Sadler's Wells, LondonThis 'psychic landscape of Albion' deploys a huge ensemble to send its dancers spinning through a patchwork of national mythology You have to hand it to BalletBoyz (Mic…
As she brings her new show, Dragons, to the UK, the innovative choreographer discusses shaking off traditional norms and how shaving her head helped her find her own energy Ochre wall, plum …
Curve, Leicester The US dancer conjures a potent spectacle filled with mysterious symbolism as three figures strain, combine and detach in stirring, almost ritual patterns There's a strange …
The Yard theatre, LondonMarikiscrycrycry opens this year's Now festival with an occasionally baffling trip through sex, fear and fantasies Established in 2014, the Yard theatre's Now festiva…
Linbury theatre, London The American choreographer showcases three works with the Royal Ballet, the newest of which examines the idealism and corporeality of womanhood The Royal Ballet now h…
Exhilarating highlights this year ranged from tech-savvy ballet and a juggling celebration of Merce Cunningham to a daring flamenco Rite of Spring ' More of the best culture of 2022 When Str…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThe maverick choreographer makes his mark on The Rite of Spring in this elementally austere exercise in anxiety and loose-cannon footwork In 1913, The Rite of Spring br…
Lilian Baylis theatre, LondonFresh pieces by the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers open up its artistic direction Although the pandemic scuppered some plans for Candoco " such as …
Battersea Arts Centre, LondonFlorentina Holzinger's show has inspired audience walkouts but others stay and cheer at its bloody-minded audacity Premiered in Vienna in 2019, Florentina Holzin…
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, LondonRalph Fiennes introduced this gala honouring the ballet legend, which boasted a dazzling lineup of dancers including Natalia Osipova and Cesar Corrales Introd…
Linbury theatre, LondonA hardworking young company showcase a range of dance styles to music including classical, rock and contemporary The Royal Ballet's Next Generation festival is a platf…
Sadler's Wells, LondonThis mini festival celebrating the older dancer features powerful performers " and is defiantly not pretty Founded in 2014, Sadler's Wells' Elixir festival is a season …
Royal Albert Hall, LondonBourne's 1950s potboiler has been beefed up for a larger venue. The result is classy, trashy " and deeply serious Matthew Bourne's The Car Man is a steamy, pulp-fict…
Sadler's Wells, LondonUsing music from Americana to Afrobeats, the final part of this Israeli company's trilogy on love is beautifully danced but doesn't go anywhere This final part of a tri…
Victoria multistorey car park, Leeds Amanda Piña's dance inspired from the Mexican border town of Matamoros filled the perfunctory setting with pulsating beats and tinsel-clad movement Am…
180 Studios, LondonIvan Michael Blackstock's interrogation of stereotypes is broodingly atmospheric, strewn with imagery and often highly effective How to show stereotypes of black masculini…
Sadler's Wells, LondonOne French choreographer whistles during his dance in Somnole, while another takes us into a dark, murderous forest in This Is How You Will Disappear Whistle while you …
Sadler's Wells, LondonWhile Andreou clearly pursues a path and a purpose with her 2018 work, Rizzo's directionless fantasy world is a rambling trip Minimalism has many guises. If the opening…
Sadler's Wells, LondonA terrifically varied programme began by pairing daring new work from Brigel Gjoka and Rauf Yasit with Lucinda Childs' iconic 1979 Dance The astonishingly rich programm…
The Place, LondonBlack-clad extras loom and the sound booms as impressive dancers look to illuminate the pyschologist's theories of humanity's secret faces Company Chameleon's The Shadow, di…
Shoreditch Town Hall, LondonThe 13-strong cast dive with gusto into the gap between seeing and looking, us and them, and you and me "What do you see when you look at me?" chant The PappyShow…
Coliseum, LondonEven if the drama disappoints in parts, the music and dancing in Tamara Rojo's brave, inventive take on the 19th-century, will-she-won't-she love story is a delight It's comm…
Sadler's Wells Theatre, LondonThe choreographer draws on his own experiences to create a powerful evocation of alienation, oppression and memory Depression is more than just dark, or down: i…
Linbury theatre, LondonYolande Yorke-Edgell and company join the dots between the founder-mother of American modern dance Martha Graham and the late Robert Cohan Programmes by Yorke Dance Pr…
Linbury theatre, LondonWill Tuckett makes visual poetry of love, war and the work of Adrienne Rich, while Mthuthuzeli November journeys to a glitter-coated land of showtime What kinds of tim…