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Festival
Southbank's famous Imagine Children's Festival returns this winter half-term with a huge range of programmes for children and their grown-ups
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Dance
New Movement Collective marks the centenary of Stravinsky and Nijinska’s ground-breaking work Les Noces with the collaborative multidisciplinary Les Noces – A Departure at Woolwich Works
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English National Ballet’s Giselle brings the Romantic story of love betrayed and forgiveness to the London Coliseum
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The latest work from choreographer Russell Maliphant, Vortex, which alludes to his fascination with the American abstract painter Jackson Pollock, comes to BBC Four
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Northern Ballet brings its charming, hugely entertaining ballet for children Tortoise & The Hare to the Linbury Theatre
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Best of
A bumper year for dance in London
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Dance
A fertile year for dance in London
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Dance
Scottish Dance Theatre’s Pirates! – a zany, swashbuckling dance theatre adventure for the whole family – is this year’s Christmas offering at The Place
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English National Ballet dancers bring joy and glorious dancing to the company’s so-so Nutcracker now at the Coliseum
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Edward Scissorhands, Matthew Bourne’s stage adaptation of Tim Burton’s emblematic movie, is charming audiences at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas season
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The Royal Ballet’s near-perfect production of The Nutcracker brings magic to the Christmas season at the Royal Opera house
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Dance
Rambert's hit show, Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, which adapted the popular TV series to dance, comes to the BBC with a special broadcast on New Year's Day
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December means Nutcracker and more
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Dance
Lunar Halo, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s meditation on the digital world and its impact on humans, is an accomplished visual spectacle now on at Sadler’s Wells
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In their first interview since joining English National Ballet, lead principal Sangeun Lee and first soloist Gareth Haw talk to Culture Whisper about this new chapter in their special partnership
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Dance
One of Brazil's foremost contemporary troupes, São Paulo Dance Company, makes its UK debut at Sadler's Wells early in 2024
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Rambert’s Death Trap, a double bill of dance-theatre works by the maverick Ben Duke, now at Sadler’s Wells, offers an overload of theatre and not enough dance
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Dance
The Mongol Khan brings a slice of Mongolian history and legend to the London Coliseum in a colourful, thoroughly theatrical spectacle
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Wayne McGregor’s The Dante Project, his sprawling, ambitious take on Dante’s The Divine Comedy, has its first revival by The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House
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Emanuel Gat’s LoveTrain2020 is a flamboyant vehicle whose initial thrills fizzle out way before the end
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BalletBoyz marked their return to the stage at Sadler’s Wells with England on Fire, a huge collaborative project, that falls short of its lofty ambitions
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Immersive
In her new immersive piece of dance-theatre, Lay Down Your Burdens, Rhiannon Faith turns the Barbican Pit into your local pub for a touch of community healing
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Dance
November dance has an international accent
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Dance Umbrella, London's international dance festival, returns for 2023....
In partnership with Dance Umbrella Festival
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Fresh from winning the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, Japanese choreographer Saburo Teshigwara presents Tristan and Isolde at The Coronet Theatre
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Things to do
The Coronet Theatre celebrates Japan’s experimental arts scene
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Dance
Dance, a seminal 1970s piece by Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass, provided an early highlight for Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
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Leading Singapore-based contemporary dance company T.H.E. presents the UK premiere of PheNoumenon at the Coronet Theatre
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From practising your pointe with English National Ballet to indulging your favourite 80s moves with Frame, we round up the best dance classes in London
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Things to do
We Culture Whisper editors get to enjoy the best of London life in normal times. Here’s where we’re most looking forward to going after lockdown
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Things to do
As the capital reawakens, we round up the brand new plays, exhibitions, concerts, dance shows and festivals to book now (or soon!) and enjoy later
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Festival
Music, theatre, comedy, literature, dance and more, all in one fabulous festival: the Latitude 2021 line-up is here