Sensual, penetrating, emotional: Jose Agudo’s Carmen
A knockout. The tempestuous dance, coming straight from the heart, makes the blood and sweat tangible.
Exploring the possibilities: dance and new technologies
The European Dance Hackathon: about thinking about the dance of tomorrow; to imagine the future of dance by combining it with new technologies
McNicol Ballet Collective presents Awakenings
The new Awakenings programme features four works by McNicol himself, all inspired by music, among them a brand-new, reimagined version of Firebird.
Sharon Eyal live at Selfridges with Family and Love Chapter 2
Torsos ripple like waves and arms stretch with sinew-cracking intensity, the body language is guarded and the knot of tension…never fully releases
Dimitris Papaioannou’s Transverse Orientation
Scenes are variously dream-like, surreal, absurd and disturbing, but always beautiful and eye-catching
What is love? New Art Club consider the eternal question in Cupid’s Revenge
An original, beautifully judged, sometimes funny but sometimes deeply heartfelt show… It left me feeling quite warm inside.
A Shakespeare classic collides with modernity as Carlos Curates: R&J Reimagined
Birmingham Royal Ballet and Rosie Kay Dance Company. Indie rock and ballet. In Brum. And it was absolutely riveting.
Paper play: Club Origami
Takeshi Matsumoto’s interactive and immersive dance show for the under-5s and their grown-ups that puts the emphasis on creativity through play
Dance for young people: Children & their Grown-Ups Showcase
A look at the showcase that aimed to stimulate interest in dance shows for children and families, and to learn about, find and develop new work
An intimate delve into Soho’s underbelly: Matthew Bourne’s The Midnight Bell
The world of showbiz falls away and the dancers present the fragmented tales that lurk in Soho’s underbelly
Birmingham Royal Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
With Momoko Horata and César Morales. BRB did the ballet proud, dancing finely and making the spine tingle in all the right places.