1+ week, 2+ day ago  (312+ words) The Place, London May 30, 2026 Two works close this year's Festival of Korean Dance with very different forms of propulsion: one travels outward, the other pulls inward. Together, they made me remember how thrilling modern dance can be when rhythm takes…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (239+ words) The Place, London May 2, 2026 Following a sold-out UK premiere in 2025, Liam Francis Dance Company returned to The Place with Lyre Liar. A solo work performed by the choreographer-director, the piece traces his journey in dance, moving between performance and personal…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (580+ words) Sadler's Wells, London May 1, 2026 The evening opened with Where Is the Line? Created and performed by Emma Houston, it introduces a more conceptual and text-driven approach. The piece sits somewhere between dance and live performance, creating a structure that moves…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (387+ words) Rock to Heaven with Ballet of the Staatstheaters am G'rtnerplatz'Seeing Dance The evening was a tribute to rock music But with new music, commissioned from the German composer Leonhard Kuhn, because as Schreiner explained in an interview, he did not…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (407+ words) The Dance Section of the Critics" Circle has announced the nominations for the National Dance Awards for performances between January 1 and December 31, 2025. The short-list is drawn up from recommendations made by the members of the Dance Section, who this year…...

2+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (225+ words) The Royal Ballet at the Royal Ballet & Opera, London March 30, 2026 At first glance, Mayerling looks like a Seurat painting brought to life: glittering uniforms, sweeping dresses, formal dances, aristocratic surfaces, a world of ceremony holding its shape at a distance....

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (329+ words) Richmond Theatre, London March 20, 2026 The show is also compared by Ballet Nights founder Jamiel Deverney-Laurence who does an excellent job, speaking with humour and panache as he introduces each piece, although his approach might not be quite to everyone's taste....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (314+ words) Opera House, Zurich January 30, 2026 The evening started with William Forsythe's New Suite from 2012. It consists of eight pas de deux from three earlier pieces, which Forsythe reworked and put together like a poem in eight verses, each creating an atmosphere…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (738+ words) This February and March, Tea" Da'sa tour Michael Keegan-Dolan's M'M to nine venues across England and Scotland. David Mead catches up with the choreographer to talk about the work. Keegan-Dolan explains that the work's title is pronounced "ma'am' as in…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (666+ words) Cadogan Hall, London January 1, 2026 To begin the new year, Ballet Nights presented something a little different in the shape of a concert that mixed dance and music, the latter a little more to the fore. If there were any doubts…...