Flamenco Festival 2026: Compañía de Danza Jesús Carmona in UnYdos
An excellent evening of dance and music, solidly respectful of flamenco traditions and impressively slick in presentation.
Reviews
A Life in Four Seasons: the clearest thing is growing old
The strongest section comes late in the evening. Winter introduces older performers, and suddenly the theme of time gains substance
The Royal Ballet: So Are We by Léon-Lightfoot
The Royal Ballet dancers looked terrific in both ballets, Salle de Danse in particular a super vehicle for their wonderful physicality.
This is Rambert
The three works do not provide much contrast and nothing seemed to speak to the age. The programme seemed empty and superficial.
A new generation takes on Stephanie Lake’s Colossus
Stephanie Lake’s Colossus comes to London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall at the end of the month. Zoë Hewitt talks to rehearsal director and original cast member Nicole Muscat, and learns how the London Contemporary Dance School’s graduating dancers are shaping the ever-changing work. Fifty dancers. No exits. Fifty-five minutes of breath, pressure, collision risk and collective … Read more
A dash of summer sun: The Royal Ballet’s La Fille mal gardée
Making her debut as Lise, Mayara Magri was technically flawless. Her dancing was a thing of beauty, her partnership with Leo Dixon wonderfully assured
The Ruggeds and Ghetto Funk Collective: Groove
A high-energy fusion of hip-hop, breaking, street dance and live funk music… a lively, skilful and exhilarating evening.
Onyx Productions: 360 ALLSTARS
a hugely entertaining, high-energy hour of physical performance that sits somewhere between street culture, contemporary circus and dance.
Travellers and particles: Voyage and Hakkō by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company
Two works with very different forms of propulsion that remind how thrilling modern dance can be when rhythm takes hold of the body and refuses to let go
National Youth Dance Company: Memory Keepers
A wonderfully inventive piece of dance theatre, and one of the most creatively choreographed works I have seen in a long time
Dada Masilo’s Hamlet
While interesting, and despite one striking solo for Ophelia, this is a Hamlet that only very occasionally gets close to the depth of the original