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    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Review
      Paul Taylor dance company, New York — poetic dramas

      The late American choreographer lives on in the company he created and their vibrant versions of the works

      Male dancers in orange trousers and female dancers in orange dresses
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Review
      BalletBoyz’ England on Fire is chaotic but intermittently beguiling — review

      Ambitious project staged at Sadler’s Wells features the work of eight choreographers

      A group of dancers on stage raise their arms and lean to one side
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Review
      Drew McOnie’s fun-size Nutcracker is a treat — review

      The choreographer rethinks the classic ballet at London’s Southbank Centre with a handful of dancers and a jazz score

      A male dancer wearing a skirt swirls it as he moves
    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Review
      Twenty-Seven Perspectives at Sadler’s Wells — a dance to the music of deconstruction

      The London theatre also hosted the launch of the revived London City Ballet under Christopher Marney

      A group of five dancers adopt various poses with their arms extended
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Review
      The Limit, Linbury Theatre — dance drama adapts a play about words

      Royal Ballet dancers cope brilliantly with the demands of Kristen McNally’s piece

      A male dancer stands and looks down as a female dancer leans to one side, looking up at him, one leg extended
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Review
      Valentino Zucchetti’s inventive Anemoi is the highlight of a Royal Ballet double bill

      The piece is performed alongside ‘The Cellist’, portraying the life of Jacqueline du Pré

      A male ballet dancer lifts a female ballet dancer above his head; she extends her arms and legs
    • Thursday, 19 October, 2023
      Review
      The Matrix rebooted with dance to dazzling but empty effect in Free Your Mind — review

      Danny Boyle’s show is big on spectacle but small on meaning at Manchester’s new Aviva Studios

      Dancers stand on a stage surrounded by green lighting and projections of cascading computer code
    • Monday, 16 October, 2023
      Review
      Pam Tanowitz’s Song of Songs at the Barbican — elegant and deeply felt

      Set to music by David Lang, the choreographer’s piece takes a cool approach to the passionate biblical verses

      A group of seven dancers in loose clothing perform in a line, hands interlinked
    • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
      Review
      New York City Ballet at 75 — a company renewing itself

      A season of Balanchine works showcases a new generation of gifted young dancers

      A ballerina leaps spectacularly
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      Review
      Nuñez and Muntagirov thrill in the Royal Ballet’s Don Quixote — review

      Their gleaming partnership was a highlight of this revival of Carlos Acosta’s staging

      A male and female ballet dancer perform in front of a crowd of onlooking dancers, dressed in Spanish-style costumes
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      Review
      Black Sabbath: The Ballet tests mettle of dancers in Birmingham — review

      Birmingham Royal Ballet is on cracking form in a show that celebrates one of the city’s greatest musical exports

      A group of dancers wearing ‘Black Sabbath’ T-shirts kneel on stage; behind them an effigy of a winged, horned demon rises from the body of a silvery car
    • Tuesday, 26 September, 2023
      Review
      Lyon Dance Biennale has an experimental and inclusive year

      Audience participation and a new work from Tanztheater Wuppertal featured in this year’s event

      A group of dancers form a cluster, extending their arms and twisting their bodies
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Review
      Bold new programmes from Northern Ballet and English National Ballet — review

      Triple bills in Leeds and London ranged from fresh work by Tiler Peck to a glittering Balanchine classic

      Against a background resembling a sunset, a group of female dancers cluster around a male dancer who stands upright
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Review
      Ambiguous Dance Company’s Rhythm of Human — virtuosity and physical comedy

      The South Korean group performed with unwavering stamina at London’s Coronet Theatre

      Five male dancers wearing smart white shirts, grey trousers and sunglasses stand in a line in various poses, with their hands covering their own or someone else’s genitals
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Review
      Théâtre de la Ville gears up for reopening with outdoor dance festival

      The venue took its celebrations to the streets of Paris with work by Hofesh Shechter and others

      A group of colourfully dressed dancers perform on an outdoor stage
    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      Kizomba culture is a life-enhancing expression of Angola’s diaspora

      The Kizomba Design Museum festival in São Paulo celebrated the dance, music and more created in Portugal’s former colonies

      Two women dance together in a street; behind them other couples are dancing
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Interview
      Bandaloop to scale new heights at St Paul’s Cathedral

      ‘Resurgam’, the latest project from the abseiling performers, will showcase vertical choreography across the historic London landmark

      Two people in yellow outfits hang from a building
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Review
      Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet at Sadler’s Wells — a tragedy reimagined

      Plus: The Australian Ballet celebrates its 60th anniversary at London’s Royal Opera House

      A young woman and man wearing white clothes sit close together holding each other, looking anguished, in a clinical-looking white-tiled room
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      Review
      The Australian Ballet bring charm and sass to Balanchine’s Jewels — review

      The company have chosen a challenging work for their visit to London’s Royal Opera House

      A male and a female dancer dressed predominantly in red join hands; she is standing with an arm stretched out, he crouches with a leg extended
    • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
      Review
      Carlos Acosta at 50 — a showcase of stamina and stylistic range

      The Cuban-British dancer gives a polished performance at London’s Royal Opera House despite hit-and-miss choices

      A male dancer leaps with his arms outstretched
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Review
      Paris l’Été festival — dance keeps the French capital alive

      Three pieces were performed at the Lycée Jacques-Decour as part of this offbeat season of shows

      On stage, a naked man leaps high, while behind him another naked man stands twirling a metal implement
    • Tuesday, 18 July, 2023
      Review
      Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker finds fresh life at Avignon Festival — review

      A twerking, breakdancing young cast animate a new tribute to Shakespeare’s Tempest, while the landmark ‘En Atendant’ is successfully revived

      Two dancers wearing colourful costumes lunge forward
    • Saturday, 1 July, 2023
      Radical flavours in contemporary flamenco

      Transgressive, feminist and queer artists are shattering the form’s conventions in a return to its anti-establishment origins

    • Monday, 26 June, 2023
      Review
      Saving Face is a witty dance-drama of sex and misery in the workplace

      Si Rawlinson’s piece uses text and movement to look inside the secret lives of four wage slaves

      Four dancers - two male and two female - wearing regular clothing stand in a close group, two of them leaning at an angle
    • Monday, 19 June, 2023
      Review
      Christopher Wheeldon’s well-rounded Cinderella returns to the Royal Albert Hall

      Erina Takahashi leads a staging that is elegant and fast-moving

      A man in red military costume and woman in gold chiffon dress dance together
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