Print Room at the Coronet, London Saburo Teshigawara's take on the Russian classic isolates its hero, creating striking scenes that leave you pining for a connection Japanese choreographer …
Ballet and film complement each other perfectly in a biopic of the superstar dancer that captures life under Castro's rule Dance on film can have many functions. It might act as a showstoppi…
Barbican, LondonThe company's triple bill includes Ingoma, a powerful piece inspired by events that led to South Africa's anti-apartheid movement Ballet Black may be, by its nature, politica…
She conquered Strictly while still living in a bedsit. Now the dancing multi-linguist and trained engineer is making the leap into musicals " where she's planning to 'go crazy' Glamour is of…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith one piece choreographed by the company and the other by Christopher Wheeldon, this is a fresh, thoughtful show Over the last 19 years, BalletBoyz has metamorphosed…
After her celebrated Jane Eyre, Cathy Marston is staging a revelatory regal ballet. She talks about binge-watching ITV's Victoria and the politics of storytelling Queen Victoria is falling …
Sadler's Wells, LondonClassical virtuosity combines with contemporary sensibility in this selection of highlights from a 25-year repertoire 'How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life…
Barbican, LondonInspired by a sci-fi novella, the artist teams up with Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener for a bracing dance experiment A woman's face looms, very large and unnervingly close…
The newly knighted choreographer is shutting his company due to cuts and has snapped his achilles tendon. But he's full of optimism about the future I'm expecting Richard Alston to be angry,…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe loss of the company's founder Pina Bausch a decade ago is at the heart of this meticulous meditation on grief and death Bon Voyage, Bob … is only the second new f…
With a dance version of Dickens's A Christmas Carol, a collaboration with Greek composer Vangelis and his touring show Silent Lines, the questing choreographer is busier than ever I'm lost o…
Sadler's Wells, LondonChoreographed by Dimitris Papaioannou, the company's first new work since its founder died in 2009 is uncanny in its blending of his and her imaginationsWhen Pina Bausc…
When Jeanguy Saintus first saw Stravinsky's Rite, he was reminded of his religion's initiation ceremonies. Now, he has created his own spirited version of the balletSince its infamous premie…
A new project is looking at how choreography can improve urban engineering, but there has long been a profound relationship between cities and danceIn the crowded conventillos (shared teneme…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrom Aletta Collins' refreshing abstraction to Calvin Richardson's human piñatas, this is just what the Royal needsThe musicians of the London Sinfonietta are in …
Sadler's Wells, LondonGandini Juggling and Alexander Whitley's collaboration is full of simple pleasures and intricate skillA hybrid of juggling and contemporary dance? Now that's niche, you…
Barbican, LondonPeeping Tom tackle old age with originality, warmth and humour in the second part of their eerie family-themed trilogyLast year they tackled mums, now attention turns to dad.…
In 1969, a New Yorker from Martha Graham's company set up Britain's first contemporary dance school. Fifty years on, Cohan is a sage of the studio " and has fears about the artform's future'…
Soho theatre, LondonFive female performers are doing things on their own terms in a show that shuns spectacle and takes apart circus tricksAn acrobat named Kate takes the microphone and tell…
Royal Opera House, LondonLiam Scarlett's 2010 word is as lyrical as ever, while strong performances and a live pigeon can't save Frederick Ashton's cutesy romcom When it premiered in 2010, A…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe 55-year-old partnered with American Ballet Theater principal Herman Cornejo in thoughtful, poised interpretations of McGregor, Maliphant and othersThe second com…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe French artist Olivier de Sagazan turns himself into a sculpture in this terrifying, visceral performanceOlivier de Sagazan's Transfiguration, a performance first cr…
BBC1's The Greatest Dancer and Channel 4's Flirty Dancing are going toe to toe for audiences. But can they fill Strictly's shoes?The new year starts with two new dance shows to fill the Stri…
Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Ballet's revival of Derek Deane's 1997 staging has a flock of well-schooled swans and some standout solos, but there is a lack of chemistry between the leadi…
From Hitler and Cath Kidston to Freud and Madonna, a dance-drag act makes unlikely pairings duet together Unmissable theatre, dance and comedy for 2019About five years ago, in a room above a…