Pagrav Dance Company, ROOH: Within Her in Reviews

★★✰✰✰   Pagrav Dance Company are touring ROOH: Within Her, Urja Desai Thakore's ambitious work about the heroism of women. While it contains some great ideas, it currently feels more like a draft than a finished piece of dance. 24 Apr 25

Northern Ballet, Jane Eyre in Nottingham in Reviews

★★★★✰   Northern Ballet's latest tour reprises their Jane Eyre - Cathy Marston's rich take on the Charlotte Brontë classic. It's good to see it back again... 13 Apr 25

English National Ballet, The Forsythe Programme in London in Reviews

★★★★★   English National Ballet are at Sadler's Wells with The Forsythe Programme. The work of a master, ultimately, you'd be exceedingly daft to live in London and not see this show. 11 Apr 25

Royal Ballet and 6 Others, International Draft Works in Reviews

★★★✰✰   The Royal Ballet (RB) has just unveiled International Draft Works 2025 featuring work by emerging choreographers at RB, Birmingham, Dutch National, Joburg, Northern, Norwegian and Stuttgart. It's a good thing... 10 Apr 25

Dutch National Ballet in Lady Macbeth in Reviews

★★★✰✰   Dutch National Ballet has just premiered Lady Macbeth, created by a strong narrative team led by the very talented Helen Pickett. Based on a cracking original score by Peter Salem, surprisingly it feels more of a men's ballet then a female led one... 07 Apr 25

Royal Ballet in Balanchine: Three Signature Works in Reviews

★★★★✰   The Royal Ballet is currently showcasing Three Signature Works of George Balanchine as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in London. This is very good news indeed. 01 Apr 25

A Mythical Double Bill: Tales of Apollo and Hercules - New English Ballet Theatre at the London Handel Festival in Reviews

★★★★✰   New English Ballet Theatre at the London Handel Festival. Fine music and fine dance from Valentino Zucchetti... 28 Mar 25

Moving into Dance Mophatong in Robyn Orlin's We wear our wheels with pride in Reviews

★★★✰✰   Robyn Orlin's 'We wear our wheels with pride' takes its inspiration from flamboyant Zulu rickshaw drivers of the 1950s and 60s. A loud and brash celebration of the past from South Africa... 23 Mar 25

Lyon Opera Ballet, Cunningham Forever bill + Soa Ratsifandrihana's g r oo v e in Reviews

Lyon Opera Ballet, Cunningham Forever bill (★★★★✰) + Soa Ratsifandrihana's g r oo v e (★★✰✰✰), at the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in London. Welcome back Merce... 20 Mar 25

Ballet Black, SHADOWS double bill in London in Reviews

★★★✰✰   The hard-working Ballet Black has just unveiled SHADOWS, their latest double bill of all-new work: fizzy and thoughtfully wide-ranging pieces that both entertain and provoke thought. 15 Mar 25