★★★

Akram Khan’s powerful reflection on war and grief packs an emotional punch…if you can find a synopsis to read first.

★★★★

Pagrav Dance Company bring a joyful Kathak performance to The Place, London, with live music and bell-laden ankles.

★★★★

Pina Bausch’s interpretation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring is performed by an all-African cast for the first time. Performed alongside common ground[s] by Germaine Acogny.

★★★★

Abby Zbikowski stuns at Dance Umbrella Festival with Radioactive Practice. Performed by her company Abby Z and the New Utility, the work is danced in near silence and features bold, sports-inspired movement and heckling.

★★★★

Renowned choreographer Hofesh Shecter brings his latest show, the uncanny Theatre of Dreams, comes to Sadler’s Wells. It’s is bold, brash and maximalist with curtains darting about and causing chaos (no really).

★★ to ★★★

National Dance Company of Wales tour to The Place, London for Frontiers, a double bill featuring Skinners by Melanie Lane and August by outgoing Artistic Director Matthew William Robinson. Although the ideas are intriguing on paper, they often struggle to translate to the stage.

★★ to ★★★★

The National Ballet of Canada return to London after over a decade with a mixed programme of varying results. While James Kudelka and Emma Portner’s pieces struggled at times, Crystal Pite’s Angels’ Atlas was an impressive finale.

★★★★

Another bucket list ballet. This time our author finally gets to see Akram Khan’s version of Giselle performed by English National Ballet. Was ‘Giselle with sticks’ worth the wait?

★★★★

Dollie Henry’s Jazz dance company bring a joyful party to The Place, London, with a mixed programme that included an ode to Miles Davis.

★★★★

Qudus Onikeku's Nigerian dance company thrive in this one-act, colourful, African dance piece about life, death and rebirth. Performed at the Southbank Centre, London.

★★★

After a 28-year hiatus, London City Ballet have reformed. Their inaugural London performance at Sadler’s Wells was a promising start, with short works by Kenneth MacMillan, Ashley Page, Christopher Marney and Arielle Smith.

★★★

The State Ballet of Georgia perform in London for the first time in the company’s 175-year history. Their performance of Swan Lake (starring Nino Samadashvili as Odette/Odile and Oleg Linhai as Siegfried) was a tad hit and miss but featured the greatest Spanish Dance I’ve ever seen #RubberForSpines!

★★★★★

Our author travels to Rome to watch Royal Ballet stars Vadim Muntagirov and Fumi Kaneko perform Swan Lake with Opera Roma. It’s a highly emotive production by Benjamin Pech containing fantastic storytelling at its heart. A new favourite Swanny has been crowned.

★★★★

After waiting at least five years, our author ticks off a bucket-list Swan Lake with English National Ballet’s 360 version by Derek Deane performed at the Royal Albert Hall. It starred Ivana Bueno and Franceso Gabriele Frola.

★★★★

Jill Johnson’s latest work for contemporary dance company Rambert meditates on remembrance and community in the intimate setting of Stone Nest, London.