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

Onegin - The Royal Ballet
Ballet
Narrative
Choreographed by John Cranko
Based on the novel Eugene Onegin by Pushkin.

Giovanni - The Last Dance UK Tour
On tour: various locations
(Ex) Stricty Come Dancing professional tour
Latin and Ballroom dance

NOW, Jasmin Vardimon
On tour: various locations
Contemporary dance
25th Anniversary of the company

Paradise Lost (lies unopened beside me), Lost Dog
On tour: various locations
Contemporary dance theatre
Choreographed by Ben Duke
Age guidance: 13+

Swan Lake, New Adventures
On tour: various locations
Contemporary dance
Choreographed by Matthew Bourne
Has a plot
LGBTQ+ themes

Cinderella, Birmingham Royal Ballet
On tour: various locations
Classical Ballet
Fairytale story
For the whole family

Snow White and Rose Red, Let's All Dance Ballet Company
On tour: various locations
Ballet
Has a story
For young families

Mariposa, DeNada Dance Theatre
On tour: various locations
Choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra
Contemporary dance
A retelling of opera Madama Butterfly
LGBTQ+ themes

Hansel and Gretel, Northern Ballet
On tour: various locations
Ballet
Has a story
For young families

Light of Passage - The Royal Ballet
Contemporary dance
By renowned, Canadian choreography Crystal Pite
“grapples with themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality.”
Set to Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

Early Weaves by Ascension Dance
Tour, various locations
For children
“Willow and Weave … embark on a journey of connection and companionship and explore the possibilities of fabulously flexible willow.”
Black-led contemporary dance company

Dragons, Eun-me Ahn Dance Company
On tour: various locations
South Korean choreographer
“a joyful mix of dance, music, holograms and spectacular costumes that brings together modern and traditional dance styles from across Asia.”

Speakeasy, Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez
On tour: various locations
Stricty Come Dancing professional tour
Latin and Ballroom dance

Anton du Beke at the Musicals
On tour: various locations
Stricty Come Dancing professional tour
Latin and Ballroom dance

Romeo and Juliet - The Royal Ballet
Classical ballet
Shakespeare’s ultimate romantic tragedy told through dance
Great for dance newbies
Choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan
Has a narrative

Inside Giovanni’s Room, Phoenix Dance Theatre
On tour: various locations
Contemporary dance
Narrative work
Inspired by Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Choreographed by Marcus Jarrell Willis
Ages 10+ (Contains themes of a sexual nature and depictions of violence)

Midnight Dancer, Nikita Kuzmin
On tour: various locations
Stricty Come Dancing professional tour
Latin and Ballroom dance

Reborn, Carlos Gu and Amy Dowden
On tour: various locations
Stricty Come Dancing professional tour
Latin and Ballroom dance

Working Title & In the Fall, Trisha Brown Company
Two contemporary dance pieces
Programme:
Working Title, Trisha Brown
In the Fall, Noé Soulier
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Sakinan Göze Çöp Batar, Christian Rizzo
Title translates to “An over-protected eye always gets sand in it”.
Contemporary dance solo
French choreographer
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

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+

Hagay Dreaming, Shu Lea Cheang and Dondon Hounwn
Contemporary dance
“Through dance, movement, instrumentals, ritual and chant, Hagay Dreaming recounts a story based on an ancient legend connected to the Truku indigenous culture of Taiwan.”
Taiwanese-American choreographer
Part of Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels

Jane Eyre, Northern Ballet
On tour: various locations
Ballet
Narrative ballet based on the novel by Charlotte Brontë
Nominated for the South Bank Sky Arts Dance Award 2017
Choreographed by Cathy Marston

Age of Content, (LA)HORDE / Ballet national de Marseille
“Twerking, hip-centric jazz, vogueing, and postmodern dance”.
Commentary on the internet age.
Part of Van Cleef & Arpel’s Dance Reflections Festival.

Giselle…, François Gremaud
Contemporary dance
Solo retelling of the ballet Giselle
Accompanied by live music
Part of Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels.

g r oo v e, Soa Ratsifandrihana
A dance solo taking inspiration from various artforms including the Madigascan dance Afindrafindrao and popping.
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Cunningham Forever, Lyon Opera Ballet
Two contemporary dance pieces by 20th century modern dance legend Merce Cunningham
Programme:
BIPED: “references that humans are two footed creatures. The choreography focusses on movement restricted to motion supported by the feet.”
Beach Birds: “In Cunningham’s words Beach Birds “is all based on individual physical phrasing. The dancers don’t have to be exactly together. They can dance like a flock of birds, when they suddenly take off.””
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Close Up, Noé Soulier
Contemporary dance mixed with video technology
French choreographer
Accompanied by a live performance of Bach’s The Art of Fugue
Part of Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels.

