After filing his final dance review last month, Luke Jennings reflects on the transcendent highs and excruciating lows, and his hopes for the future of the art formThings have changed since …
Dark deeds made their presence felt, Akram Khan bowed out in style, and Marianela Nuñez entranced at every turn. See our top five list belowRead the Observer critics' review of 2018 in fu…
Royal Opera House, LondonDelight and despair fight it out to the last as our dance critic of 14 years signs offThe Royal Ballet's triple bill, which opened on Tuesday, sent me out into the n…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Royal Ballet's Matthew Ball soars in Matthew Bourne's enduring version of Swan LakeIn Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, we see the return of the show which, in 1995, chan…
Royal Opera House, LondonIt's an unhappy Christmas for the mice again, but otherwise the Royal Ballet's Nutcracker is dreamlike perfectionIt's Nutcracker season again, and on last Monday's o…
Royal Opera House, LondonAlastair Marriott's new work underlines the difficulties of translating the horrors of trench warfare into danceLast week the Royal Ballet presented a triple bill, o…
The Place, LondonIn puncturing the pomp of a wedding day, Didy Veldman also spotlights the biggest debate in ballet todayIn her new work The Knot, the Dutch choreographer Didy Veldman and he…
Sadler's Wells, LondonMorris's dancers are consigned to margins as the Silkroad Ensemble and two of Azerbaijan's greatest singers conjure lovelorn drama centre stageLayla and Majnun, a 12th-…
Royal Opera House, LondonVisually intoxicating and beautifully danced " mostly " by the Royal Ballet, Petipa's Indian romance remains problematicIn the latest run of La Bayadère, Marianela …
The Place, LondonClod Ensemble's latest medical meditation asks audience members to monitor their reaction to the showClod Ensemble was founded in 1995 by director Suzy Willson and composer …
Dance East, IpswichA retelling of the Greek myth for the #MeToo generation makes some clever points but clobbers them homeIn her new full-evening show, Jasmin Vardimon tells the tale of the …
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe Greek choreographer delves into ancient myth for his visionary piece fragmenting the human experienceIn the opening scene of The Great Tamer, directed and choreogra…
Royal Opera House, London Natalia Osipova and Ryoichi Hirano are uneasy bedfellows in MacMillan's dark drama, but there's a show-stealing turn lower down the ranks in the Royal Ballet's enjo…
Birmingham HippodromeDavid Bintley begins his final season in Birmingham with a blaze of glory, in two pieces inspired by the past but facing the futureThis week, Birmingham Royal Ballet ope…
Old Vic, LondonThe London diarist's long-suffering wife, Bess, takes centre stage in this laboriously well-intentioned pieceWhat are we to make of Samuel Pepys, the 17th-century diarist who …
The Place, LondonSarah Blanc doesn't pull her punches in her commentary on the beauty industry. Plus, ballet's most famous star in a cinema near you…The performer and choreographer Sarah B…
Sadler's Wells, LondonFor all her exceptional gifts, the Russian star often fails to connect convincingly with her partners in this handpicked programmeDance programmes constructed around a …
Somerset House, LondonHofesh Shechter's dancers loom like Bedlam inmates out of the darkness. Blink nervously and they're goneAs a choreographer, Hofesh Shechter has a facility for reinventi…
Summerhall, Edinburgh; Coliseum, LondonClose encounters with JG Ballard and an Irish girlband. Plus, a Russian Swan Lake that's not always perfect but is full of charmPunchy, intimate dance …
Naked dancing is par for the course. The must-see show is Anna Valeska Pohl and her Barbie dollsDance is in demand at this year's Edinburgh festival fringe, with queues forming on wet paveme…
Sadler's Wells, LondonExtreme precision and general mystification coexist in Eyal's resonant follow-up to OCD LoveSharon Eyal is one of the most startlingly inventive choreographers working …
Barbican, Londonörjan Andersson's dance version adds little if anything to Bach's joyous keyboard variationsGoldberg Variations is a collaboration between 11 musicians of Scottish Ensemble …
Bristol HippodromeBirmingham Royal Ballet's heartfelt production of Frederick Ashton's comic country tale is a delightCreated in a whirlwind month of rehearsals in 1960, Frederick Ashton's L…
Crystal Pite's thrilling boardroom manoeuvres are the high point in an otherwise shallow programme from these Dutch mastersA visit by Nederlands Dans Theater always promises dancing of the h…
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler's Wells, LondonAΦE's first major work explores psychoanalytical themes through cutting-edge technologyAΦE is a dance company founded by Aoi Nakamura and Es…