

Choreographer, artist and expert on ‘physical intelligence’ Wayne McGregor talks about Alchemies at Royal Ballet and Opera and his inspirational new book

This collection of works shows us what bodies can do — and what they can do together

The performances are dynamic, even if the vigorous choreography sometimes feels like a decorative add-on

The return of the Dance Reflections festival is a mixed bag — as it should be
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The Royal Ballet inhabits their heritage production like a well-loved home

Sadler’s Wells East has finally opened on the new East Bank: here is the story behind a long but fruitful journey

Acosta Danza gives this piece balletic finesse and contemporary heft, even if the choreography is patchy

Pina Bausch’s world of humans on the edge combines abundant silliness with spiky music - and lots of rain
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Marianela Nuñez brings feeling and passion to the role of Tatiana

This fun version delivers Quality Street levels of moreish pleasure
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This production turns 30 next year, and it still remains powerfully erotic and romantic

Ben Duke’s show was a smash in 2022 and returns with the same ace cast

This has one of the most glorious of all ballet scores: both magical and mysterious
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Khan’s first appearance on the London stage for four years rattles with expressive, arrowing vigour
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An empathetic reckoning with the end of the world leaves you clinging to dance and music
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This quartet of contemporary dances offers eccentric movement, bravura quartets and meditations on relationships, loneliness and destiny

This new show from Hofesh Shechter is closer to a nightmare than a dream – but it’s undeniably a banger

The venue makes an epic space for an epic story of British seafaring and the empire it enabled

There’s a cinematic drive and compulsion to this rethinking of a heritage ballet, and it holds its terrible silences magnificently

The company, which counted Princess Diana as a patron, has returned after almost 30 years

This production from the State Ballet of Georgia has its moments, but still – have we had too many Swan Lakes?