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    • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
      Review
      Acosta Danza’s Spectrum at the Linbury Theatre — five works glide by smoothly

      The London programme from Carlos Acosta’s company features fine dancers, but the choreographic choices are questionable

    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
      Review
      The Games We Play — Gandini Juggling show could do with more balls and fewer concepts

      Sean Gandini and Kati Ylä-Hokkala are dexterous and engaging in the hour-long London show

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      Review
      Mel C aims to spice up Julie Cunningham’s how did we get here?

      The Sadler’s Wells world premiere was earnest and introspective but lacked energy

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      Review
      Sleeping Beauty sets the bar impossibly high at the Royal Opera House

      Marianela Núñez has danced the role since 2003 and still displays all the fairy gifts

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Review
      English National Ballet’s Swan Lake is danced with soulful precision

      Derek Deane’s production is revived with strong performances and meticulous choreography

    • Tuesday, 10 January, 2023
      Review
      New generation takes on France’s longest-running hip-hop dance festival

      Suresnes Cités Danse had plenty of premieres, including rising star Mehdi Kerkouche’s ‘Portrait’

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      The Aesthete
      Dancer and choreographer Léo Walk talks taste

      The Paris-based choreographer collects stones, admires JFK Jr, and smells of Terre d’Hermès

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Review
      Ukraine’s state ballet sends defiant message with lively Giselle

      National Ballet of Ukraine, which has been performing amid attacks in Kyiv, brought elegance and attitude to a Paris show

    • Tuesday, 3 January, 2023
      Arts
      From Vermeer to Joni Mitchell: hot tickets for 2023

      Amsterdam’s show of dozens of Vermeer works is set to be one of the highlights of a year that promises blockbusters, comebacks and a final farewell

    • Monday, 19 December, 2022
      Review
      Snowed In, The Place — a delightfully inventive Christmas show for kids

      Plus: English National Ballet’s creaking Nutcracker at the London Coliseum

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Review
      Sleeping Beauty, Sadler’s Wells — sumptuous staging let down by pedestrian steps

      Matthew Bourne’s production is well danced, with plenty of clever quotations from other ballets

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      Review
      Ruination, Royal Opera House review — up-tempo Medea combines tragedy and farce

      Lost Dog’s dance production at the Linbury Theatre is surprisingly funny and steamy

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Review
      Flamenco star Israel Galván enchants at Sadler’s Wells

      ‘La Consagración de la Primavera’ disappeared in a flash and was studded with cheeky quotes

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      HTSI
      The rise (and falls) of the roller disco

      The reopening of an iconic skating venue has brought back the boogie

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Review
      Northern Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet both work their magic on The Nutcracker

      Two stylish revivals have opened in Woking and Birmingham to audience delight

    • Friday, 18 November, 2022
      FT Globetrotter
      The best places for flamenco in Madrid

      Many of the Andalucían art form’s most exciting performers and rising stars are based in the Spanish capital — and to be seen on the stages of small, atmospheric venues

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Review
      Exhilarating William Forsythe shines brightest in English National Ballet triple bill

      Sadler’s Wells programme also includes well-crafted work by Stina Quagebeur and a new ‘Rite of Spring’ from Mats Ek

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      HTSI
      Margaret Atwood’s leap of faith with Wayne McGregor

      The legendary writer on teaming up with the choreographer to transform her MaddAddam into a ballet

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Review
      Northern Ballet’s Made in Leeds showcases a talented company

      Three lively and varied pieces were performed at the Royal Opera House’s Linbury Theatre

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      OutlookJude Webber
      Ireland confronts sordid realities behind the shimmer of ‘Riverdance’

      The hypnotic high-kicking extravaganza has come a long way from the ancient Celtic ritual of dancing around trees

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Review
      Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling finds its feet in Paris

      After a shaky start, Paris Opera Ballet’s dancers warm to their task in this handsome production

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Review
      Family dance diversions include Alice’s adventures and a flatulent horse

      Sadler’s Wells staged Jasmin Vardimon’s Alice and Arthur Pita’s Ten Sorry Tales for younger audiences

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Review
      Crystal Pite’s Light of Passage review — deeply moving dance tackles human rights

      The choreographer has expanded ‘Flight Pattern’ into a whole-evening programme for the Royal Opera House

    • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
      Review
      Standing ovations at Sadler’s Wells for the Aakash Odedra Company and Dickson Mbi

      A two-hander inspired by a 16th-century Chinese epic and a one-man show are both expressive and compelling

    • Tuesday, 18 October, 2022
      Interview
      Choreographer Jiří Kylián on bringing his work to the UK and facing his fiercest critics

      Birmingham Royal Ballet will this week perform a piece by the esteemed Czech dancemaker for the first time

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