The role has inspired the world's best ballerinas and her story is as popular as ever " whether revived, reimagined or deconstructed. Dancers explain the appeal of Giselle 'I thought I looke…
As she brings A Shadow Work to the UK, the New York choreographer talks about therapy, 'pulling up women with me' and art-led activism Chanel DaSilva has always been a dancer. "I felt comple…
Leeds PlayhousePhoenix Dance Theatre's artistic director Marcus Jarrell Willis brings an urgency and groove to a tale of hunger, tenderness and sexual identity In the centre of a minimal sta…
Linbury theatre, Royal Opera House, LondonNatalia Osipova steps into Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan's shoes in a mischievous triple bill which also acts as a statement of intent Dancers do…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonIndian-American dancer Prakash dismantles the myth of a female goddess granted power by men As a child, Mythili Prakash was always puzzled by the myth around the g…
The beloved tale got Turks applauding and Saudis cheering. How will it be received in Britain? We meet the team behind a high-flying, dance-circus rejig After the Bible, The Little Prince is…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith quiet choreography and a focus on solos and duos, there is some incredibly tender movement in a captivating show that gives a sense of rippling through water The d…
The Place, LondonCarlos Pons Guerra turns Puccini's tragedy into the story of a Cuban sex worker who completely transforms himself to win the love of a sailor This reimagining of Madame Butt…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonThere is a cartoonishness at play, but a coldness too, in this shadowy tribute to the 'weirdo' outsider Birdboy is billed as a show for audiences aged from seven u…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterCrystal Pite and Simon McBurney's three-act dance work on the state of the world turns the stage into a living thing and morphs between sorrow, humour, fear and reli…
From Matilda to Dear England, she is the movement director everyone wants to work with " and her work has lit up hit after smash hit. But, she says, it's time this under-appreciated art rece…
Sadler's Wells, LondonWith its off-kilter comedy and flirtatious touches, this show is Bausch at her most accessible " and beautiful There is some absolute beauty in Vollmond, one of the las…
From young office workers to a 'Granny Grappler', women are being shown how to throw their weight around in WrestleLadsWrestle. Its creator, a former judo champion, tells us why 'Find a new …
Christos Papadopoulos took the award for his glacially paced, illusory Larsen C, beating a shortlist that largely eschewed traditional formal techniques and structures' The Rose Internationa…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonVicki Igbokwe-Ozoagu captures all the fun and mini-drama of a great night out, creating a suitably feelgood celebration to welcome this new dance venue It's a big …
Ballet has always been more than just a job for Carlos Acosta. And as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he is trying to make it bigger than ever " even in the face of brutal cuts and the …
The Place, LondonSean Gandini's intricate and artful show about magic shows plays with the audience and the malleable sense of reality There's a quote, Sean Gandini tells us, from the French…
Royal Opera House, LondonMthuthuzeli November expertly fuses ballet, contemporary and South African dance in Fools. Plus five minutes of fun from Kristen McNally and Rudi van Dantzig's Four …
Southbank Centre, LondonDewey Dell bring resonant energy to reinvent one of the most frequently revisited pieces in dance history The backspinning b-boy spiders are a revelation. And the lar…
Barbican, LondonLittle happens in this wordless show about an Irish navvy who lives a lonely existence and yearns for home but it is oddly affecting One egg cup on the shelf, one tin mug, on…
Royal Albert Hall, LondonA clown's funeral procession is the pretext for some of the most skilled performers in the business to swoop, float and fly through the air There's a procession pass…
The Place, LondonYouthful ambition and vision always charge the atmosphere with optimism at this festival of future dance talent For 35 years The Place has been offering up an abundance of b…
Performer and choreographer who fused ballet with South African contemporary dance styles More than a profession, dance was a calling and an innate need for the South African performer and c…
Sadler's Wells' new purpose-built space is a reflection of the booming popularity of the art form in the capital. But is all this success representative of the country as a whole? And if not…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonBorrowing from Swan Lake and the Ugly Duckling, Circa deliver wow moments and ornate arrangements as the dancers move in finely tuned equilibrium Australian compan…