Birmingham HippodromeThe director manages to stretch ballet's mould while retaining mass-market appeal with an exhilarating summer triple bill As Birmingham Royal Ballet director Carlos Acos…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis company of six men show playfulness and humour, but also serious and passionate self-expression As a boy, Manuel Liñán used to love to try on dresses and dan…
Royal Opera House, LondonWheeldon choreographs Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel's 1989 tale of food and forbidden passions into a fulfilling ballet full of buoyant movement and visually arre…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe rightly revered US choreographer returns with an enigmatic piece that blends Mozart with Afrofuturism and feels experimental but authentic Very few choreographers …
Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonStar dancer Natalia Osipova oozes drama in contemporary version of Bizet exploring backstage jealousy and on-stage attraction Natalia Osipova has danced many pass…
As his version of Like Water for Chocolate opens at the Royal Opera House, the choreographer talks about how the ballet world is changing " and why he took on the Michael Jackson musical One…
Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, BrightonChoreographer Charlotte Spencer probes our experience of the world via our bodies, skin and hands It was a post-lockdown cliche to say we w…
Theatre Royal, BrightonAustralian circus group Circa debuts a beautifully detailed interpretation of The Rite of Spring Since Nijinsky's riot-inducing premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (The …
Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam went from juggling at school in Ethiopia to dazzling audiences with their circus skills around the world. So what's next? It all started with three oranges. One sc…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe company's touring triple bill is a showcase of individual brilliance that testifies to the sure creative hand of artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer When artistic…
Dominion theatre, LondonThe unreconstructed sexism remains but so too do the big song and dance numbers in a production featuring Peter Andre If you don't like the idea of joining an entire …
The revered American choreographer looks back at his political family life and the inspiration of his mother's movement ahead of a rare UK production with Rambert During the endless screen t…
Theatre Royal Stratford East, LondonThe rich abilities of the dancers are beautifully showcased in the double bill of Say It Loud and Black Sun Over the past 21 years, Ballet Black have blaz…
Sadler's Wells, London This double bill brings a dramatic response to racial harassment and an affirmation of female power. Together, they showcase the vibrant talent in these two British co…
Curve, LeicesterThe New York company makes a long-awaited English debut with a colourful and lively triple bill that interrogates Latinx stereotypes while celebrating self-actualisation It's…
Watford Palace theatreHofesh Shechter's hardworking junior company move through Latin, locking, electronic beats and Bach Hofesh Shechter's dance always gives way to darkness at some point. …
Royal Opera House, LondonSteven McRae returns from injury to the role he'd made his own in Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody, while two other Ashton works make up an evening of playful combination…
The Place, LondonA triple bill from this bright young company features entertainingly noisy body parts, a hint of disaster and some absurdist chaos NDC Wales are a very likable bunch of danc…
He's been portrayed as a lascivious lothario, a likable scamp and even a female librarian. But who was the real Casanova? As the world's most infamous lover returns to the stage, our writer …
For more than a decade, Let's Dance International Frontiers has brought fantastic talent to the stage in Leicester. Its founder looks back " and ahead 'You see people diversifying the curric…
Sadler's Wells, LondonAnne Teresa de Keersmaeker's piece, dedicated to women of resistance, trades on lightness and simplicity but is overlong This show is dedicated to women of resistance, …
Curve theatre, LeicesterA grim, sporadically great show sees Mowgli saved by animals who have taken over idle land in the wake of climate disaster News bulletins announce forest fires in nor…
After Putin invaded Ukraine, the Russian dancer denounced the war, left the Kremlin-allied company " and flew out of Moscow that night. As she prepares for her debut at the Dutch National Ba…
Peacock theatre, LondonThe dancer takes us on his personal journey from South African township to 2020s London with speed, sass and sequins If you're a fan of Strictly Come Dancing's Johanne…
From the Barbican in London to shopping centres around the country, audiences can become part of sophisticated new XR dance spectaculars " diving into Lewis Carroll's imagination or an extra…