The Place, LondonThis audiovisually immersive, anime-inspired dance piece is full of stylishly fluid movement and thrilling fights and face-offs Some contemporary dance can make you feel l…
Linbury theatre, LondonFor its quarter of a century celebrations, the company combines an eloquent new dance that speaks of idealism with a revival of its punchy social drama It's 25 years s…
As Angela Rippon's Let's Dance campaign aims to get the nation moving this week, older dancers share how they overcame nerves to relish the benefits In retirement, Suzanne Tarlin heard herse…
Linbury theatre, LondonGlen Tetley's landmark 1962 ballet, set to Schoenberg's atonal score, is stark, strange and psychologically charged Sometimes the revival of an old work can make it, a…
The Pit, Barbican, LondonElisabeth Gunawan's mythological horror blends puppetry, dance, theatre and film to explore the effects of a family's relocation from Hong Kong to the US Like so man…
The festival delivers a fantastic new work by William Forsythe, pure class from François Chaignaud and a Jan Martens revival that exasperates and enlivens William Forsythe's new piece Und…
Aviva Studios, ManchesterRiven in two by grief " with musician John Grant playing the mind and former Royal Ballet principal Ed Watson the body " lead character George takes a finely danced …
Death looms large in the pair's dance trilogy but, as Complicité's artistic director says, confronting it is 'integral to and essential for life' To one side of this light-filled studio at …
Yngvild Aspeli, whose staging of the Melville novel forms the centrepiece of this year's MimeLondon festival, explains the eerie magic of her craft It is unnerving to be taken backstage afte…
Sadler's Wells, London Back for a 30th anniversary tour, the star choreographer's signature wit and tenderness shine in this perennially haunting fantasy 'Matthew B…
Theatre503, LondonThe heightened body language of a tempestuous couple breaks out into choreographed scenes in this play that reaches far beyond its restricted space It doesn't look like muc…
After root-and-branch reworkings of Giselle and Swan Lake, the celebrated Irish choreographer is back with Nobodaddy, a trip 'through the bottomless pit' 'I keep making pieces that I think m…
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonOcean Chillingworth's show depicts a brutal fight that turns into something altogether messier This much we know from the title: there will be blood. We're given…
Lyceum theatre, SheffieldBeautifully staged and danced with bonneted and bewhiskered brio, Dickens's classic dose of festive escapism is the gift that keeps on giving Directed by Christopher…
Royal Opera House, LondonFrom the flowing beauty of Kyle Abraham to the choppy poker-faced humour of Pam Tanowitz, these four contemporary ballets are excellently danced In the brochure for …
Sadler's Wells, LondonYip Man, who taught Bruce Lee, is the inspiration for this series of awesomely executed showdowns and acrobatics History may be about the past but it speaks to the pres…
Roundhouse, LondonThe acrobatic blockbuster is a night out loaded with set pieces and special effects but feels designed for digital bursts on social media Fuerza Bruta's Aven is not just a …
Ustinov Studio, Bath This exquisitely formed dancework inspired by Greek myth explores desire and dysfunction The tiny Ustinov Studio at Bath's Theatre Royal has, under the direction of Debo…
Norwich Theatre RoyalBrew revisits the car crash at the beginning of his ballet career that killed his three companions and left him paraplegic Not quite dance, not quite theatre, An Acciden…
Each time she takes the stage, the Korean choreographer and dancer asks if it will be the last time. She reflects on crushing stereotypes, breaking into theatre and her 100 failed auditions …
Barbican, LondonIn ragged rocksteps and snaredrum springs, choreographer Kenrick Sandy and composer Michael Asante catch the connections between sound and movement Founded in 2001, Boy Blue …
Sadler's Wells, LondonWorks from veteran dancers Germaine Acogny, Malou Airaudo, Louise Lecavalier and Ben Duke challenge perceptions of age, with performances full of spirit and maturity Wa…
A decade after his award-winning Dracula, Mark Bruce has pared down Mary Shelley's gothic classic and taken a cue from its subtitle 'The Modern Prometheus' 'The idea of a creature made of sh…
My former colleague John Ashford, who has died aged 79, was a key figure in contemporary dance in the UK and beyond, both as director of the Place theatre in London (1986-2009) and founder-d…
Choreographer, creative director and co-founder of Second Stride, a company that transformed contemporary dance in the 1980sThe choreographer and creative director Ian Spink, who has died of…