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Dance

Best November 2022 dance

By Teresa Guerreiro on 1/11/2022

Avant-garde flamenco jostles with the purest classical ballet, fairies and vampires in a month where dance diversity rules

Anna Rose O"Sullivan, The Royal Ballet, World Ballet Day 2022 © 2022 ROH Andrej Uspenski

World Ballet Day 2022

The month opens with World Ballet Day, which takes balletomanes on six continents behind the scenes at their favourite dance companies.

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WHEN
On Wednesday 2 November, an all-day event starting with Melbourne time (GMT+10)
WHERE
Online
Ryochi Hirano as Rudolf, Natalia Osipova as Maria Vetsera in Mayerling.  Photo: Helen Maybanks ROH

The Royal Ballet, Mayerling review ★★★★★

On this, the thirtieth anniversary of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan's untimely death, his masterpiece Mayerling continues in repertoire at the Royal Ballet until the end of the month with a variety of interesting casts.

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WHEN
Until Wednesday 30 November, 7:30pm, Mats Saturday 12 November at 1pm. Dur.: 3 hours inc 2 intervals
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
The Royal Ballet, Flight Pattern by Crystal Pite..  Photo: Bill Cooper

The Royal Ballet, Light of Passage review ★★★★★

There's one final chance to catch up with Canadian choreographer du jour, Crystal Pite's latest work for The Royal Ballet. Light of Passage extends the scope her award-winning piece on the refugee crisis, Flight Pattern.

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WHEN
Until Thursday 3 November, 7:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour 30 mins inc one interval
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Ryoichi Hirano and Sarah Lamb in Balanchine's Diamonds.  The Royal Ballet Back on Stage © ROH 2020. Photo: Tristram Kenton

The Royal Ballet: A Diamond Celebration, Royal Opera House

Marking yet another anniversary, this time 60 years of the ROH Friends membership scheme, The Royal Ballet presents a very short run of a mixed bill, that combines classical ballet with cutting edge contemporary dance

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WHEN
16 Nov 2022 – 19 Nov 2022, 19:30 Dur.: TBC
WHERE
Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD
Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby. Photo: Johan Persson

Review: Rambert, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby ★★★★★

London fans of Peaky Blinders have one last chance to catch up with Rambert's pulsating dance interpretation of the TV hit show at the Troubadour Wembley Park before it moves on to an extensive international tour.

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WHEN
Until Sunday 6 November, 7:30pm Thu & Sat mats at 2:30pm. Sun 2:30pm only. Mon dark. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Fulton Rd, Wembley, HA9 8TS
Minju Kang in Dickson Mbi's Ma Vie.  Photo: George Liang

Northern Ballet, Made in Leeds, ROH Linbury Theatre

Leeds-based Northern Ballet has its first London outing under its new director, former Royal Ballet principal Federico Bonelli. The company comes to the ROH Linbury theatre with three short contemporary pieces, under the umbrella title Made in Leeds.


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WHEN
Tuesday 1 – Wednesday 3 November, 7:45pm, Thurs mat at 2pm. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Men in Motion.  Dancers Ivan Putrov and Matthew Ball. Photo: Christine Kreiselmaier

Ivan Putrov presents Men in Motion, London Coliseum

Dancer and impresario Ivan Putrov marks the tenth anniversary of his homage to the male dancer over the years, Men in Motion, with a new iteration of this one-off gala. The starry cast includes Vadim Muntagirov and Matthew Ball, Matteo Micini from Stuttgart Ballet and Dmitry Zagrebin from Royal Swedish Ballet.

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WHEN
Sunday 6 November, 7:30pm. Dur.: TBC
WHERE
London Coliseum, St Martin's Lane, London WC2N 4ES
Forgotten Land, Nederlands Dans Theatre © Joris-Jan Bos

Birmingham Royal Ballet, Into the Music, Sadler's Wells

Cuban superstar Carlos Acosta brings his Birmingham Royal Ballet to London with Into The Music, a triple bill of contemporary work, that includes pieces by international dance luminaries Jiří Kylián and Uwe Scholz, as well as up-and-coming British choreographer Morgann Runacre-Temple.

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WHEN
Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 November, 7:30pm. Thu mat at 2:30pm. Dur.: 2 hours 25 mins inc two intervals
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
ENB in Take Five Blues by Stina Quagebeur as part of Reunion. Photo: Laurent Liotardo

English National Ballet: Ek, Forsythe, Quagebeur, Sadler's Wells

English National Ballet's autumn triple bill brings together two tried and tested crowd pleasers alongside a brand new reading of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring by the Swedish veteran choreographer Mts Ek.

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WHEN
09 Nov 2022 – 12 Nov 2022, 19:30 Thu & Sat mats at 14:30 Dur.: 2 hours inc two intervals
WHERE
Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN
Bruno Beltrão, Grupo de Rua © Wonge Bergmann

Bruno Beltrão, Grupo de Rua, New Creation, Sadler's Wells

Sadler's Wells presents Brazilian dancemaker Bruno Beltrão and his company Grupo de Rua with their latest work New Creation. Combining contemporary dance with the unequalled vitality of Brazil's street dance, this is a particularly topical piece in the context of the recent fraught presidential elections in their country.

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WHEN
Tuesday 22 – Wednesday 23 November, 7:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour no interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Israel Galván, La Consagración de la Primavera © Jean-Louis Duzert

Israel Galván, La Consagración de la Primavera, Sadler's Wells

The maverick Spanish flamenco dancer Israel Galván turns his iconoclastic attention to Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, with results we can't really predict…



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WHEN
Friday 25 – Saturday 26 November, 7:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour 10 mins no interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty. Dominic North as Leo, Ashley Shaw as Aurora.  Photo: Johan Persson

Matthew Bourne, Sleeping Beauty, Sadler's Wells

November ends looking ahead to the festive season, with the first night of Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty, which will be the Sadler's Wells Christmas offering this year and provides an escape from more sugary seasonal fare.

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WHEN
Tuesday 29 November – Sunday 15 January, 7:30pm. Sat mats at 2:30pm; Suns at 2pm & 7pm. Dark 25, 26, 27 December. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
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November Dance

The Royal Ballet

Crystal Pite

Kenneth MacMillan

Northern Ballet

Federico Bonelli

Birmingham Royal Ballet

Carlos Acosta

Ivan Putrov

Men in Motion

Bruno Beltrão

Grupo de Rua

Israel Galván

Stravinsky

Matthew Bourne

Sleeping Beauty

Sadler's Wells

Royal Opera House

Linbury Theatre

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