A season-opening celebration from Dutch National Ballet
A potpourri of dance items from well-worn classics to world premieres
Europe
The tragic beauty of Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven with Stockholm 59° North
The heartbreak of love and loss are played out in punishing physicality
Hamburg Ballet ends the season with a bang with the Nijinsky Gala XLIII
With guests from Vienna State Ballet and the National Ballet of China
Stars of the future shine brightly: the John Cranko School at the Stuttgart Opera House
It was easy to forget the dancers were students
New Moves from Dutch National Ballet
A splendid way of getting dancers to discover new, and hone existing, talents
Russell Maliphant’s Conceal Reveal in Stuttgart
An evening of light and shadow, subtlety, and fine dance that grabs you and doesn’t let go
A strange community and an experience full on: Alexander Ekman’s Rooms
A weird gated community of characters where each solo, duet or trio occupies a bijou pad
Dresden Semperoper Ballett capture the persuasive power of Kylian’s Forgotten Land
Expectancy, fraught with hopes and fears
Krzysztof Pastor’s new Swan Lake for Polish National Ballet is a tour de force
The rewritten story is both radical and traditional in an intriguing new mix.
Ballett Zürich’s Quintett: Godani, Van Manen, Forsythe
A well-balanced triple bill of contemporary ballet