UK Dance Calendar

Browse all dance happening across London and the UK, all in one place.

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Gala de Danza
Jun
25
to 26 Jun

Gala de Danza

  • Arts, music and dance festival

  • Feature dancers: Cesar Corrales, Francesca Hayward, Melissa Hamilton (Royal Ballet), Andres Zuniga, Emma Von Enck (New York City Ballet), Jinhao Zhang (Bayerisches Staatsballett), Shale Wagman (Paris Opera Ballet). Vsevolod Maievskyi (English National Ballet), Braylon Browner (So You Think You Can Dance) and rising stars from Youth America Grand Prix and Trinity Laban.

  • Programme includes:

    • World premiere from choreographer Emma Evelein (performed by Rambert)

    • New work by Jade Hale-Christofi (performed by Jinhao Zhang

    • Uk Professional Latin Champions Anton Sboev and Patrizia Ranis

    • Murmuration by Sadeck Berrabah

  • Plus musical performances and art installations

  • Festival has been running since 2013 in Mexico, having been founded by Christina Lyon. This is its first London show.

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Ballet Nights
Jul
4

Ballet Nights

  • Multi-performance dance show

  • Scottish premiere

  • Highlights include:

    • I Married Myself, Christopher Wheeldon. Performed by Constance Devernay-Laurence (piece originally created for TV show Étoile

    • Death of The Bachelors, BLACBRIK

    • Czárdás, Steven McRae

    • SPLICE, Ekleido

    • Excerpts from Kenneth MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations

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Momentum, London City Ballet
Jul
12
to 22 Nov

Momentum, London City Ballet

On tour, open event for dates

  • Ballet

  • Mixed programme

    • Haieff Divertimento, George Balanchine

    • ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’, Alexei Ratmansky

    • Consolations & Liebestraum, Liam Scarlett

    • New works by Florent Melac and Tasha Chu [select venues]

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BRB2: Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration
May
6
to 17 May

BRB2: Carlos Acosta's Ballet Celebration

On tour, see event for dates

  • Birmingham Royal Ballet’s junior company

  • Mixed programme of classical ballet works originating from Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes.

  • Repertory includes: The Firebird, Le Spectre de la rose, Les Sylphides, Les Biches and Scheherazade.

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Balanchine: Three Signature Works, The Royal Ballet
Mar
28
to 8 Apr

Balanchine: Three Signature Works, The Royal Ballet

  • Classical ballet mixed programme

    • Serenade (non-narrative)

    • Prodigal Son (narrative work based on the biblical tale)

    • Symphony in C (non-narrative)

  • Three works by George Balanchine, the influential early 20th-century choreographer who is considered the father of American ballet.

  • Part of Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels.

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Shadows, Ballet Black
Mar
13
to 21 May

Shadows, Ballet Black

On tour: various locations

  • Modern ballet

  • Two shows

    • Premiere of Cassa Pancho’s adaptation of My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

    • A new work by award-winning choreographer Chanel DaSilva, making her British choreographic debut.

  • Ages 12+

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Osipova / Linbury
Mar
6
to 10 Mar

Osipova / Linbury

  • Renowned Russian ballerina, and Royal Ballet Principal dancer, Natalia Osipova, performs a series of solos

  • Contemporary dance and ballet

  • Programme:

    • Errand into the Maze, Martha Graham

    • Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, Frederick Ashton

    • The Exhibition, Jo Strømgren (world premiere)

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