Skid/Saaba review – speed, struggle and surrender on a steep slope
GöteborgsOperans Danskompani’s versatile dancers tumble, slide and climb in Damien Jalet’s vertiginous piece then switch to more measured movements by Sharon Eyal
March 2020
Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Andrew Scott up for Olivier awards
TV co-stars compete for acting prizes at this year’s theatre awards, whose nominations are led by the musicals & Juliet, Fiddler on the Roof and Dear Evan Hansen
November 2019
Rambert2 review – exciting and fearless fresh-faced dancing
A group of young prestige dancers from all over the world throw themselves utterly into a uneven triple bill
June 2019
Anima review – Thom Yorke glimpses romance on the morning train
Paul Thomas Anderson directs the Radiohead singer in a short, dialogue-free moodscape that’s unsure of its final destination
April 2019
Body shock: Suspiria’s Damien Jalet unleashes his headless dancers
The horror-film choreographer’s new show, Vessel, weaves spells with writhing limbs, menacing ritual figures and a cauldron of gloop. He explains its origins
The virtuoso invention of Hussein Chalayan’s first dance work frequently thrills but is impeded by a stop-start flow
September 2015
Autumn arts preview 2015
How Hussein Chalayan fashioned a dance where costumes rule
The fashion designer has worked in dance before, but Gravity Fatigue is the first show he has devised and directed himself. And the sets and costumes are as fabulous as you would expect
May 2015
D’avant review – plainchant and pissing contests in a show of male rivalry
D’Avant review – ‘one of the messiest, loveliest dance shows I’ve seen’
April 2015
Dancing with your ex: 'I’m surprised he still wants to do it'
Dancers Cherkaoui and Jalet made D’Avant when they were a couple. How does it feel to perform it now they are no longer together?
January 2015
Aakash Odedra review – a rhythmic exploration of transformation and dyslexia
His dancing combines classical rigour with a mercurial, adventurous lightness in two personal pieces, writes Judith Mackrell
May 2014
Dance blog
Aakash Odedra on Murmur, a duet with his dyslexia
When the dancer Aakash Odedra set out to present a classical Indian piece on a large scale, he realised it encapsulated his experiences as a dyslexic
September 2011
TeZukA - review
A sci-fi superhero saves this sometimes indulgent portrait of the Japanese comic book artist Tezuka, writes Luke Jennings
May 2010
Political Mother and Babel (words)
Babel
December 2009
Step-by-step guide to dance
Step-by-step guide to dance: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
He went from vogueing his way to first place in a dance contest to performing in shows the world over. Sanjoy Roy on the rise of Belgium's bendiest choreographer
