2019's unmissable dance shows
The New Year brings some truly mouth-watering dance to London. Here are some of the Must See Dance shows of 2019
Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet, Sadler's Wells
2019 is the year of Romeo and Juliet, with both the Royal Ballet and Matthew Bourne's New Adventures going with long runs of the most tragic love story of them all. Bourne's new Romeo and Juliet, running at Sadler's Wells for most of August, will contain his very own surprise twist on the tale...
Read more ...The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet Preview
The Royal Ballet brings an unusually long run of Kenneth MacMillan's modern classic with a wide range of interesting casts to choose from.
Read more ...Mark Morris, Pepperland, Sadler's Wells
American choreographer Mark Morris' joyful homage to The Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', created for its 50th anniversary in 2017, has its first (and much-anticipated) London outing.
Read more ...English National Ballet, She Persisted, Sadler's Wells Preview
English National Ballet follows its 2016 programme of works by female choreographers with She Persisted, a new triple bill of ballet by women, featuring Pina Bausch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and a new work by company dancer Stina Quagebuer.
Read more ...De Keersmaeker/Rosas/Queyras/Mitten wir am Leben sind, Sadler’s Wells Preview
One for the purists: the choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her company Rosas join the acclaimed cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras to interpret Bach's baroque masterpiece 6 Cello Suites
Read more ...Don Quixote, The Royal Ballet, ROH
A crowd pleaser, if ever there was one, Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote returns to Covent Garden with plenty of Spanish jollity, a deluded knight tilting at windmills, a few matadors, lots of intrigue and (of course) love triumphant.
Read more ...BalletBoyz, Them/Us, Sadler's Wells Preview
A much anticipated new show from the cult all-male company BalletBoyz, Them/Us is a double bill with works by choreographer extraordinaire Christopher Wheeldon, and a first choreographic effort by the dancers themselves.
Read more ...Night of 100 Solos, The Barbican Preview
The Barbican pays tribute the late great American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, in what would have been his 100th birthday with a unique programme, Night of 100 Solos.
Read more ...San Francisco Ballet, Sadler's Wells Preview
A Sadler's Wells residency that we very much look forward to: San Francisco Ballet with a treasure trove of contemporary dance works from the likes of Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon and Justin Peck.
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