★★★★

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.

★★★

Contemporary dance company Rambert perform three works by French collective (La)Horde exploring hedonism, sex-positivity and protest. Unfortunately, it left me feeling rather empty.

★★★★

English National Ballet continue their collaboration with choreographer William Forsythe with a mixed programme of mixed results. The dancing was stupendous, alas some questionable music choices made it hard to engage.

★★★★

The latest dance theatre work from Northern Rascals meditates on the loneliness epidemic in young men to great effect.

★★★★

Soa Ratsifandrihana brings her entrancing solo work, which takes inspiration from Madagascar’s Afindrafindrao, to the Lilian Baylis Studio. Part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.

★★★★

Lyon Opera Ballet present two works by influential 20th-century choreographer Merce Cunningham: Beach Birds and BIPED. Part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.

★★★★

The annual one-night-only showcase of international ballet stars returns to the London Coliseum. Although a better mix of contemporary dance this year, the standout was easily a jaw-dropping rendition of Le Corsaire.

★★★

Scottish Ballet present two contrasting contemporary works in London, unfortunately linked by their lack of strong narrative.