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London dance winter 2023

By Teresa Guerreiro on 2/1/2023

Winter dance in London brings much to enjoy, from the classicism of Swan Lake to a work set to the music of Leonard Cohen.

Artists of English National Ballet in Swan Lake. Photo: Laurent Liotardo

English National Ballet, Swan Lake, London Coliseum

The new year kicks off with Derek Deane's immaculate production of Swan Lake for English National Ballet… you can never have too much of this classic.

WHEN

Thursday 12 – Sunday 22 January, 7:30pm, Thu & Sat mats at 14:00. Sun at 2pm only. Dur.: 2 hours 50 mins inc two intervals

WHERE

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

Fumi Kaneko as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty © ROH 2019 Photo: Helen Maybanks

The Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, ROH

The Royal Ballet's signature work, The Sleeping Beauty, returns to Covent Garden, with a roster of ballerinas taking on the role made famous by Margot Fonteyn.

WHEN

Monday 16 January – Saturday 4 March, 7:30pm Sats at 1pm & 7pm. Dur.: 3 hours inc two intervals

WHERE

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

Like Water for Chocolate, Marcelino Sambé and Francesca Hayward © ROH 2022 Photo: Tristram Kenton

The Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate, in cinemas

If you missed The Royal Ballet's mega-premiere of last season, Christopher Wheeldon's Like Water for Chocolate, you can catch up at a cinema near you for one night only.

WHEN

Thursday 19 January, times vary according to venue. Dur.: 2 hours approx

WHERE

In cinemas nationwide

Everyone Keeps Me/New Tanowitz

The New York choreographer Pam Tanowitz follows her stunning new work shown on the ROH main stage in the autumn with another new piece to be performed at the Linbury alongside her delightful Everone Keeps Me.

WHEN

Saturday 4 – Thursday 16 February 2023 at 7:30pm

WHERE

Linbury Theatre, 35-36 Bow Street, London WC2E 9DD

Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Dance Me © Rolando Paolo Guerzoni

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Dance Me, Sadler's Wells

The timeless music of Leonard Cohen provides the setting for Dance Me, a series of new works by Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, a company we rarely get a chance to see.

WHEN

Tuesday 7 – Saturday 11 February, 7:30pm Thu & Sat mats at 2:30pm. Dur.: 80 mins

WHERE

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

Lucía Lacarra and Josué Ullate in Carmen Photo: Jack Devant

Ballet Icons Gala 2023, London Coliseum

Ballet Icons Gala returns to the Coliseum, bringing together a veritable galaxy of international ballet stars.

WHEN

Sunday 19 February, 7pm. Dur.: TBC

WHERE

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

Dance Consortium – Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice. Photo: John Hogg

Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice, Sadler's Wells

Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring provides the inspiration for the endlessly creative South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice.

WHEN

Friday 24 – Saturday 25 February, 7:30pm. Dur.: 1 hour 5 mins, no interval

WHERE

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

Woof Works, dancers Alessandra Ferri, Francesca Hayward, photo ROH

The Royal Ballet, Woolf Works, ROH

Choreographer Wayne McGregor's epic Woolf Works, inspired by Virginia Woolf's life and writings, returns to Covent Garden.

WHEN

Wednesday 1 – Thursday 23 March, 7:30pm Sats at 1pm & 7pm. Dur.: 2 hours 45 mins inc 2 intervals

WHERE

Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London WC2E 9DD

London dance winter 2023

Winter dance in London brings much to enjoy, from the classicism of Swan Lake to a work set to the music of Leonard Cohen.

English National Ballet, Swan Lake, London Coliseum

The Royal Ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, ROH

The Royal Ballet, Like Water for Chocolate, in cinemas

Everyone Keeps Me/New Tanowitz

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Dance Me, Sadler's Wells

Ballet Icons Gala 2023, London Coliseum

Dada Masilo's The Sacrifice, Sadler's Wells

The Royal Ballet, Woolf Works, ROH

London Dance Winter 2023

ENB

Swan Lake

The Royal Ballet

The Sleeping Beauty

Like Water for Chocolate

Woolf Works

Dada Masilo

The Sacrifice

Dance Me

Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal

Ballet Icons Galla 2023

Pam Tanowitz

Royal Opera House Stream: ballet

The Royal Ballet Winter Season

London International Mime Festival 2023