Best September dance

Giselle, Bach… and The Trocks return

Nureyev Legend and Legacy Gala, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

International ballet stars come together in a glittering gala to pay homage to one of the greats of ballet – Rudolf Nureyev

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WHEN
Monday 5 September – Monday 12 September: Monday 5 September at 7:30pm; Tuesday 6 & Monday 12 September at 2pm & 7:30pm. Dur.: 2 hours approx inc one interval
WHERE
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, London WC2B 5JF

De Keersmaeker/Kolesnikov/Franco, The Goldberg Variations, Sadler's Wells

The Belgian dancer and choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker brings us her stern and uncompromising one-woman interpretation of Bach's The Goldberg Variations, accompanied by the pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Alain Franco.

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WHEN
Tuesday 6 September – Wednesday 7 September, 7:30pm. Dur.: 2 hours
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Peacock Theatre

The all-male company affectionately known as 'The Trocks' returns to the Peacock Theatre with its zany but highly skilled spoof of ballet classics.

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WHEN
Tuesday 6 September – Saturday 17 September, 7:30pm. Sat mats at 2:30pm. Dur.: TBC
WHERE
Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HT

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, Clorinda Agonistes, Sadler's Wells

One of the most creative and audacious choreographers working in Britain today, Shobana Jeyasingh is back with her enticing new work, Clorinda Agonistes, inspired by the medieval legend of the female Muslim warrior Clorinda.

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WHEN
Friday 9 September – Saturday 10 September, 7:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour no interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

United Ukrainian Ballet, Giselle, London Coliseum

Exiled Ukrainian ballet dancers, now based in The Netherlands, dance the Romantic ballet Giselle in a revised version by the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky in aid of their war-torn homeland.

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WHEN
Tuesday 13 September – Saturday 17 September, 7:30pm. Mats on Thursday 15, Saturday 17 at 2:30pm. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES

Family Honour, Spoken Movement, Sadler's Wells

Hip-hop meets theatre in a reworked and extended version the award-winning show Family Honour, presented by Sadler's Wells as part of its Well Seasoned programme, which showcases Black dance artists.

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WHEN
Wednesday 14 September – Thursday 15 September, 7:30pm. Dur.: TBC
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

Body Concert, Ambiguous Dance Company, Coronet Theatre

Ambiguous Dance Company brings its genre-defying, high octane show Body Concert to London as part of the Coronet Theatre's varied festival of South Korean arts.

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WHEN
Friday 16 September – Sunday 18 September, 7:30pm. Dur.: 60 mins no interval
WHERE
The Coronet Theatre, Print Room, 103 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB

MOMENTUM - lost & found, Fabula Collective, Sadler's Wells

Seven new short works by a collective which searches for new, unexplored paths in contemporary dance.

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WHEN
On Saturday 17 September, 7:30pm. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
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