We wear our wheels with pride, Robyn Orlin
Contemporary African dance
“an homage to the rickshaw drivers of South Africa’s past.”
Performed by “Moving into Dance Mophatong (MIDM), a company nourished by Zulu traditions and a flagship for contemporary dance in South Africa.”
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Join, Ioannis Mandafounis /Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company
A contemporary dance piece reinterpreted every time its performed.
This time Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company join forces with Rambert Dance School students.
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Neither Drums no Trumpets, Pam Tanowitz
Postmodern dance performed in an unusual space
Award-winning American choreographer
An exploration of rituals
Part of Dance Reflections Festival by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Outsider, Rachid Ouramdane & Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève
Contemporary dance
“Dancers and athletes move effortlessly between a criss-crossing web of high wires and slack lines”
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Self / Unnamed, Georges Labbat
“A duet for two bodies: Georges Labbat and his translucent, rigid and plastic alter-ego, fashioned in resin.”
Contemporary dance
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

Tales of Apollo & Hercules, New English Ballet Theatre
Ballet
Choreographed by Royal Ballet First Soloist Valentino Zucchetti
Part of London Handel Festival
Narrative

CROW / Pigeons, Julie Cunningham & Company / Jules Cunningham
Two contemporary dance works exploring marginalised people:
CROW: “Jules and collaborators explore a more spacious world of responsive ritual, symbolism and connected solitude, qualities associated with the crow.”
Pigeons: “Working with pigeon groupings and behaviour, the dancers explore ways of being alone and together, disruption and distraction.”
Part of Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections Festival

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.

Ballet Icons Gala
Classical and contemporary ballet
Annual gala event featuring short dance works and extracts from ballets
An opportunity to see ballet stars from around the world in one place

In the Bushes, Léa Tirabasso
Contemporary dance
French choreographer
“Explores ideas around Evolution Theory and the preposterous notion of human exceptionalism.”
A talk with the choreographer on 7 March

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)

Twice-Born, Scottish Ballet
Contemporary dance
Two works:
Schachmatt (Checkmate!) by Cayetano Soto: inspired by Joan Rivers, Pedro Almodóvar, and Bob Fosse. Dancers perform on a giant chessboard to retro pop.
Twice-Born by Dickson Mbi: a blend of hip-hop and contemporary dance “tell of another world where matriarchal figures are sacrificed and reborn.”

She's Auspicious, Mythili Prakash
Indian-American Choreographer
Bharatanatyam - Classical Indian dance style
“Alongside an all-female cast, Mythili Prakash explores the relationship between “femininity” and “purity”.”

Deepstaria, Company Wayne McGregor
Contemporary dance
Created by celebrated British contemporary choreographer Sir Wayne McGregor.
“conjures a highly sensory, meditative pure dance and acoustic experience which reflects on our profound relationship with the void and our own mortality.”

Untitled, Emilyn Claid
Contemporary Dance
“Combining movement and theatre, staged choreography, and playful, improvised interactions, emilyn faces queering and ageing with dark humour, undercut with moments of pathos.”
LGBTQ+ themes

Birdboy, Emma Martin / United Fall
Irish Choreographer
Contemporary dance
“A trip into the chaotic and vivid inner world of someone who doesn’t fit in.”
A solo work, performed by Kévin Coquelard.

Ashton Classic, Birmingham Royal Ballet
Ballet
A mixed programme of works by 20th century choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.
Includes excerpts from: The Sleeping Beauty, La Fille mal gardée, Rhapsody and Sylvia.

Folclor, Acosta Danza
Contemporary dance infused with Latin and African dance styles.
Three works:
Paysage, Soudain, La Nuit by Pontus Lindberg
Soledad by Rafael Bonachela
Hybrid by Norge Cedeño and Thais Suárez
Presented by Carlos Acosta’s dance company, Acosta Danza

Vollmond, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch+ Terrain Boris Charmatz
Contemporary dance
Choreographed by legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch
“This series of extended solos moves between the cruelty and sadness which torment the dancers and lovers on stage.”

∞ {Infinite} Unplugged, Humanhood
On tour: various locations
Contemporary dance
Choreographed by Julia Robert and Rudi Cole
“Dance Theatre Meditation”

Beings, Wang yeu-Kwn / Shimmering Production
Contemporary dance
Taiwanese choreographer
“Two intimately connected dancers perform on a four-by-four metre piece of rice paper.”
Nominated for the Bloom Dance Prize

Encantado, Lia Rodrigues
Contemporary dance
Nominated for the Rose International Dance Prize
“uses over 140 vibrant blankets to clothe the ensemble of dancers and features indigenous Brazilian music to present another possible vision of the world”

Phaedra + Minotaur, The Royal Ballet and The Royal Opera
Narrative
Based on greek myth
One work is a ballet, the other is an opera

Our Mighty Groove, Vicki Igbokwe-Ozoaugu
A “blend of club styles – house, waacking and vogue – fused with African and contemporary dance”
The first show to be shown at the new dance theatre, Sadler’s Wells East

PITMAN, Eliot Smith Dance
On tour — various venues
Contemporary Dance
About the Ashington Group (or Pitman Painters) — miners who created celebrated works of art depicting their daily lives, despite no formal training.

Larsen C, Christos Papadopoulos
Contemporary dance
Nominated for the Rose International Prize for Dance

Bradley, Flowers, Smithereens - London Contemporary Dance School
Contemporary dance
Performed by final year students
A mixed bill of works by Maxine Doyle, Yuval Pick and Lea Anderson.
Explores themes of identity, connection, belonging, and fragmentation.

Maldonne, Leïla Ka
Contemporary dance
French Choreographer
“Explores the fragilities, rebellion and multiple identities that co-exist within femininity.”
Nominated for the Bloom Dance Prize

Carcaça, Marco da Silva Ferreira
Contemporary dance
Nominated for the Rose International Prize for Dance

Resolution Festival
A different programme of three new short works each night
Contemporary Dance
New choreographers on the scene
For the dance curious

The Nutcracker, Scottish Ballet
On tour: various locations
Choreographed by Christopher Hampson after Peter Darrell
Classical ballet
Has a plot
Suitable for children