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Dance

The best dance of 2022

By Teresa Guerreiro on 11/12/2022

From the purest classical ballet to daring, outlandish dance-theatre, 2022 was a bumper year for dance in London. Here are the highlights

Eleanor Duval in Phantoms, Marc Bruce Company. Photo: Mark Bruce

Mark Bruce Company, Phantoms review ★★★★★

Mark Bruce returned to Wilton's Music Hall with Phantoms, a triple bill of weird and wonderful psychological dance, performed by his remarkable five-strong company.

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WHEN
Thursday 24 February – Saturday 5 March 2022
WHERE
Wilton's Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, London E1 8JB
Ballet Dance 09 ©Jaime Roque de la Cruz

Lucinda Childs/Philip Glass, Dance review ★★★★★

The absolute highlight of the pioneering edition of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, Lucinda Childs's Dance, set to a minimalist score by Philip Glass was impeccably performed by Lyon Opera Ballet.

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WHEN
Wednesday 9 – Thursday 10 March 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
English National Ballet in Playlist (EP) by William Forsythe © Laurent Liotardo

ENB, The Forsythe Evening review ★★★★★

English National Ballet brought pizzazz, energy and technical prowess to the stage, alongside a whole lot of fun, with its Forsythe Evening showcasing work by the American choreographer William Forsythe.

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WHEN
Thursday 31 March 2022 – Sunday 10 April 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Paco Peña, Solera.  Photo: Francis Loney

Paco Peña, Solera review ★★★★★

Showing once more that age is but a number, the veteran virtuoso flamenco guitarist Paco Peña returned to Sadler's Wells with his latest show Solera, probing a little deeper into the very soul of flamenco.

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WHEN
Wednesday 20–Sunday 24 April 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Northern Ballet, Joseph Taylor and Minju Kang in Casanova. Photo: Emma Kauldhar

Northern Ballet, Casanova review ★★★★★

Fast-moving, raunchy, ultimately moving, Northern Ballet's Casanova returned to London to tell the multifaceted story of the famous 18th-century libertine, Giacomo Casanova.

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WHEN
Tuesday 10–Saturday 14 May 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Children's Songs Dance by Jessica Lang featuring Tristan Brosnan and SunMi Park.  Photo: Erin Baiano

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company review ★★★★★

Definitely the most thrilling participants in this year's Next Generation Festival at the Linbury, American Ballet Theatre's Junior Company dazzled with its young dancers' technique, attack and sheer self-confidence.

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WHEN
Thursday 9–Friday 10 June 2022
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Nicholas Shoesmith as John Proctor in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible by Helen Pickett.  Photo: Jane Hobson

Scottish Ballet, The Crucible review ★★★★★

Scottish Ballet made a rare foray into London with The Crucible, Helen Pickett's deeply intelligent and ultimately devastating adaptation of Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch hunts.

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WHEN
Tuesday 14–Saturday 18 June 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Compañía María Pagés, An Ode to Time. Photo: David Ruano

Compañía María Pagés, An Ode to Time review ★★★★★

Sadler's Wells annual Flamenco Festival was full of little gems, including its regular Gala Flamenca; but nothing grabbed us more than An Ode to Time, by Compañía María Pagés.

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WHEN
Friday 1–Saturday 2 July 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Ryochi Hirano as Rudolf, Natalia Osipova as Maria Vetsera in Mayerling.  Photo: Helen Maybanks ROH

The Royal Ballet, Mayerling review ★★★★★

The Royal Ballet marked the 30th anniversary of choreographer Kenneth MacMillan's death with a run of his masterpiece Mayerling. Out of a variety of remarkable casts, we would highlight the stunning, very personal debuts of Vadim Muntagirov and Marcelino Sambé in the lead role of Crown Prince Rudolf.

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WHEN
Wednesday 5 October–Wednesday 30 November 2022
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 ★★★★★

Rambert crossed yet another bridge in its evolution as a dance company with Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, a difficult-to-pigeonhole spectacular inspired by the hit TV series.

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WHEN
Wednesday 12 October–Sunday 6 November 2022
WHERE
Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Fulton Road, Wembley, HA9 8TS
Aakash Odedra Company, Samsara.  Dancers: Aakash Odedra, Hu Shenyuan.  Photo: Nirvair Singh Rai

Aakash Odedra Company, Samsara review ★★★★★

Two compelling dancers from different traditions, Aakash Odedra and Hu Shenyuan took to the stage to enact Odedra'a ambitious cross-cultural epic, Samsara. It was, we found, hypnotic.

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WHEN
Monday 17–Tuesday 18 October 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Israel Galván, La Consagración de la Primavera.  Photo: Filippo Manzini

Review: Israel Galván, La Consagración de la Primavera ★★★★★

In possibly the most original and breath-taking show of the year, maverick flamenco dancer Israel Galván grabbed Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring by the scruff of the neck and made it very much his own in La Consagración de la Primavera.

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WHEN
Friday 25–Saturday 26 November 2022
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
Hannah Shepherd as Medea, Liam Francis as Jason in Ruination  Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Lost Dog, Ruination review ★★★★★

Presented as an alternative to the sweetness overload of the Christmas season, Lost Dog's Ruination, director and choreographer Ben Duke's funny, transporting, zany and thought-provoking take on the myth of Medea, settled in the ROH Linbury Theatre.

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WHEN
Thursday 1–Saturday 31 December 2022, 7:45pm, Sat mats at 2:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour 30 mins no interval
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
Artists of The Royal Ballet in The Nutcracker © ROH 2022 Photo: Asya Verzhbinsky

The Royal Ballet, The Nutcracker review ★★★★★

The year ends, as it must, with the Christmas ballet to beat all Christmas ballets: The Nutcracker, with The Royal Ballet's near-perfect production firmly installed on the ROH main stage.

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WHEN
Tuesday 6 December 2022 – Saturday 14 January 2023, 7:30pm. Matinees available, consult website. Dur: 2 hours 30 mins inc one interval
WHERE
Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9DD
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2022

Best Dance Shows

Looking back 2022

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    BRB, The Nutcracker review ★★★★★

  • Matthew Ball & Yasmine Naghdi in The Royal Ballet's The Sleeping Beauty © 2019 ROH. Photo: Bill Cooper

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