Edinburgh festival 2024: dance and circus shows to jump into this summer
A searching circus piece about refugees in limbo, acrobats confronting middle age and supreme silliness from a Tokyo troupe are among the international offerings
February 2024
The best theatre to stream this month
The best theatre to stream this month: Free Your Mind, Harry Clarke and more
Our roundup of drama to watch at home includes Danny Boyle’s remix of The Matrix, Billy Crudup’s solo show and the New Wolsey’s Romeo & Juliet
May 2023
Corps extrêmes; Rose Until It Touched the Sky – review
Highliner Nathan Paulin, two extreme climbers and eight acrobats add up to one riveting show, while Three Score Dance throw a new light on ageing
Breakin’ Convention; Russell Maliphant Dance Company: Vortex review – sheer pleasure and virtuosity
Breakin’ Convention celebrate 20 years of dazzling virtuosity, while one of the UK’s most thoughtful choreographers shines a new light on Jackson Pollock
Russell Maliphant Dance Company: Vortex review – Jackson Pollock in pure motion
Abstracted figures moving at a mesmerically measured pace recreate the US artist’s painting technique
May 2021
Reopening culture
Aakash Odedra: Rising review – superhero speed with a light touch
English National Ballet: Reunion review – rubber-band bodies and a rush of energy
December 2020
Observer critics' review of 2020
Dance: Sarah Crompton's five best dance of 2020
Barre, humbug! Dancers put a spin on Charles Dickens in new film
Silent Lines review – cosmic ninjas in Maliphant's Milky Way
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The best dance of the 21st century
Ferocious flamenco, bittersweet ballet and a harrowing masterpiece are among the greatest dance creations of our age
March 2019
Russell Maliphant and Vangelis: The Thread review – reimagining Greece
The Thread review – Russell Maliphant and Vangelis join forces in a Hellenic Riverdance
February 2019
Go with the flow: the mesmerising moves of Russell Maliphant
With a dance version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a collaboration with Greek composer Vangelis and his touring show Silent Lines, the questing choreographer is busier than ever
January 2019
Trio ConcertDance review – Alessandra Ferri forges a new path for older dancers
The 55-year-old partnered with American Ballet Theater principal Herman Cornejo in thoughtful, poised interpretations of McGregor, Maliphant and others
October 2017
BalletBoyz: Fourteen Days review – daring dance created at breakneck speed
Working to a tight deadline, Javier de Frutos, Iván Pérez, Christopher Wheeldon and Craig Revel Horwood respond to the theme of balance in new pieces, presented alongside Russell Maliphant’s Fallen
July 2016
Natalia Osipova review – the Russian ballet star is lost in space
Natalia Osipova review – duets with Sergei Polunin are dark, sweet and sexy
