A journey in time along the Silk Road: Jade Dance Theatre’s Crescent Spring
The sights and mysteries of the Silk Road alongside striking contemporary fashions and music
Reviews
Ballet Cymru meets Roald Dahl in Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs
Amusing moments but underpowered
Goecke and Clug’s contemporary takes on Stravinsky classics Petrushka and Sacre
Clug’s Sacre takes us back to a primeval world and a bleak landscape
National Ballet of China in The Peony Pavilion
Earth and heaven are united as peony petals rain from the sky. Beautiful
Hard-hitting contemporary themes dominate Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Swan Lake (Loch na hEala)
Poetry, beauty, mystery and folklore; political and moral corruption, religious superstition and abuse
Sir Peter Wright’s Birmingham Nutcracker serves up a festive treat
Even the Stahlbaum’s bedecked living room got a round of applause as the curtain first rose.
Hong Kong Ballet and West Kowloon Cultural District collaborate on Choreographer & Composer Lab
A platform to open dialogue between the worlds of dance and music.
Energy and colour from Cloud Gate 2
Beckoning is a dance that’s colourful in just about every possible way
A magnificent theatrical evening: Akram Khan’s Giselle
It delivers on every level, as do the company who fully engaged both physically and emotionally
What is happiness? Umanoove/Didy Veldman’s The Happiness Project
Packed with fabulous and absorbing dance as Veldman and her outstanding cast explore ideas of happiness
The Royal Swedish Ballet recreate Bournonville’s Ponte Molle
Bournonville returns to his beloved Italy for a light-hearted love story and, naturally, an excuse to dance.