UK Dance Calendar

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

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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Cunningham Forever, Lyon Opera Ballet
Mar
19
to 20 Mar

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

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We wear our wheels with pride, Robyn Orlin
Mar
21
to 22 Mar

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

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CROW / Pigeons, Julie Cunningham & Company / Jules Cunningham
Mar
27
to 28 Mar

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

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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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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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Twice-Born, Scottish Ballet
Mar
6
to 8 Mar

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.”

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