Royal Opera House, LondonGary Avis's charismatic Tybalt steals the show in this 50th-anniversary production of MacMillan's balletWhen I was a student, I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov dance Romeo w…
Lyric Hammersmith, London Residents of a towerblock fight developers in Wolfgang Stange's latest, as he continues to explore the lives of people marginalised by differenceIn 1980, a young ch…
Mikhailovsky theatre, St PetersburgBackstage politics aside, the Mikhailovksy's Le Corsaire is a winnerLast week the Mikhailovsky Ballet unveiled their new production of Le Corsaire, an orie…
The Place, LondonTouch Wood tantalises with works in progress that use Faust, MTV's The Grind and Pride and Prejudice for inspirationThe informal sharing of works in progress has become an i…
Various venues; Edinburgh PlayhouseThis year's Edinburgh offerings proved beyond doubt that the most original work is found outside the official programmeSmall is most definitely beautiful i…
Coliseum, LondonNatalia Osipova and her ex, Ivan Vasiliev, steal the show in Ardani's adventurous triple bill of contemporary danceArdani Artists is a New York-based agency representing a ga…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA revival of Matthew Bourne's small-town tale of a mysterious mechanic is sultry perfectionMatthew Bourne's The Car Man, first staged in 2000, is a dance show with abun…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTchaikovsky's three great ballet scores were those he composed for The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty in the later years of the 19th century. In 1992, Ma…
Wendy Whelan and Edward Watson bring the riches of their long careers to five specially commissioned new worksThe US ballerina Wendy Whelan and Royal Ballet principal Edward Watson are in th…
London ColiseumChristopher Wheeldon and the Dutch National Ballet's Anna Tsygankova give us a young woman's transition from hesitant girl to exuberant womanChristopher Wheeldon's Cinderella,…
A trio of influential choreographers have claimed that Britain's contemporary dance schools are no longer producing talent capable of performing at the highest level. Are teachers encouragin…
Opera House, ManchesterIt looks awesome, but Wayne McGregor's adaptation of a Jonathan Safran Foer novel contains none of its source's poetryThe inspiration for Wayne McGregor's new ballet T…
119 Farringdon Road, LondonAn effective if whimsical mix of interactive art installation and exhilarating performance takes over a vacant office buildingShelter Me is a site-specific piece a…
Charlotte Cooper and Kay Hyatt's celebration of butch lesbianism is nothing if not loud and proud"I'm going to fuck all the women here!" roars Charlotte Cooper, as she and Kay Hyatt burst on…
Richmond theatre; then touringNorthern Ballet's take on Puccini's opera is movingly acted and expressive " though it could do with fewer oriental clichesDavid Nixon created his danced versio…
Thwack! Kapow! Panic Lab's latest show features awesome, spandex-clad, comic-book superheroes and supervillainsWhat is it?The latest outing from avant-garde performance company Panic Lab and…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA crack team of Congolese musicians and dancers take on poverty, lawlessness and Handel with class and verveCoup Fatal, directed by Alain Platel of Ballets C de la B, d…
The French ballet star has redefined the technical boundaries of her art, and inspired female dancers the world over to confront a culture of compliance Continue reading...
Leading UK choreographer Aletta Collins talks about bringing Oliver Sacks's Awakenings to the stage, working with Richard Thomas and why she never got to be in the Brownies
Playhouse, Assembly Hall, both Edinburgh
Sadler's Wells, LondonDoes Boris Charmatz's three-tier piece hit the bare essentials " or is it merely random nakedness? Continue reading...
Royal Opera House, LondonWayne McGregor's ambitious triptych based on the multi-dimensional works of Virginia Woolf was a gamble that has paid off in exhilarating style Continue reading...
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Damien Jalet and Sasha Waltz concoct a clowning piece that illuminates melancholy masculine rituals with medieval music Continue reading...
The Rep, BirminghamIn Rosie Kay's taut, visceral, compassionate piece, the body is the frontline Continue reading...