T.H.E Dance Company and Searching Blue (寻蓝): Drawing the Boundary
Kuik Swee Boon’s work “explores community and the possibility of oneness. Before inviting anyone into a shared experience, it draws a boundary.”
Month: July 2026
ImPulsTanz: My Fierce Ignorant Step by Christos Papadopoulos
From an almost bleak start, the work increasingly gains a drive, sense of freedom, joy and lust for life that totally captures the viewer.
Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
Ballet Black brought its 25th anniversary double-bill to the very English summer setting, plus a short appearance from M22 Collective.
Staatsballett Berlin: Symphony in C, Fearful Symmetries
The formal beauty, purity and technical virtuosity of Balanchine, and the constant state of flux and harmonious chaos of Christian Spuck’s new creation
Luck/Unluck with Gauthier Dance
In new works by Hofesh Shechter and Aszure Barton, the company’s dancers were fabulous and mesmerising, and sucked us into two strange worlds almost devoid of references to reality, but full of emotion
Siobhan Davies Studios: Living Image: Chapter 1
The first of four chapters over which a total of twenty artists will spend five days with Siobhan Davies’ 1977 work Sphinx, and craft their own responses
London Children’s Ballet: Anne of Green Gables
At the centre was Amelie French as Anne Shirley. Hers was a performance of remarkable grace, warmth and dramatic presence… She understood how to make movement speak
Ahoi: an evening of swing, acrobatics and 1930s glamour
Ahoi is built around the concept of being on a cruise and takes the audience on an immersive journey aboard a luxury liner of the 1930s
Still Pointless. BalletBoyz at 25
Still Pointless emphasises the ensemble. The one exception to that is exceptional and turns out to be the highlight of the show. Christopher Wheeldon’s Us…
Next Generation Festival 2026: English National Ballet School & John Cranko School
The highlight of the evening was All Long Dem Day from Marco Goecke by students from the Cranko School… The dancers were magnificent giving their all in a fully professional showing.
Next Generation Festival: Just Us Dance Theatre Apprenticeship Company
The five performers showed strong technical ability, energy and stage presence. They filled the Linbury with ease, not through scale of numbers or theatrical effects, but through concentration and sheer enjoyment in performance.