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    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Review
      Vaison Danses celebrates the evergreen Carolyn Carlson

      The choreographer, 79, made a playful appearance at this summer festival

    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      Review
      Tutus and tears as Paris Opera Ballet rounds off turbulent season with major departures

      Giselle required an understudy to step up, while A Midsummer Night’s Dream lacked purpose

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      Review
      Sadler’s Wells Flamenco Festival — ancient traditions refashioned

      Manuel Liñán’s troupe appropriated female costumery while María del Mar Moreno’s stripped-down staging put the focus firmly on sublime dance and song

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      Review
      The Crucible, Sadler’s Wells — witch-hunt ballet casts a powerful spell

      Performed by Scottish Ballet at Sadler’s Wells, Helen Pickett’s work brings Arthur Miller’s play to the dance stage

    • Wednesday, 8 June, 2022
      Review
      Fun turns to darkness in Kyle Abraham’s An Untitled Love

      The choreographer’s latest work, performed at the Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, mimics the ebb and flow of conversation

    • Monday, 6 June, 2022
      Review
      Dance review: Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate — magical-realism brought to life

      The choreographer’s new adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s novel features gorgeous stage images

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      Interview
      Matthew Bourne: ‘We tell stories. It’s what we’re best at’

      The British choreographer is reviving ‘The Car Man’ for the Royal Albert Hall’s 150th anniversary, and it’s bigger than ever

    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Review
      Kyle Abraham’s Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth — dance marries Mozart and mourning

      The choreographer’s AIM company gave the stylistically varied work its UK premiere at Sadler’s Wells

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      Review
      Natalia Osipova mesmerises in a confused Carmen — review

      The Russian star’s extraordinary gifts are squandered in Didy Veldman’s staging at Queen Elizabeth Hall

    • Saturday, 21 May, 2022
      Review
      National Ballet of Marseille celebrates its 50th year with a Paris programme

      A mixed bill at Théâtre de la Ville illustrated the company’s journey into contemporary dance

    • Monday, 9 May, 2022
      Review
      Witty, absurdist, exasperating — Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion at Sadler’s Wells

      The duo perform a double bill, plus twinned pieces from House of Absolute and Matsena Productions

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Review
      Frederick Ashton triple bill — Royal Ballet’s well-chosen menu ends with a flambé

      Vadim Muntagirov and Marianela Núñez reassert the choreographer’s genius in a sparkling programme

    • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
      Mayerling remade — how a classic ballet gained a new lease of life

      Scottish Ballet’s ‘Scandal at Mayerling’ is a slimmed-down but no less exciting version of Kenneth MacMillan’s original

    • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
      Review
      Zurich Ballet relishes Crystal Pite’s gift for collective emotion

      As well as the choreographer’s Angels’ Atlas, the programme included Marco Goecke’s Almost Blue

    • Monday, 11 April, 2022
      Review
      Kipling gets eco-makeover in Akram Khan’s Jungle Book Reimagined

      His adaptation struggles with drab costumes and a flat narrative. Plus: an immersive VR show at the Barbican

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Review
      English National Ballet’s William Forsythe evening — a tireless flow of bravura steps

      A programme of the choreographer’s recent work left the audience tipsy with delight at Sadler’s Wells

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      Review
      Ballet Black and BalletBoyz — small companies making a big impact

      The two ensembles perform double bills of new material on their UK tours

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      Review
      Royal Ballet’s 21st-century triple bill is a mixed bag

      Programme at London’s Royal Opera House included a world premiere by Kyle Abraham

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      Review
      Dance Reflections — important works excitingly revived

      The London festival aims to recover late-20th-century pieces, such as Trisha Brown’s ‘Set and Reset’

    • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
      Dance Reflections — mesmerising moves of a performance pioneer

      Loïe Fuller’s shows wowed 1890s-1900s audiences — and have inspired a new series at London’s Royal Opera House

    • Monday, 7 March, 2022
      Review
      An emotional evening at the Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake

      Fumi Kaneko danced her first Odette/Odile alongside Federico Bonelli, who is leaving the company after 19 years

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      Obituary
      Clement Crisp — FT dance critic of 60 years who wrote with eloquence and wit

      His prose could be scorching, but his love of dance was limitless and his knowledge astounding

    • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
      Review
      Carlos Acosta’s Birmingham Royal Ballet stages his new-look Don Quixote

      Mathias Dingman, Marianela Núñez and Vadim Muntagirov are among the star dancers in this sunny and attractive production at the Hippodrome

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Review
      Zeleidy Crespo steals the show in Carlos Acosta’s 100% Cuban

      The troupe’s training is showcased at Sadler’s Wells despite a frustratingly uneven programme

    • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
      Review
      Tamara Rojo’s Raymonda — a bold updating

      The English National Ballet’s departing artistic director brings a Crusader story into the 19th century

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