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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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.
Read more ...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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