★★★

English National Ballet champions choreographic heavyweights alongside the new. Alas neither work truly sparkled.

★★★★

New York City Ballet’s star ballerina Tiler Peck brings her four-work show to Sadler’s Wells. It was the most joyful night of theatre I’ve been to in a long time, and one weak-link away from being my first five-star show in two years.

★★★★

Scottish Ballet’s latest narrative work is the closest I’ve come to giving five-stars in an age. Alas, creating a work around such a complex political narrative was always a big ask.

★★★★

The Royal Ballet’s revival of Giselle is as beautiful as ever.

★★★★

Michael Keegan-Dolan’s ode to Irish pub culture commences its first UK tour. As is the case with this unique choreographer, twists were never far away. Crisp anyone?

★★★

Glen Tetley’s 1960s work contained a brilliant trio of dancers but utterly bamboozling choreography.

★★★★

One of Pina Bausch’s final works makes its Sadler’s Wells debut. But would this soiree be cohesive or chaotic?

★★★★

Roberto Bolle’s inaugural London gala was a night to remember with a perfect mix of contemporary and classical works.

★★★

Holly Thomas explores how sound design can be used to make dance accessible for blind and visually impaired audiences. With so many great ideas, the core story gets a little lost.

★★★★

The Taiwanese dance company take to the stage for Dance Umbrella Festival 2025 with a mournful piece inspired by tragic historic events in their homeland.

★★★★

The Royal Ballet bring back Frederick Ashton’s signature, heritage work after nearly a decade. How will this twee countryside romcom fare through a 2020s lens?

★★★★

The Canadian hip-hop company bring their mirrored and mellow creation to London. But which perspective of this work was the true one?

★★★★

English National Ballet’s contemporary programme opens their 2025/26 Season with an exploration of the artform’s development over the past 70 years.

★★★★

Marc Brew and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui combine forces to bring the story of Brew’s lifechanging car accident to life.

★★★★

Michael Keegan-Dolan returns to London with his biographic monologue. Sounds serious? Don’t worry, the absurd is never far away.

★★

Slash Arts first Asian Dance Festival promised to showcase the best upcoming East Asian choreographers. While the ideas were interesting, few were able to convey deeper meaning to entrance and entertain.

★★★

The first London Gala de Danza was a great opportunity to see a range of dance and music in one night - unfortunately its programme needed some curating.

★★★

Jasmin Vardimon’s athletic and imaginative choreography takes on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Unfortunately, this coming of age story never worked out what it was trying to be.

★★★

After months of harping on about it, this author finally got to see Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre. While wonderfully orchestrated and designed, the actual choreography felt a little top level.

★★★★

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s junior company perform extracts from the influential repertoire of early 20th-century ballet troupe the Ballets Russes.