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2019's unmissable dance shows

By Teresa Guerreiro on 12/12/2018

The New Year brings some truly mouth-watering dance to London. Here are some of the Must See Dance shows of 2019

Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet, Sadler's Wells

2019 is the year of Romeo and Juliet, with both the Royal Ballet and Matthew Bourne's New Adventures going with long runs of the most tragic love story of them all. Bourne's new Romeo and Juliet, running at Sadler's Wells for most of August, will contain his very own surprise twist on the tale...

WHEN

09 Aug 2019 – 23 Aug 2019, 19:30 Dur.: TBC mat dates and times TBC

WHERE

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

The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet, Steve McRae as Romeo (c) ROH 2013 Johan Persson

The Royal Ballet, Romeo and Juliet Preview

The Royal Ballet brings an unusually long run of Kenneth MacMillan's modern classic with a wide range of interesting casts to choose from.

WHEN

26 Mar 2019 – 11 Jun 2019, 19:30 Sat mats 13:30 some early evening starts Dur.: 3 hours approx inc two intervals

WHERE

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

Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland, Photo Gareth Jones

Mark Morris, Pepperland, Sadler's Wells

American choreographer Mark Morris' joyful homage to The Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', created for its 50th anniversary in 2017, has its first (and much-anticipated) London outing.

WHEN

20 Mar 2019 – 23 Mar 2019, 19:30 Mats Thu 14:00, Sat 14:30

WHERE

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

Tamara Rojo as Frida in Broken Wings by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, photo Laurent Liotardo

English National Ballet, She Persisted, Sadler's Wells Preview

English National Ballet follows its 2016 programme of works by female choreographers with She Persisted, a new triple bill of ballet by women, featuring Pina Bausch, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and a new work by company dancer Stina Quagebuer.

WHEN

04 Apr 2019 – 13 Apr 2019, 19:30 Dur TBC two intervals

WHERE

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

Rosas, Bach6CelloSuiten (c) Anne Van Aerschot

De Keersmaeker/Rosas/Queyras/Mitten wir am Leben sind, Sadler’s Wells Preview

One for the purists: the choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and her company Rosas join the acclaimed cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras to interpret Bach's baroque masterpiece 6 Cello Suites

WHEN

24 Apr 2019 – 25 Apr 2019, 19:30 Dur.: 2 hours

WHERE

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

The Royal Ballet, Sarah Lamb & Federico Bonelli (c) ROH Johan Persson 2013

Don Quixote, The Royal Ballet, ROH

A crowd pleaser, if ever there was one, Carlos Acosta's production of Don Quixote returns to Covent Garden with plenty of Spanish jollity, a deluded knight tilting at windmills, a few matadors, lots of intrigue and (of course) love triumphant.

WHEN

15 Feb 2019 – 04 Apr 2019, 19:30 Sat mats 13:30, Sat eve 19:00 Dur.: 2hours 50 mins approx (TBC)

WHERE

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

BalletBoyz in Christopher Wheeldon's Us, photo Panayiotis Sinos

BalletBoyz, Them/Us, Sadler's Wells Preview

A much anticipated new show from the cult all-male company BalletBoyz, Them/Us is a double bill with works by choreographer extraordinaire Christopher Wheeldon, and a first choreographic effort by the dancers themselves.

WHEN

05 Mar 2019 – 09 Mar 2019, 19:30 Sat mat 14:30 Dur.: TBC

WHERE

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

Night of 100 Solos, photo c/o The Barbican

Night of 100 Solos, The Barbican Preview

The Barbican pays tribute the late great American dancer and choreographer Merce Cunningham, in what would have been his 100th birthday with a unique programme, Night of 100 Solos.

WHEN

On 16 Apr 2019, 19:45 Dur.: 1 hour 15 mins no interval

WHERE

Barbican Theatre
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, E2CY 8DS

San Francisco Ballet, Ratmansky's Shostakovich Trilogy (c) Erik Tomasson

San Francisco Ballet, Sadler's Wells Preview

A Sadler's Wells residency that we very much look forward to: San Francisco Ballet with a treasure trove of contemporary dance works from the likes of Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon and Justin Peck.

WHEN

29 May 2019 – 08 Jun 2019, 19:30 mats Sun 2 June 16:00, Sat 8 June 14:00 Dur.: varies according to programme

WHERE

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