Mother Forest: seriously absurd
St. Gallen Dance Company in Hofesh Shechter’s From England with Love
Strangeness and extravagance: Staatsballett Berlin in Wunderkammer
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Hamlet Hail to the Thief: Out of joint
November 15, 2026
Shakespeare’s Hamlet collides with Radiohead’s Hail to the Thief… “I had not expected to feel such sorrow for Hamlet, yet by the end I was close to tears.”
Mother Forest: seriously absurd
November 15, 2026
“Mother Forest is certainly a lot of things, if not everything. What exactly those things are, I am still not entirely sure.”
Extraordinary but unsettling: Christos Papadopoulos’ My Fierce Ignorant Step
November 15, 2026
For 55 minutes, the ten dancers maintain an astonishing degree of precision, continually moving, changing positions without losing their collective rhythm
St. Gallen Dance Company in Hofesh Shechter’s From England with Love
November 14, 2026
In Hofesh Shechter’s ‘From England with Love’, the dancers create a world of beauty and heart-felt emotions, fully mastering his style.
Strangeness and extravagance: Staatsballett Berlin in Wunderkammer
November 14, 2026
Resonates deeply with the German capital as it engages with the history of the Weimar Republic, and pulses with dark extravagance and grotesque elegance.
Jo Bannon: The Dirty Work
November 14, 2026
Jo Bannon’s The Dirty Work is undoubtedly different, and her ability to hold the stage with such minimal physical activity is, in itself, noteworthy. But…
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Ekleido: Femina
November 13, 2026
It brims to overflowing with energy and intensity. The dancing is outstanding from start to finish… There’s a lot to like in the designs too. And yet…
Miřenka Čechová: Ballerinas
November 12, 2026
Blends text, dance, physical theatre and video in what is an absorbing, affecting piece of theatre. It’s an hour that is more thoughtful and reflective than angry
Visionaries: Robbins and MacMillan
November 11, 2026
Jerome Robbin’s Dances at a Gathering and Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth, which, while also made in the 1960s, doesn’t so much come from a different planet as a different universe.
The Fonteyn International Ballet Competition 2026: Nurturing the Next Generation of Ballet Artists
November 10, 2026
The technical standard was consistently high. Yet the evening also raised a question: is contemporary ballet training placing sufficient emphasis on the development of artistry
Living Image Chapter 2
November 10, 2026
Celebrating Siobhan Davies Studios’ twentieth anniversary, four more artists explore Davies’ 1977 solo Sphinx and create their own responses
Warmth and a lot of heart. Scottish Dance Theatre 40th Anniversary Gala
November 8, 2026
“A star that continues to shine. Across the city, across the country and internationally.” An evening that looked look both back and forward, and included something very unique
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Warmth and a lot of heart. Scottish Dance Theatre 40th Anniversary Gala
November 8, 2026
“A star that continues to shine. Across the city, across the country and internationally.” An evening that looked look both back and forward, and included something very unique
Jörg Mannes creates a new ballet for the Bayerisches Junior Company Munich
November 6, 2026
Jeannette Andersen talks to Mannes and dancers Rose Perrot and Axel Mero about ‘Was ihr wollt’ (What You Will), a new ballet based on Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
An enduring legacy. Madam: A celebration of Dame Ninette de Valois
November 5, 2026
An intimate and beautifully conceived celebration of de Valois and the centenary of The Royal Ballet School, also with dancers from The Royal Ballet
Mesmeric Mutant Motion (Part II). D_Antidote Production in Palingenesis
November 5, 2026
Imagine the mythical conjoined tri-leg of the Manx flag. If that’s level 1 of strange body combinations, the three masked dancers of Palingenesis crank it up to level 10
Mesmeric Mutant Motion (Part I). D_Antidote Production in Non-Ordinary Services
November 4, 2026
Clad from head to toe in tight white suits, they’re faceless and genderless… their extraordinary quality is perhaps best described as mutant motion.
Dance is Not For Us by Cie Omar Rajeh & Maqamat
October 17, 2026
A short powerful burst of human emotion wrapped in poetic thoughts and a forest of basil plants.