T.H.E Dance Company and Searching Blue (寻蓝): Drawing the Boundary
Kuik Swee Boon’s work “explores community and the possibility of oneness. Before inviting anyone into a shared experience, it draws a boundary.”
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Ballet Black at The Grange Festival
Ballet Black brought its 25th anniversary double-bill to the very English summer setting, plus a short appearance from M22 Collective.
Siobhan Davies Studios: Living Image: Chapter 1
The first of four chapters over which a total of twenty artists will spend five days with Siobhan Davies’ 1977 work Sphinx, and craft their own responses
London Children’s Ballet: Anne of Green Gables
At the centre was Amelie French as Anne Shirley. Hers was a performance of remarkable grace, warmth and dramatic presence… She understood how to make movement speak
Still Pointless. BalletBoyz at 25
Still Pointless emphasises the ensemble. The one exception to that is exceptional and turns out to be the highlight of the show. Christopher Wheeldon’s Us…
Next Generation Festival 2026: English National Ballet School & John Cranko School
The highlight of the evening was All Long Dem Day from Marco Goecke by students from the Cranko School… The dancers were magnificent giving their all in a fully professional showing.
Next Generation Festival: Just Us Dance Theatre Apprenticeship Company
The five performers showed strong technical ability, energy and stage presence. They filled the Linbury with ease, not through scale of numbers or theatrical effects, but through concentration and sheer enjoyment in performance.
The sincerity of excess: Hideki Noda’s −320°F
The production’s apparent excess is never random. As the evening progresses, bodies begin to carry more and more of the meaning
Stephanie Lake’s Colossus: A Living Choreography
An exploration of the relationship between the individual and the collective… Each dancer remained distinct while being continuously reorganised within a larger, shifting whole.
Flamenco Festival 2026: Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía in Tierra Bendita
David Chupute provided one of the highlights of the evening. In his hands, castanets became a whole orchestra section in themselves.
English National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
This Sleeping Beauty is not flawless. But the production’s strengths are considerable: the splendour of its costumes, the sweep of the music, the scale of the occasion, and above all Emma Hawes’ luminous Aurora.