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Dance

  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    Review
    Five stars for English National Ballet’s Forsythe Programme — review

    Triple bill of the choreographer’s work at London’s Sadler’s Wells was packed with wit and virtuosity

    Three dancers stand in a close group, extending their arms
  • Monday, 31 March, 2025
    Review
    Thrilling debuts light up George Balanchine masterpieces

    Three of the choreographer’s signature pieces were given new life by London’s Royal Ballet

    Several bald men surround a dark-haired man in a tattered Roman outfit, stretching their hands towards him
  • Friday, 28 March, 2025
    Review
    Pam Tanowitz brings her gleeful new dance work to London’s Royal Opera House

    ‘Neither Drums Nor Trumpets’ was one of three premieres that formed part of the Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Reflections season

    A man in a pink and orange one-piece tilts forward on one leg
  • Thursday, 20 March, 2025
    Review
    Lyon Opera Ballet brings two Merce Cunningham masterpieces to life

    ‘Beach Birds’ and ‘Biped’ get impressive, meticulous stagings at London’s Dance Reflections festival

  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Interview
    Pam Tanowitz: ‘My work never feels finished — dancers tell me: stop changing things!’

    The New York choreographer discusses the ‘risky’ business of bringing her work to a former flower market at London’s Royal Opera House

    A woman sits with her back to the wall in a room with framed artworks hanging; she is looking off to one side
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Review
    Natalia Osipova’s new solo venture shows her insatiable artistic curiosity

    Three-part programme in London was proof of her stylistic range — and revealed her impressive vocal delivery

    A dancer in a white dress with black detailing embroidered on it, lifts one foot, arms half outstretched
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Review
    Combustible chemistry poses a fire risk as MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet turns 60 — review

    Royal Ballet revival features thrilling pairings of Yasmine Naghdi and Matthew Ball, Marianela Nuñez and William Bracewell

    A male and female ballet dancer stand clutching each other passionately, desperately
  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    Review
    Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Cinderella is sumptuous and warm

    David Bintley’s staging, performed at Birmingham’s Hippodrome, is gorgeous to look at and packed with humour

    A female dancer leaps joyfully in a  dilapidated room dominated by a giant wardrobe
  • Monday, 24 February, 2025
    ReviewArts
    Dancing with Shadows podcast review — rare portrait of a closed world

    New series explores the troubled New York City Ballet and the notoriously high standards demanded by its co-founder George Balanchine

    A man stands holding the hands of a female dancer as she leans to one side; to the rear is a wall-sized mirror
  • Saturday, 22 February, 2025
    Theatre
    Judi Dench leads the HTSI spring arts issue

    We asked carnival queens, make-up masters, directors, dancers and a Swedish psych-rock band called Goat to examine the person, the performance and the persona

    Judi Dench at home in Surrey
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    FT SeriesJudi Dench leads the HTSI spring arts issue
    Samba queen Sabrina Sato: ‘Heaven must be similar to Carnival’

    The Brazilian star loves sunglasses, massages and her tailor-made costumes

    Sabrina Sato wears a Carnival outfit at home in São Paulo
  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    Review
    Figures in Extinction explores life, the universe and everything

    The third and final part of Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s collaboration is puzzling and poignant

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    HTSI
    Sadler’s Wells East sparks a dance revolution

    Artistic director Alistair Spalding and associate artist Jules Cunningham inaugurate a new venue – and everyone’s invited 

    Jules Cunningham, left, and Alistair Spalding in the performance space at Sadler’s Wells East
  • Monday, 17 February, 2025
    Review
    Pina Bausch’s ‘Vollmond’ has the recipe for a terrific show — just add water

    At London’s Sadler’s Wells, Tanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers revel in a piece that creates exquisite stage pictures

    Two dancers embrace on stage amid a shower of water; behind them is a large boulder
  • Monday, 10 February, 2025
    Review
    Is this the best dance piece on the planet?

    Christos Papadopoulos’s ‘Larsen C’ took the inaugural £40,000 Rose Prize in a busy week for London’s Sadler’s Wells

    A group of downcast-looking dancers dressed in metallic dark green costumes
  • Thursday, 30 January, 2025
    Review
    What will be named the world’s best new dance production?

    Kyle Abraham opened the competition for the inaugural £40,000 Rose International Dance Prize — and will be tough to beat

    A male dancer reclines on the floor, supported by his arms, one leg extended, head tilted back
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Review
    A polished and expressive triple bill from Northern Ballet

    Mthuthuzeli November’s combative ‘Fools’ was the climax of the company’s programme at London’s Linbury Theatre

    A male dancer stands on an oil drum and swings by one hand from a telephone pole under a street lamp, the other arm outstretched; behind him is a tin shack. A female dancer stands below, reaching out towards him
  • Friday, 24 January, 2025
    Review
    Five stars for the Royal Ballet’s miraculous Onegin — review

    John Cranko’s 1965 ballet is revived in London with a starry cast bringing their characters fully to life

    A male ballet dancer stands supporting a female dancer who stands on one foot with a leg stretched out behind her, arms draped in the air in front of her
  • Thursday, 16 January, 2025
    Review
    Erina Takahashi is heart-rending in English National Ballet’s Giselle

    Strongly danced production at the London Coliseum featured the ballerina’s penultimate performance with the company

    In a scene from a ballet, a male dancer lies on his side, reaching up towards a female dancer, who holds his hand and places her other hand on his forehead; both wear sad expressions. In the background is a grave marked by a crucifix
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    How To Spend It In...
    Choreographer Sean Bankhead’s A-Z of Atlanta

    The dancer behind Beyoncé and Lil Nas X’s viral music videos nominates the clubs, cooks and communities of ‘Black Hollywood’

    Sean Bankhead at Piedmont Park in Atlanta
  • Saturday, 28 December, 2024
    2025’s most anticipated hot tickets
    From Sophocles to Sarah Kane: theatre and dance to look forward to in 2025

    Cate Blanchett on the London stage, Sondheim’s swan song and a ballet of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots

  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Life & Arts
    2025’s most anticipated hot tickets

    The FT’s critics pick the cream of the crop, from film and TV to art exhibitions, theatre, dance, games, pop and classical music

  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Review
    National Ballet of Ukraine looks to the future with wartime creation The Snow Queen

    Festive work, choreographed in 2022, brings a showcase of the country’s longstanding classical school to Paris

    In a scene from a ballet, a female dancer in a long shimmering dress and a tiara reaches up with one arm as other dancers behind her look on
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Review
    Duck Pond acrobatically mashes up Swan Lake and The Ugly Duckling

    Circa’s jolly spectacle brings tumbling, trapeze and a 20ft human column to the Royal Festival Hall, London

    Two dancers perform in front of a bright pink background
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    Review
    English National Ballet delivers a vibrant new Nutcracker

    London’s seasonal staple includes some breathtaking moments

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