Osipova/Linbury
A super programme, the highlight being the return of Jo Strømgren’s The Exhibition, a tale of the accidental meeting of two people in a gallery
David Mead
Sung Im Her: 1 Degree Celsius
The whole work is a feast of mobile bodies, the inventive movement sometimes jagged and sharp, sometimes wonderfully fluid.
Amina Khayyam Dance Company: Bibi Rukiya’s Reckless Daughter
Amina Khayyam looks at how women impose thoughts of what is ‘correct’ on other women and perpetuate patriarchal cultural expectations
Joburg Ballet: Communion of Light
Dada Masilo’s Salomé lasts just thirty minutes but everything is here… Desire, power and passion are everywhere. The stage is full of sexual tension.
A new Nutcracker for New English Ballet Theatre
Radlett Centre, Radlett, HertfordshireOctober 28, 2025 It seems to be said every year, but Christmas really does seem to come earlier and earlier. This year’s first sighting of the festive ballet favourite that is The Nutcracker came at the neatly-appointed 300-seat Radlett Centre in Hertfordshire in the shape of a brand-new production from New English … Read more
A treat for young and old: Northern Ballet’s Little Red Riding Hood
The Wolf is hungry, famished, in fact, but rather than Little Red and Grandma being on the menu, he’s more interested in cakes and honey
Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu: Deciphers
Much remains hidden although it is, “Full of excellent physicality and the duo, each in their own way tremendous dancers, clearly have a lot to say.”
How are you? Tjimur Dance Theatre in bulabulay mun?
With a very open-minded approach… Baru Madiljin weaves ancestral memory and still lingering historical scars into the dancers’ bodies and emotions.
National Dance Company Wales: Surge
Three very different works set in three very different worlds. All showcase the company terrifically… and in Mabon, something uniquely Welsh.
Jan Martens: Voice Noise
Sometimes the dance is very much at one with the music, not so much adding layers or illustrating it, but being pushed and pulled by it.
Motionhouse in Hidden
The two-act, full-length work impressed greatly at its premiere back in February but on the much larger Hippodrome stage it looked even better