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Unmissable Dance 2018

By Teresa Guerreiro on 22/12/2017

Christmas 2018 will bring the exciting return to London of Matthew Bourne's male Swan Lake... we can hardly wait! Before that, though, there will plenty of mouth-watering dance shows in the capital. Here are some of the highlights

ENB, Jurgita Dronina & Isaac Hernandez in La Sylphide, photo Laurent Liotardo

ENB, Song of the Earth/ La Sylphide/ Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

A jewel of Danish Ballet, La Sylphide, anchors two exciting English National Ballet double bills coming to the Coliseum in January.

WHEN

09 Jan 2018 – 20 Jan 2018, 19:30 Thur &n Sat mat: 14:30 Dur.: 2 hours 50 mins approx

The Age of Anxiety, Laura Morera & Steven McRae, photo Bill Cooper ROH 2014

The Royal Ballet, Leonard Bernstein Triple Bill, ROH

London dance audiences can look forward to world premieres of works by Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon, alongside the first revival of Liam Scarlett’s The Age of Anxiety in The Royal Ballet’s 2018 Bernstein Centenary programme.

WHEN

15 Mar 2018 – 09 Apr 2018, 19:30 Dur.: 3 hours including two intervals

WHERE

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

Jonathan Goddard & Eleanor Duval, Macbeth, Mark Bruce Company, photo Nicole Guarino

Mark Bruce Company, Macbeth, Wilton's Music Hall

Following a wide-ranging British tour, the multi-award-winning Mark Bruce Company is bringing Macbeth – the Bard’s classic tale of power, corruption and murder – to Wilton’s Music Hall: the oldest surviving music hall in the world.

WHEN

23 Feb 2018 – 17 Mar 2018, 19:30 Dur.: 1 hour and 30 minutes plus interval

WHERE

Wilton's Music Hall
1 Graces Alley, London, E1 8JB

Ballet British Columbia, Solo Echo, photo Wendy D

Ballet British Columbia Triple Bill, Sadler's Wells

Vancouver-based Ballet British Columbia presents works by three globally-renowned women choreographers at Sadler’s Wells in March, kicking off its very first UK tour.

WHEN

06 Mar 2018 – 07 Mar 2018, 19:30 Dur.: 2 hours including two intervals

WHERE

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

Hofesh Shechter, Clowns, photo Rahi Rezvani

Shechter II, Clowns, Lyric Hammersmith

One of British dance’s hottest properties, Hofesh Shechter, brings his junior company to the Lyric Hammersmith with a pulsating double bill.

WHEN

08 May 2018 – 12 May 2018, 19:30 Sat 14:30 Dur. TBC

WHERE

Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Square, King St, W6 0QL

English National Ballet in Aszure Barton's Fantastic Beings, photo Laurent Liotardo

ENB, Voices of America, Sadler's Wells

English National Ballet presents a mixed bill dedicated to neo-classical ballet with an American accent at Sadler’s Wells in April.

WHEN

12 Apr 2018 – 21 Apr 2018, 19:30 Fri 13 & Thur 19 at 14:00, Sat 14 at 14:30 Dur.: TBC

WHERE

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

Elizabeth, The Royal Ballet, Barbican Theatre

The enthralling ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky returns to the stage in Elizabeth, choreographer Will Tuckett’s reading of the life of Queen Elizabeth I

WHEN

16 May 2018 – 19 May 2018, 19:45 Dur.: 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval

WHERE

Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

Akram Khan, Xenos, Sadler's Wells

Akram Khan says a partial goodbye to the stage with a new piece, Xenos, coming to Sadler’s Wells in the Spring

WHEN

29 May 2018 – 09 Jun 2018, 19:30 End Time TBC

WHERE

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

Sylvia, ZooNation, Old Vic Theatre

The life of the suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst gets the unlikely hip hop treatment in The Old Vic theatre’s forthcoming production, Sylvia.

WHEN

01 Sep 2018 – 22 Sep 2018, 19:30 Wed & Sat mats 14:30 Dur. TBC

WHERE

The Old Vic
The Cut, London, SE1 8NB

Stephen McRae as Florizel photo Johan Persson

The Royal Ballet, The Winter's Tale

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale, hailed as the Royal Ballet’s first classic of the 21st century, returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

WHEN

13 Feb 2018 – 21 Mar 2018, 19:30 Sat 24 Feb 13:30 & 19:00 Dur.: 3 hours including two intervals

WHERE

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

Unmissable Dance 2018

Christmas 2018 will bring the exciting return to London of Matthew Bourne's male Swan Lake... we can hardly wait! Before that, though, there will plenty of mouth-watering dance shows in the capital. Here are some of the highlights

ENB, Song of the Earth/ La Sylphide/ Le Jeune Homme et la Mort

The Royal Ballet, Leonard Bernstein Triple Bill, ROH

Mark Bruce Company, Macbeth, Wilton's Music Hall

Ballet British Columbia Triple Bill, Sadler's Wells

Shechter II, Clowns, Lyric Hammersmith

ENB, Voices of America, Sadler's Wells

Elizabeth, The Royal Ballet, Barbican Theatre

Akram Khan, Xenos, Sadler's Wells

Sylvia, ZooNation, Old Vic Theatre

The Royal Ballet, The Winter's Tale

London Dance 2018