Sadler's Wells, London: San Francisco Ballet's second mixed bill of its three-programme visit demonstrated not just the company's commitment to new work - a commitment few ballet c…
Sadler's Wells, London: Sadler's Wells kicks off its autumn 2012 season with a two-week, three-programme visit from San Francisco Ballet. Not seen in London since 2004, the company is o…
London Coliseum: A change to the advertised casting meant English National Ballet's summer run of Swan Lake at the Coliseum opened not with the lead couple Daria Klimentova and Vadim Mu…
London Coliseum: After the narrative muddle of his Swan Lake - which opened his Tchaikovsky Trilogy - Peter Schaufuss's version of The Sleeping Beauty was even more confusing. It ostens…
London Coliseum: Peter Schaufuss' Tchaikovsky Trilogy is a re-working of the composer's three famous ballet scores - Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker. Schaufuss ha…
Peacock Theatre: Given the limited opportunities available to classical dancers, any new ballet company is good news. Debuting in 2012, New English Ballet Theatre's aim is to stage new …
Royal Opera House: The Royal Ballet's penultimate programme of its 2011/12 season, which is also Monica Mason's last as its director, is a triple bill that demonstrates the company…
Sadler's Wells: After the super-serious season opener Viktor (1986), and the intermittently more playful Nur Du (1996), the 10-show festival of Pina Bausch's work took a significant cha…
Sadler's Wells/Barbican Theatre: World Cities is a month-long season of the ten productions choreographed by Pina Bausch. She made the work in response to cities around the world, from Rome …
Wilton's Music Hall, London: Mark Bruce's new dance-theatre work is a sequence of scenes that most closely resemble a wacky, menacing take on Shakespeare's Tempest. There is a ship…
Sadler's Wells, London: Reviving three early pieces by Matthew Bourne is a fitting way to mark his 25 years in the theatre. Read the full review
Royal Opera House: The Royal Ballet's latest double bill pairs George Balanchine's Ballo Della Regina from the 1970s with the early 19th century La Sylphide by August Bournonville.…
Venue: Sadler's Wells: During his ten-year directorship of Rambert Dance Company, Mark Baldwin has steadily capitalised on its founding principles of commissioning new work and encouraging c…
Peacock, London: The Peacock has a reputation for presenting popular dance acts and, with Ballet Revolucion, it has one of the best. The show is essentially a series of dance numbers ranging…
London Coliseum: The Eifman Ballet completed its short visit to London with a second dance-drama drawing on Russian literature. After an interpretation of Tolstoy's Anna Karenina came a…
Royal Opera House: The Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill includes two new works representing very different aspects of classical dance. First is Sweet Violets by the fledgling choreograp…
London Coliseum: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina (1873-77) is a giant of Russian literature that choreographer-director Boris Eifman has turned into a ballet. The novel tracks the romantic comp…
London Coliseum: Without a managing director and with its artistic director Wayne Eagling scheduled to leave, English National Ballet faces unsettling time. However, you wouldn't know i…
Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House: Despite its small size and modest funding, Ballet Black is a textbook case of how to run a dance troupe. Founder and director Casa Pancho has a str…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre: Electro dance is a variety of street dance that emerged from the southern suburbs of Paris. Electro Kif is the work of the Spanish-born, Paris-based …
Sadler's Wells: Companies formed and led by a single figure - such as those of Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham - often loose their drive when the leading figure passes away. The material …