Royal Ballet in Balanchine: Three Signature Works - Review

★★★★✰   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

★★★★✰   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 - Review

★★★✰✰   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 - Review

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 - Review

★★★✰✰   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]

Russell Maliphant Dance Company in maliphantworks4 - Review

★★★★★   Russell Maliphant and his company are back at The Coronet in Notting Hill for the fourth incarnation of maliphantworks. Drop everything – it's a 5-star jewel of a show... [11 Mar 25]

Scottish Ballet in Twice-Born bill including Schachmatt and Dive - Review

★★★★✰   Scottish Ballet is back in London with their Twice-Born contemporary double bill. A breath of fun and thoughtful freshness... [07 Mar 25]

Jasmin Vardimon Company: NOW - Review

★★✰✰✰   Jasmin Vardimon Company celebrate iconic moments from their 25-year history in NOW. Some stunning physical theatre if, sadly, in a confusing and over long context... [06 Mar 25]

Link of the Week - John Percival's review of Umwelt

In 2005, the great John Percival reviewed Compagnie Maguy Marin's Umwelt in just one rather surprising word... [05 Mar 25]

Wayne McGregor: Deepstaria - Review

★★★✰✰   Wayne McGregor's latest, Deepstaria, is about the void and named after a jellyfish. Interesting dance, but not always sure if it's in a void or not... [01 Mar 25]