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Dance group Diversity take on ballet in South Bank Show Awards

26.01.10

Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity take on leading contemporary ballets at the last South Bank Show Awards... more

Talent spotting: the ones to watch in 2010

08.01.10

Who better to herald the stars of tomorrow than the stars of today? The biggest names in drama, food, poetry and design nominate their tips for the top for 2010... more

Three-fold surprise from the Royal Ballet

05.11.09

The dancers are very good but everyone seems bemused by the choreography in the Royal Ballet's latest mixed bill.... more

Tatsuo Miyajima is keeper of the light fantastic

03.11.09

Tatsuo Miyajima is bringing his vision to the Royal Ballet, he tells Ben Luke.... more

Diaghilev the great mischief-maker

16.10.09

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

Will Alice be weird in Wonderland?

19.08.09

The world's hottest choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, is to make a full-length ballet for Covent Garden out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland... more

Fashion's love affair with dance

28.07.09

At Sadler's Wells the outifts worn by the arty audience exude the essence of the modern dance they're coming to see: sexy, quirky and bold - whether it's an eBay bargain or all Vivienne Westwood... more

Wayne McGregor calls the tune

01.04.09

Wayne McGregor's directorial first at the Opera House is in some ways a low-risk debut, says Sarah Frater.... more

Arresting images in Dido and Aeneas

01.04.09

The pairing of Purcell's elegiac Dido and Aeneas and Handel's exuberant Acis and Galatea at the Royal Opera House works well, says Barry Millington. ... more

Ballet in the rough

14.11.08

Watching The Royal Ballet dance Wayne McGregor is like stroking a cat the wrong way, says Sarah Frater.... 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

Theatre

08.10.08

Big musicals may dominate the West End and box office receipts, but straight drama continues to thrive. These are the key people who make this city the global capital of theatre. ... more

25 events to raise your spirits this autumn

24.09.08

Something might be rotten in the City but in London’s arts world there’s plenty to be upbeat about. Here’s our pick of must-sees to brighten up longer nights... more

Wayne's world basks in sunshine for Ignite

15.09.08

You could hear Wayne McGregor and all those involved in Ignite at the Royal Opera House breathe a sigh of relief that the weather was good.... more

Mixed bag at Latitude

21.07.08

Latitude, this year proving itself as much an arts as a music festival, has doubled in size since its tentative beginning in 2006.... more

The joints are jumping

11.04.08

Entity looks like vintage film of an actual laboratory dog in a real experiment and you sense somewhere off-camera men in white coats tracking his speed, says Sarah Frater.... more

Acid house at the opera house?

01.04.08

Wayne McGregor plays mind games with his dance creations at Sadler's Wells and now he is at the heart of plans to pull the cool crowd into Covent Garden. ... more

Experience the digital age

26.02.08

A celebration of the digital age, the Jerwood Moving Image Awards sees the finalists share old-school approaches to the art of the short film.... more

Ballet, reduced and raw

19.02.08

This short ballet choreographed by Wayne McGregor paints with its absences to focus all attention on the dancers.... more

Grace and fervour

04.02.08

Arguably, this triple bill from the Royal Ballet is rather too successful at making ballet's case as an artistic heavy-hitter, says Sarah Frater.... more

Odd mixed bag makes this a borderline case

16.11.07

Galas can be good fun and even if they're not, knowing it's all for a Cause will usually win you over. But it was borderline at the Royal Opera House Gala, says Sarah Frater.... more

Dance that takes no prisoners

02.07.07

Even if you see a lot of dance, and even if you've seen it before, William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, Reproduced comes as a howling, dazzling surprise.... 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

Alina is a woman transformed

20.11.06

Alina Cojocaru is a very special ballerina, but many feared she has been hampered by her restraint and delicacy. She answers her doubters in the Royal Ballet's Triple Bill, says Sarah Frater.... more

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