent Garden's knackered opera house in 1946 with a production
The Royal Ballet made its name with Petipa's The Sleeping Beauty, reopening Covent Garden's knackered opera house in 1946 with a production
There's no shortage of spectacle in David Bintley and Galina Samsova's production of Giselle. As befitting this most beloved of Romantic ballets, Hayden
Lady Magma begins in the theatre bar with a free Negroni and some breathing exercises, courtesy of the choreographer. Dressed in a
The Royal Ballet proudly displays its heritage in a triple bill featuring works by founder choreographers Frederick Ashton and Kenneth MacMillan, rounded
DanceEast, IpswichThe expressionist aesthetics of Egon Schiele's nudes should make for riveting dance, but Shobana Jeyasingh's production is a bit too beige It's easy to see why the work of …
The Place, LondonLucy Guerin's show features two dancers " one clothed and one nude " and explores identity and the public and private self Shame, power, money: so many issues and expectatio…
Royal Opera House, LondonPam Tanowitz's gloriously rich Everyone Keeps Me is performed alongside bracing and serene revivals from Merce Cunningham and Frederick Ashton It's a tough call to s…
South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo's Giselle is an enjoyable but uneven reworking of the classic Romantic ballet. Masilo transposes the
Wasteland is a truly wonderful piece of dance-theatre: humane, politically charged, by turns funny and sad. Gary Clarke's follow-up to his acclaimed
An eloquently expressive piece about depression, Boy Blue's Redd is a fittingly subdued follow-up to the company's blistering 2017 show Blak Whyte
Stoke, a Love Story is a richly allusive and playfully intelligent drama from writer Kat Boon and director Kat Hughes of Potboiler
David Hare's 1995 play Skylight concerns the clash of world views between Tom " a wealthy restauranteur and unabashed Thatcherite in his
The supernatural story of love, betrayal and death can be seen in three wildly different versions in the UK this autumn There's something special about Giselle. Ever since its gas-lit premi…
Heartbeat of Home, a gaudy extravaganza from the producers of Riverdance, attempts to mix international flavour into the latter's familiar formula. While
The theme of destiny runs through the second mixed programme presented by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Sadler's Wells. It's
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens the first of its three programmes at Sadler's Wells with Rennie Harris' Lazarus. Created for the
Matthew Bourne's new take on Shakespeare's tale of doomed teenage love dispenses with the Montague/Capulet family feud and recasts its protagonists as
Lyceum, EdinburghOona Doherty's empathetic embodiment of machismo and feminine swagger makes visible the violence and vulnerability of her hometown Dancer and choreographer Oona Doherty's Ha…
In Ritualia and Learning from the Future, Colette Sadler poses questions about the human body. But does she find answers? It's a bold move for any contemporary choreographer to reimagine Bro…
Zoo Southside, EdinburghLina Limosani and Seeta Patel target the whitewashing of colonial history in a punchy, pertinent piece of dance theatre Australian choreographer Lina Limosani and Bri…
Dance Base, EdinburghCompany Chordelia's show confronts the certainty of non-existence and evokes the brevity of a dancer's onstage life The weighty issue of mortality informs Kally Lloyd-Jo…
Edinburgh PlayhouseMomentous dance and strong performances make Helen Pickett's canny reworking of the story a gift of a show Choreographer Helen Pickett's clever reinvention of The Crucible…
Ukrainian Cultural Centre, ManchesterThe King's unique physicality is the source for Claire Cunningham's compelling and illuminating show The world of Elvis tribute artists proves far more t…
Flamenco maverick Rocio Molina deconstructs the norms of her form with an antic energy in Fallen From Heaven. As the title suggests,
Birmingham Royal Ballet's Unleashed is a gripping mixed bill of works by established and emerging female choreographers. Like English National Ballet's recent