Acosta Danza, 100% Cuban
The programme brims with life and love of dance. It has broad-based audience appeal with plenty of virtuosity, competition and depth.
Maggie Foyer
A beacon of joy: Luca Silvestrini’s Protein in The Little Prince
It turns the black box theatre space into a universe of imaginative ideas… a thoroughly enjoyable journey
Inspiring: Akram Khan’s Chotto Xenos
The hardcore centre of the work is played out on the battlefield but it is bookended by more profound moments of birth and something of a rebirth.
Humanity at its most vulnerable: Akram Khan’s Xenos
At this time of heightened awareness of our environment and mortality, Xenos proves indisputably that art is what makes us human
Elemental rawness: Akram Khan’s Outwitting the Devil
Each of the six dancers has an original movement quality, harnessing the energy of a coiled spring and combining fluidity and strength
Animation meets live action dance in a modern retelling of Coppélia
Inspired by Ted Brandsen’s witty 2008 production for Dutch National Ballet, dancers and a slick corps of female robots share the big screen
Ballet Cymru: Made in Wales
Poems and Tiger Eggs is well described as a love letter to iconic Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas
Kylián, Ek and Forsythe at the Royal Swedish Ballet
Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated is a show stopper; choreography and music converging on the cusp of tradition redefining the arts
Ballet Black at the Linbury: Then or Now and The Waiting Game
Ballet Black continues to lead the pack with two quality, new commissions, very different in style but balancing neatly.
A bold, risk-taking, heady mix: Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Curated by Carlos
A programme that sees Birmingham Royal Ballet moving into the top league. Alessandra Ferri’s beauty permeates the stage like a heady perfume
Sensual, penetrating, emotional: Jose Agudo’s Carmen
A knockout. The tempestuous dance, coming straight from the heart, makes the blood and sweat tangible.