Royal Opera House, London: All eyes are on the latest work from the Royal Ballet's resident boffin, Wayne McGregor, the centrepiece of a Class A programme. Bach's mathematical prec…
Peacock Theatre: Fizzing like a mango soda, this celebration of one of India's most extraordinary entertainment dynasties carries all the hallmarks of its pan-Asian/Pacific Rim origins.…
Sadler's Wells, London: Once more unto the beaks, dear friends, once more... Read the full review
Sadler's Wells, London: It is not until you see a Mark Morris performance that you realise how much you have missed him. His last London appearance was in 2010 at The Coliseum with L'Al…
Linbury Studio, London: Four well-chosen pieces demonstrate the strength, versatility and sense of adventure of this Leeds-based company who are clearly punching above their weight. Read th…
Sadler's Wells, London: Shanghai-born Yuan Yuan Tan and Taiwanese Fang-Yi Sheu are both extraordinary dancers and it is a welcome opportunity to see them in a series of pieces uncluttered by…
Sadler's Wells, London: For his latest work, multi-cultural dancemaker Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui immerses himself in the vertical expression of a horizontal desire. It takes two to tango, they sa…
Riverside Studios, London: New York's bohemian hotel was until recently under threat from property developers so the latest production from the Cardiff-based Earthfall is bang on the mo…
Sadler's Wells, London: Hofesh Schecter's works are, by his own admission, an expression of his personal history. His troubled childhood, the shock to his system of National Service in …
Barbican, London: Few would accuse Boy Blue Entertainment's founders of lacking ambition. The follow-up to their hit show, Pied Piper, extends the concept of hip-hop narrative to embrac…
Sadler's Wells, London: There is a sense of creative unity in a Rambert performance that is quite unmatched by other companies. The three works presented here play to the company's egal…
Royal Opera House, London: Given that Don Quixote and Sancho Panza are reduced to minor characters in this ballet, Marius Petipa ought to be done for misrepresentation, but Carlos Acosta…
Peacock, London: The latest incarnation of Vardimon's 2007 courtroom drama extends the interplay between words and physical action. On Merle Hensel's revolving set the company acts…
Coliseum, London: In an extraordinary display of cross-cultural fertilisation, Shanghai Ballet Company brings its contemporary dance version of one of Britain's best-loved novels for th…
Royal Opera House, London: Few would accuse the Bolshoi of reticence in their productions. Minimalism is not in the company's vocabulary. Grigorovich's revised version of the great…
Royal Opera House, London: A lesser company might have buckled beneath the weight of scandals and bad press that have dogged Moscow's premiere ballet company in the last few months. But…
A writer who marched to the beat of a different drummer, Snoo Wilson was a unique voice in British theatre. Although regarded as one of the group of post-1960s playwrights making waves in th…
Coliseum, London: Well, this is different - from the opening strains of a real barrel organ before the orchestra kicks in, it is clear that Roland Petit's version of the Petipa classic …
Army veterans of recent military campaigns are finding that Shakespeare can help them rebuild their confidence and offer them relief from the psychological scars of warfare
Sadler's Wells, London: Widely regarded as the most adventurous pioneer in the landscape of classical/contemporary dance fusion, William Forsythe applies the rigorous discipline of the forme…
Village Underground, London: As part of <a href="http://www.spitalfieldsmusic.org.uk/whats-on/summer-festival-2013/early-opera-company-monteverdi-ballets/">The Spitalfields S…
Sadler's Wells, London: Akram Khan's contribution to The Rite of Spring centenary celebrations is the most wayward so far. An acronymn for In The Mind Of Igor, ITMOI includes meditation…
Royal Opera House: Choreographers have often attracted spectacular bedfellows and Wayne McGregor is no exception. For his first attempt at a narrative ballet he has invited wordsmith Audrey …
Peacock Theatre, London: Although nominally based on the classic comedy of cross-dressing, Some Like It Hot, Kate Prince's bubbling dance-ical has a much wider arena of reference. A soc…
Royal Opera House, London: Anyone who believes that ballet is little more than a repository of pretty myths and innocuous romanticism should be forced to see Mayerling. Sex, drugs, suicide a…