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A contemporary staging of Handel’s ‘Messiah’

An avant-garde director is using metaphor to convey the narrative of the 18th century oratorio, writes Laura Battle

Cock, Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London

No one takes their clothes off yet the characters seem terrifyingly naked in this bold, painful and funny drama about the emotional morass of sex, says Sarah Hemming

The Sleeping Beauty, Royal Opera House, London

Yevgenia Obraztsova shines as Aurora, displaying the dance’s brilliancies with unaffected charm, while Sergey Polunin and Steven Mcrae are worthy princes, writes Clement Crisp

The Brother/Sister Plays, Public Theater, New York

Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney’s language has an authentic lyricism and sensuality, writes Brendan Lemon

Observer, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Paris

Clare Shine watches a ‘mise en voix’ of the suffering and questioning of those who experienced the atomic bomb at Hiroshima

The Habit of Art, National Theatre, London

Alan Bennett’s play about writing a play about Auden and Britten is rich, meditative, endlessly witty yet ultimately sad, writes Sarah Hemming

Wally Cardona, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York

Juxtaposing Kierkegaard, spasmic dancing and the sweet voice of youth, the New York choreographer baffles and endears, writes Apollinaire Scherr

La Danse, Film Forum, New York

Frederick Wiseman’s behind-the-scenes film portrait of the Paris Opera Ballet offers a thrilling, sometimes disorientating perspective on dancers and their choreographers, Apollinaire Scherr writes

The Making of Moo, Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond, UK

This play takes the very same kind of position that it seeks to denounce, writes Ian Shuttleworth

Akram Khan, Sadler’s Wells, London

Watching this Indian bharatanatyam dancer, Clement Crisp is reminded how hypnotic and intoxicating great exponents of the style can be

Performa 09, New York

Ragtime, Neil Simon Theatre, New York

Médée, Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, Paris

Birmingham Ballets, Sadler’s Wells, London

The challenges faced by stage designers

Tere O’Connor Dance, Dance Theater Workshop, New York

Tere O’Connor Dance, Dance Theater Workshop, New York

Mayerling, Royal Opera House, London

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance, Joyce Theater, New York

The Rite of Spring, Coliseum, London

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