Ballet Hispánico, CARMEN.maquia in Reviews

★★★✰✰   Ballet Hispánico are headlining this years Let’s Dance International Frontiers festival in Leicester with their CARMEN.maquia. A company fizzing with personality deliver a rather different Carmen... 17 May 25

BalletcoForum Daily Dance Links in GreatLinks

Each day, the wonderful team at BalletcoForum scour the web for links to reviews, news and features about dance — it's a comprehensive, free and super quick way of keeping your finger on the pulse of what's happening in dance... 12 May 25

Rambert x (LA)HORDE in Bring Your Own in Reviews

★★★★✰   Rambert has just unveiled their latest show at London's Southbank, conjured by Marseille based collective (LA)HORDE. It's a night that raises the pulse and hits you right in the guts... 08 May 25

Marc Haegeman's "For Ballet Lovers Only" website in GreatLinks

Marc Haegeman is perhaps best known as a professional photographer, particularly of Russian companies. However, his original site, For Ballet Lovers Only, which got going in 1999, covers a much broader range of content... 05 May 25

Some Changes at LiftedLeg in Features

Nothing major but it's just over a year since I took LiftedLeg live, so it's time to review, fix and change a few things about the place. 29 Apr 25

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