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Best November 2021 Dance Shows

By Teresa Guerreiro on 1/11/2021

From the best of the classical ballet repertoire to brand new work, November is crammed full of exciting dance shows

Natalia Osipova as Giselle © ROH 2014 Bill Cooper

The Royal Ballet: Giselle, ROH

The Royal Ballet brings back its transporting production of Giselle, the epitome of Romantic ballet, with an exciting variety of casts

WHEN

04 Nov 2021 – 03 Dec 2021, 19:30. Fri 19 & Wed 24 at 12:30. Sat 20 at 13:30 & 19:00. Sat 27 at 11:30 & 17:00 Dur.: 2 hours inc one interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Sivan Rubinstein, Dance No 2. Photo: Jurga Ramonaite

Sivan Rubinstein, Dance No 2°, The Place

As world leaders gather in Glasgow for Cop26, where they'll discuss urgent measures to reverse climate change and its destructive impact on the planet, a much smaller meditation on human beings' connection with the earth comes to The Place

WHEN

02 Nov 2021 – 03 Nov 2021, 19:30 Dur.: 60 mins

WHERE

The Place
17 Duke's Road, London, WC1H 9PY

Artists of Birmingham Royal Ballet in City of a Thousand Trades. Photo: Johan Persson

Birmingham Royal Ballet Triple Bill, Sadler's Wells

Birmingham Royal Ballet visits London with its latest triple bill, which includes a mouth-watering duet between ballet superstars Carlos Acosta and Alessandra Ferri

WHEN

04 Nov 2021 – 06 Nov 2021, 19:30 Fri & Sat mat at 14:30 Dur: 2 hours 30 mins inc one interval & a short pause

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

McNicol Ballet Collective, Firebird Reimagined © Linda Koolen with Poetry Film Productions

McNicol Ballet Collective, Awakenings, Bloomsbury Theatre

A brand new dance troupe, McNIcol Ballet Collective, debuts at the Bloomsbury Theatre with 'Awakenings', a programme of four world premieres

WHEN

13 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021, 19:30 Dur.: TBC

WHERE

Bloomsbury Theatre
15 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AH

Vadim Muntagirov as Jean de Brienne in Raymonda Act III, The Royal Ballet © ROH 2019 Photo: Tristram Kenton

Ballet Icons Gala 2021, London Coliseum

The Ballet Icons Gala is a veritable Who's Who of international ballet… and it's back at the London Coliseum for a one-off performance to brighten up dark November.

WHEN

On 26 Nov 2021, 19:00 Dur.: TBC

WHERE

London Coliseum
St Martin's Lane, , London , WC2N 4ES

Fevered Sleep, We Are Not Alone. Photo: Karen Robinson

Fevered Sleep, We Are Not Finished, The Place

The young performers of Fevered Sleep call for a sustainable future in We Are Not Alone, a hard-hitting show premiering at The Place

WHEN

10 Nov 2021 – 13 Nov 2021, 19:30 Dur.: 60 mins approx

WHERE

The Place
17 Duke's Road, London, WC1H 9PY

Rambert2 dancers in Micaela Taylor's Home © Deborah Jaffe

Rambert2, Home/Killer Pig, Sadler's Wells

Rambert's junior company, Rambert2, comes to Sadler's Wells with a double bill that challenges dancers and audiences alike

WHEN

11 Nov 2021 – 13 Nov 2021, 19:30 Dur.: 1 hour 35 mins inc one interval

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

Yorke Dance Project, dancer Jonathan Goddard in Robert Cohan's Afternoon Conversations with Dancers. Photo: Paul Jenkins

Yorke Dance Project, Past Present, Linbury Theatre

Yorke Dance Project blends old and new in 'Past Present', a new programme featuring work by some of the giants of 20th-century dance, including Robert Cohan and Kenneth MacMillan

WHEN

12 Nov 2021 – 15 Nov 2021, 19:45. Sun at 15:00. Dur.: 2 hours approx inc one interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Ballet Black, Then or Now. Photo: Bill Cooper

Ballet Black double bill, Linbury Theatre

Ballet Black kicks off its autumn season with a brand-new double bill, Then or Now and The Waiting Game, at the Linbury Theatre

WHEN

03 Nov 2021 – 07 Nov 2021, 19:45:00. Sunday at 15:00. Dur.: 1 hour 40 mins inc one interval

WHERE

Royal Opera House
Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD

Botis Seva, BLKDOG. Photo: Camilla Greenwell

Botis Seva, BLKDOG, Sadler's Wells

Hip-hop dancer and choreographer Botis Seva brings a brand-new full version of his award-winning 2018 work BLKDOG to Sadler's Wells

WHEN

19 Nov 2021 – 20 Nov 2021, 19:30 Dur.: 1 hour 10 mins no interval

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN

Akram Khan, Xenos © Jean Louis Fernandez

Akram Khan Company, Xenos & Chotto Xenos, Sadler's Wells

Akram Khan says one last farewell to full-length live performance with a reprise of Xenos, alongside Chotto Xenos, a child-appropriate version of the same piece

WHEN

30 Nov 2021 – 04 Dec 2021, 19:30 Dur.: 1 hour 10 mins no interval
02 Dec 2021 – 03 Dec 2021, Thur at 13:30 and 19:00; Fri at 11:00 and 13:30. Dur.: 50 mins no interval

WHERE

Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4TN