As the pioneering BalletBoyz company celebrates its 25th anniversary and Billy Elliott returns to the stage, the male dance landscape appears transformed from where it was at the turn of the…
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonCourtney Deyn and Jacob Samuel conjure a bleak world of excess, ritual and power in a visually striking but limited piece of dance-theatreIt’s like the afterma…
Sadler’s Wells, LondonMen in tutus and pointe shoes loving and parodying their art form never ages; it’s both simple and very sophisticatedDepending on how you look at it, drag ballet tr…
Leicester CathedralPart of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival, Compagnie Kaméléonite’s piece about the climate crisis features two transfixing performersIn the once clear…
Royal Festival Hall, LondonFeaturing music that inspired the designer, this show brings together Le Gateau Chocolat, dancers in body stockings and a formal orchestra to mild effectThe small …
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAt 67, the mercurial Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirementLouise Lec…
Royal Opera House, LondonIncredible physical facility is married to expressive lyricism in this triple bill by the Royal Ballet's ever adventurous resident choreographer. You never know what…
Sadler's Wells, LondonTap, waacking, jookin', footwork and jit are among the traditional, street and club styles that come together as Michelle Dorrance showcases a startling array of forms …
The Place, London This double bill from choreographers James Pett and Travis Clausen-Knight features fluent steps, tension and expression, but their expressed human connection to an AI-drive…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis parody of courting rituals brings back its inaugural dancers 48 years on " ghosting their onstage choreography with footage of their younger selves, for a moving l…
London ColiseumSuperbly cast, the dancer brings stratospheric levels of charisma to a rather pedestrian show driven by Cyndi Lauper's songs Johannes Radebe (AKA Jojo from Strictly) is a born…
Sadler's Wells, LondonKameron N Saunders's ambitious sci-fi-coded fable is paired with a showcase of Crystal Pite's mastery in contrasting order with human messiness The headline news here i…
Leeds Grand theatre Annabelle Lopez Ochoa's choreography keeps a tight hold on the narrative and the erotically charged pas de deux between the lovers packs real heat Northern Ballet's new s…
Sadler's Wells East, LondonRussell Maliphant Dance Company's arresting evening of three solos includes a spiritual offering performed by the choreographer himself Watching Daniel Proietto da…
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London Adam Linder delivers a zingy riff on Balanchine's Jewels while Marco da Silva Ferreira masses a raucous party crowd In 2008 Adam Linder won the…
The Canadian dance director has created a dazzling body of work that tackles human relationships and the big questions of our times. She talks through pivotal moments in her career There are…
York Theatre RoyalFrom an ode to the pure goodness of the dancefloor to clapping rhythms, playful duets and retro classics Marcus Jarrell Willis wants us to rewind. Back to the good old days…
Spurred on by a vision of the Shakers' founding leader, Celia Rowlson-Hall masterminded the whirl of movement in Mona Fastvold's feverish film 'I'll tell you something I've not told anyone,"…
Dancer and artistic director of English National Ballet who championed contemporary choreographers "I didn't start dancing out of burning desire for it. I did it because I was a well-behaved…
Derby theatreConrad Murray's family musical is serious about its commitment to community " but completely lacks dramatic thrust This is not the first time the tale of the Pied Piper has had …
Sadler's Wells East, LondonThe all-male French troupe Chicos Mambo mix parody and pointework in a fast-paced comic celebration of dance's high art and sillier side When the curtain goes up h…
The Corn Exchange, NewburyThere are quirky, characterful dances, bodies melting together and understated charisma in this story of a famed 1920s lesbian club Le Monocle was a famed lesbian c…
The Place, LondonCharlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey deliver a mesmerising and intimate ode to their performing lives together Charlotte Mooney and Alex Harvey fell in love 24 years ago when th…
Glen Tetley's fantastical ballet, set to an atonal Schoenberg score, is finally returning to Covent Garden. Dancers Marcelino Sambé and Joshua Junker discuss how they came under its spell M…
Linbury theatre, LondonFull of postcard moments, Taylor's choreography harks back to a more straightforward, analogue age " and is all the better for that Paul Taylor is not a choreographer …