Royal Opera House, London A fine take on Chekhov's melancholy Three Sisters brings bite to this seasonal triple bill, before ice skaters and lovers restore the yuletide glowWho needs festive…
The Place, LondonIt's bright and bouyant and the music, influenced by Afrobeat, is excellent but Vicki Igbokwe's fairytale has problems in toneChoreographer Vicki Igbokwe is best known for r…
Sadler's Wells, LondonIntensity surges from the stage in this dark contortion of the classic ballet, given a mighty injection of new energyIt's funny that Matthew Bourne's shows are associat…
Dynamic artistic director Benoit Swan Pouffer has grand designs for Britain's oldest dance company, from diversifying the audience to finding new choreographers"I want this company, Rambert,…
Second Home, LondonDisaffection trumps dynamism in Steven Warwick and Carlos Maria Romero's site-responsive piece staged in a co-working spaceThe minimal electro beat ramps up and a gaggle o…
Sadler s Wells, LondonGöteborgsOperans Danskompani paired the sculptor with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui for this thrilling piece exploring how we mould and remould ourselvesSculptor …
Sadler's Wells, LondonChoreographers Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang interpret a pained but pretty soundtrack of electro-chill loops The themes of mortality and loss in Nitin Sawhney's 201…
Sadler's Wells, LondonCurated by Khan, this celebration of classical Indian music dips into dance forms boasting symmetry, balance and beauty Hands and faces are two sorely underused body pa…
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's evocation of conflict is caught between gracefulness and tragedy while Wayne McGregor and George Balanchine still shine'He was lying there in a p…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe cellist and choreographer present an ancient Persian love story with striking designs by Howard HodgkinLayla and Majnun fall in love, but when Layla is married off …
Sadler's Wells, LondonRambert showcases its new sister company in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar's knockout Killer Pig, plus work by Benoit Swan Pouffer and Rafael BonachelaEight hundred young da…
She thinks ballet's broken " and has a plan to fix it. The star of Disney's Nutcracker reboot talks about racism, nude shoes and growing up bendy'Ballet was definitely my escape," says Misty…
Royal Opera House, LondonThe loose plotting of the love story is offset by performers who elevate the melodrama to mesmerising levelsLet's take a moment to appreciate the genius of Marianela…
The Place, LondonBoundaries between fake and real are blurred and broken in a smart, funny show that fuses science and artFake operations that cure knee pain, empty pills that work as well a…
Sadler's Wells, LondonFire ripples through dancers' bodies in Juanjo Argues' vital new work, while David Bintley rekindles his Sun King spectacleThis double bill from Birmingham Royal Ballet…
Lilian Baylis Studio, London Dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Charlotte Maclean weave patterns of wit, absurdity and giddy joy in a strange and quietly radical showTwice a finalist in the Place …
Sadler's Wells, LondonJasmin Vardimon's twist on the ancient Greek myth features near-contortionist dancers and violent choreography let down by a cloudy central conceptA billowing plastic s…
Dimitris Papaioannou's show at Dance Umbrella is a painterly piece that leaves little to the imagination, while Le Patin Libre deliver a haunting show on iceLondon's Dance Umbrella festival …
After fresh and funny takes on Shakespeare and Paradise Lost, Ben Duke brings together five people who have had a stroke to tell their stories " and help them reconnect with their bodiesIt w…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with three ambitious, striking, heart-lifting new commissions from Botis Seva, Julie Cunningham and Alesandra Seutin To cele…
Out with abstraction and virtuosity for its own sake: these idealistic young choreographers are making empowering work that tackles big issues"I always say I just want to save the world," sa…
A quick-stepping dance from the townships has gone mainstream thanks to its crazy energy, competitive edge and campaigning forceIn the beginning, it was all about the shoes. In the early 195…
Purcell Room, LondonThe Beijing-based choreographer offers a fascinating reappraisal of a propagandist balletIn the first years of China's Cultural Revolution, there were only eight "model p…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA mixed bill involving Acosta's Havana-based company was not so much a summing up of his 30-year career as a step forwardCarlos Acosta is celebrating 30 years as a p…
Old Vic, LondonPepys's celebrated diaries come under feminist scrutiny in Big Dance Theater's postmodern mashupWhat's the British slang for penis? The woman in the wig wants to know. She's a…