Historical ballets are rife with offensive colonial politics but choreographers and dancers are finding creative ways to change them for today's audiences A 19th-century worldview informs mu…
Coliseum, LondonWhile its story of slavery and exotica is dubious, ENB's virtuoso dancers sparkle as much as the fake jewels Perhaps because ballet as an art form is so unreal, it's easy to…
As karaoke versions of musicals take off, we chat to punters at two West End shows " strictly during the interval, of course " to gauge opinion on audience participation 'It'll have them sin…
Royal Festival Hall, London In a culture of special effects, it is the moments of connection, creativity and wonder that matter Circus 1903 " in pictures Playing its second year as an altern…
London ColiseumEdward Clug strips back Shakespeare, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui riffs on Nijinsky and Wayne McGregor teams up with Manfred Thierry Mugler in this rich Russian triple bill What do y…
Coliseum, LondonA stylish riff on Coco Chanel's place in ballet history and a regal mocking of Handel make a double bill where style outshines insight The indomitable Boshoi ballerina Svetla…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrancesca Hayward sparkles in this twee revival, a luminous presence in an inconsequential story about a lifesize doll There are ballets of magical otherworldliness,…
The Place, LondonOn their final tour, Richard Alston Dance Company take it back to where it all began with a moving survey of their 25-year history It is a season of farewells for the Richar…
Shot on location with lashings of fighting and flirting, Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words is a vibrant, up-close take on one of the Royal Ballet's best-loved gems It's been an ongoing quandary…
From the Chinese scene in Nutcracker to the Moor in Petrushka, are some ballets now offensively outdated? We ask big names in dance if they should be preserved, changed " or binned It's Chri…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCarlos Acosta's Havana-based troupe makes no wrong steps in charming, evocative and sharply technical mixed bill It's only three years since Cuban ballet star Carlos Ac…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMichelle Dorrance's superb pieces range from rubber-legged slapstick to brilliantly musical moves Michelle Dorrance may be a dancer, but musicianship is the bedrock of …
Sadler's Wells, LondonRelationships between the Israeli choreographer's idiosyncratic dancers play out on stage in a surreal and touching show There's a man in a dress, another wearing a kil…
Lilian Baylis Studio, LondonIt's hard not to warm to this bright Welsh company, but some of the more experimental works were confused in design and execution It takes a lot of grit and pluck…
Royal Opera House, LondonYasmine Naghdi conquers physics in a fairytale production with intricate and intense performances What is the appeal to adults of an old-fashioned fairytale? This on…
Linbury theatre, LondonWorks by Kenneth Tindall, Mlindi Kulashe and Morgann Runacre-Temple give these dancers a chance to get their bodies around abstraction Trends for favoured composers i…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA group of young prestige dancers from all over the world throw themselves utterly into a uneven triple bill The deal with Rambert's sister company, Rambert2, is that y…
Sadler's Wells, LondonGuests Ballet Black steal the show with Cathy Marston's masterful The Suit, while newcomer Jack Lister offers little substance but plenty of style In an unusually benev…
Athletic star dancer who dazzled as Spinderella in the hit West End show Into the Hoods In the sometimes macho world of hip-hop dance, a form that demands explosive power and immense strengt…
The vision of this Greek choreographer " tipped as a major talent of the future at London's Dance Umbrella festival " is 'beautifully different' To write about contemporary dance is to somet…
Royal Opera House, LondonLauren Cuthbertson and Reece Clarke's masterclass in clarity is the highlight in a night of Macmillan, Ashton and Petipa It's a seemingly random selection that makes…
Sadler's Wells, LondonLighting patterns sweep across Russell Maliphant's dancers, who move with seamless fluidity You won't find steps in Russell Maliphant's choreography, so much as one sea…
The Yard, LondonIn Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus, the Northern Irish dancer embodies a group rarely explored in dance A car revs up outside the theatre and Oona Doherty tumbles ou…
The finalists of Boris Charmatz's Danse Élargie competition squared up to today's doom and gloom There are questions about the validity of scoring art (hey, some of us have made a living…
Sadler's Wells, LondonConvincing struggles to find solace, choreographed by ex-Wayne McGregor dancers, are enhanced by spectacular lighting The new British-Japanese Fabula Collective arrive …