May dance highlights

May offers some unmissable dance shows

Shades of Blue/Warrior Queens, Sadler's Wells

Sadler's Wells presents a double bill of new choreography that explores questions of identity through works by choreographers Julia Cheng and Matsena Productions.

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WHEN
Friday 6 May – Saturday 7 May, 7:30pm, Dur.: 1 hour 45 mins inc one interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

German Cornejo's Wild Tango, Peacock Theatre

International tango champion and London favourite German Cornejo returns to the Peacock Theatre with a radically different approach to Argentina's emblematic dance.

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WHEN
Thursday 12 May – Saturday 21 May, 7:30pm, Mats Sats & Wed at 14:40. Sun at 2pm & 6pm. Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval
WHERE
Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HT

Unite for Ukraine, Sadler's Wells

Students from the UK's six major dance schools come together in Unite for Ukraine, a one-off gala designed to raise funds for humanitarian assistance to the victims of the war in Ukraine.


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WHEN
Sunday 15 May, 7:30pm, Dur.: 2 hours 20 mins inc one interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

Rambert, Eye Candy triple bill, Sadler's Wells

The UK's premier contemporary dance company, Rambert, returns to the stage with a varied triple bill that includes the first performance by a UK company of a work by the acclaimed American choreographer Alonzo King.

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WHEN
Wednesday 18 May – Saturday 21 May, 7:30pm, Dur.: 1 hour 20 mins inc one interval and a short pause
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

London Children's Ballet, Anne of Green Gables, Peacock

Talented youngsters from the London Children's Ballet take to the stage with a brand-new adaptation of the much-loved children's novel Anne of the Green Gables. The cast will undoubtedly include some of the ballet stars of the future.

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WHEN
Friday 27 May – Sunday 29 May, Fri at 5:30pm, Sat at 1:30pm & 5:30pm, Sun at 12:30pm & 4:30pm, Dur.: 1 hour 40 mins inc one interval
WHERE
Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street, London WC2A 2HT

Natalia Osipova in Carmen, Queen Elizabeth Hall

The restless Russian ballet superstar, Natalia Osipova, continues to plough her own furrow with programmes tailor-made for her. This time she will give us her own version of Carmen in a work choreographed by Didy Veldman.

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WHEN
Friday 27 May – Saturday 28 May, 7pm, Dur.: 1 hour 30 mins approx
WHERE
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

L-E-V, Love Chapter 3, Sadler's Wells

The sui generis Israeli choreographer Sharon Eyal brings her company L-E-V to Sadler's Wells with the final instalment of her trilogy on love and its discontents.

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WHEN
Friday 27 May – Saturday 28 May, 7:30pm, Dur.: 55 mins approx no interval
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth, Sadler's Wells

May dance ends on a high with a visit to Sadler's Wells by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham. Earlier in the season we saw Kyle Abraham's creation for The Royal Ballet; this visit offers an opportunity to become acquainted with Abraham's own company and another facet of this prolific choreographer.

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WHEN
Tuesday 31 May – Wednesday 1 June, 7:30pm, Dur.: 1 hour approx
WHERE
Sadler's Wells, Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4TN
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