Review: Legacy – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London
Jonathan Gray sees sees Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s second programme, honouring Ailey’s legacy with grace, truth, nobility and a seriousness of purpose.
Sadler’s Wells
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Review: New Works – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in London
Graham Watts sees the first programme from the “world’s elite dance phenomenon”, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on tour in London.
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Review: Matthew Bourne’s The Car Man – as good as it gets
Graham Watts sees the return of The Car Man to London – great ensemble choreography; tremendous individual performances; fantastic sets, and never a dull moment!
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Review: Tierra Bendita with the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía at Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray sees the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía – an attractive but ultimately disappointing climax to the Flamenco Festival London 2026.
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Review: Rocío Molina’s Calentamiento – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray sees “idiosyncratic and hugely talented” Rocío Molina in Calentamiento, bringing something new and entirely individual to the world of Flamenco.
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Review: Gala Flamenca, the most anticipated event of Flamenco Festival London
Jonathan Gray sees the Gala Flamenca in London and is reminded, once again, just how utterly thrilling an art form Flamenco can be.
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Review: Compañía Rafaela Carrasco in CREAVIVA – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray feels that the Compañía Rafaela Carrasco’s CREAVIVA was an anticlimax after the excitement of the opening night of Flamenco Festival London.
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Review: Compañía de Danza Jesús Carmona in UnYdos – Flamenco Festival London 2026
Jonathan Gray sees Jesús Carmona and company in UnYdos, which gives everything you could ever want from a Flamenco show – dance and music at its very best.
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Review: Gentleman Jack with Northern Ballet – Love, lust and the life of Anne Lister
Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel sees Gentleman Jack – effective in its storytelling capacity and sits well with the company.
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Review: BalletBoyz’s 25th anniversary show, Still Pointless – lacking evolution
Lily Hyde sees BalleyBoyz’s ‘Still Pointless’ programme, admiring the company’s ten accomplished dancers, but finds some works… pointless?
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Review: The Trocks in London with Olga Supphozova taking her final bows
Jonathan Gray has been admiring Robert Carter’s dancing for over 30 years, now on his last tour with The Trocks, who were “a delight from start to finish”.
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(A few) International Dance Day events – 29 April 2026
Emails about many initiatives have arrived in gramilano’s inbox over the last few days for International Dance Day – 29 April 2026. Here is a selection.
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Review: Carlos Acosta’s Don Quixote with Birmingham Royal Ballet – a frothy delight
Lily Hyde sees BRB’s Don Quixote and is impressed by the lead dancers, the orchestrations, and the design, though disappointed by the corps de ballet.
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Review: Company of Elders – over-60s present a double bill with charisma, poignancy and comedy
Graham Watts sees the Company of Elders at Sadler’s Wells’ Elixir Festival, which champions performance by dancers of a certain age.
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Review: Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78, Pina Bausch through the eyes of Meryl Tankard
Lily Hyde sees a reworked version of Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof with original cast members from 1978 – mired in the old, the show presents something remarkably new.
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Review: Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company in Solera – Spanish music and dance of the highest calibre
Jonathan Gray sees the Paco Peña Flamenco Dance Company, a performance that ends with you wanting more from this wonderful array of artists.
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Review: English National Ballet’s double bill Body and Soul – commentaries on the state of the contemporary world
Jonathan Gray sees English National Ballet in a new double bill, Body and Soul, which the company dances to perfection.
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Review: Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends – an assembly of fabulous artists
Jonathan Gray sees Tiler Peck’s Turn It Out – to see such a diverse array of dancing talent in one evening was wonderful.
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Hofesh Shechter is awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture
The Hofesh Shechter Company has announced that choreographer and composer Hofesh Shechter OBE has been appointed to the rank of Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
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English National Ballet announces its 2026-2027 season – A Season to ‘Feel More’
English National Ballet’s 2026-2027 season “opens up the possibilities of ballet, offering more ways to discover, feel and engage with ballet, on stage and beyond”.
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Review: Akram Khan’s Giselle with English National Ballet – a triumph and danced with skill and understanding by an impressive cast
Lydia Wharf sees Akram Khan’s Giselle, and ten years on is moved to tears by this overwhelmingly enjoyable ballet.
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The best dozen dance shows of 2025 – a legacy of memories from Graham Watts’ year in dance
Dance writer Graham Watts looks back at a year of dance and chooses 12 performances from the 157 he saw during 2025.
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Review: London City Ballet with works by Page, Robbins, Chu, and Ratmansky
Graham Watts sees London City Ballet’s mixed bill Rebirth, featuring Alexei Ratmansky’s “masterpiece of witty, inventive choreography” Pictures at an Exhibition.
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BalletBoyz: Still Pointless At 25 – celebrating a quarter century on stage and screen
25 years after BalletBoyz presented its debut performance ‘Pointless’, the company is back with ‘Still Pointless’ at Sadler’s Wells.
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Review: Hofesh Shechter’s Theatre of Dreams – magical and compelling
Lily Hyde sees the return of Hofesh Shechter Company’s Theatre of Dreams to Sadler’s Wells – an overwhelming sensory experience.
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Review: Acosta Danza’s A Decade in Motion – an incredible coterie of dancers
Lily Hyde sees Acosta Danza celebrating A Decade in Motion – the incredible dancers deserve a better programme in which to display their talents.
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Review: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s ‘Vlaemsch (chez moi)’ – a love letter to Flanders
Graham Watts sees Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Vlaemsch (chez moi) with an outstanding ensemble of dancers.
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Review: Michael Keegan-Dolan’s How to be a Dancer in Seventy-Two Thousand Easy Lessons
Graham Watts sees Michael Keegan-Dolan and Rachel Poirier in “How to be a Dancer…” – “never less than absorbing”.
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Review: Momentum with London City Ballet – astonishing maturity
Graham Watts sees London City Ballet’s return to London with Momentum – the company deserves every success.
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Review: Russell Maliphant’s Maliphantworks4 – “I could watch it repeatedly, week-after-week.”
Graham Watts sees Russell Maliphant Dance Company in Maliphantworks4 – Russell Maliphant’s dance is a perfect prescription to cleanse the soul.
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