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Carlos Acosta Premieres Plus, Coliseum - review

28.07.11
Although only 90 minutes long, Carlos Acosta dances almost non stop, meaning there are awkward transitions while he exits to change costume or simply catch breath... more

The Balletboyz are back - and as compelling as ever

30.03.11
The former Royal Ballet dancers have reinvented themselves yet again with a new show and a new company, most of which is excellent... more

Ballet Boyz: the next generation - meet The Talent

25.01.11
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt have brought together the hottest young male dancers in the country for their new troupe, The Talent. Sarah Frater sits in on rehearsals... more

The A to Z guide to London's dance scene

14.12.10
From Strictly Come Dancing to the Royal Ballet at the O2, today’s performers and choreographers are finding a whole new audience. Our critic Sarah Frater guides you through London’s booming scene... more

Fading, flowing and growing in Afterlight

29.09.10
Afterlight begins with a lone dancer on stage partially obscured by pockets of shadow... more

Carlos Acosta is wasting his talent

02.08.10
Let’s just call a spade a spade and admit that Carlos Acosta's Premieres is a misguided hotchpotch that does him no favours... more

Diaghilev the great mischief-maker

16.10.09
Serge Diaghilev’s arrival in Paris 100 years ago forever changed classical dance... more

Adam Cooper is the dancing king

07.07.09
With 24 dancers, big production numbers and bigger frocks, Adam Cooper has created and stars in his most ambitious show yet.... more

Russell Maliphant's still top of his class

08.04.09
Of all the good things to say about Russell Maliphant, perhaps the least expected is what a classy dancer he still is.... more

Intrigue overload in Eonnagata

03.03.09
Lepage and Maliphant have so many strands going that they have the parallel problem of not knowing what to do with them in Eonnagata.... more

Bausch lights the candles for Sadler's Wells

04.11.08
Sadler's Wells has put on a gala for its 10th birthday, and the one-off result was an impressive reminder of all it has achieved.... more

Boyz are getting older

08.05.08
Michael Nunn and William Trevitt still have charisma, but the gallop of time means The Ballet Boyz are not as nimble as they were.... more

When jigs and reels collide on stage

04.10.07
This newly commissioned show which opened the Dance Umbrella festival is a sandbox of conceptual light and motion.... more

Sadler's Wells to expand into the West End

01.05.07
Dance stars Sylvie Guillem and Carlos Acosta and two companies not seen in London in decades are to star in a new international dance season in the West End.... more

Mud in the eye for the doubters

18.04.07
Sylvie Guillem's duet with Akram Khan is both a fist-shake and serenade of their respected art forms - his pounding, muscular Kathak, her impossibly beautiful ballet lines.... more

Sylvie superb in a tale of love and loss

21.03.07
Starting still and sharp, Sylvie Guillem builds into a windmill of speed and light, her fingers like fireflies, her body refracted like Cubist art, as Push returns to Sadler's Wells.... more

The cultural highlights of 2006

29.12.06
From the triumph of Frost/Nixon to pop divas demanding equal opportunities, and a West End song and dance, our critics reflect on 2006.... more


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