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God's Garden at the Linbury
Sarah Crompton finds plenty to enjoy in this contemporary take The Prodigal Son. Rating: * * *
15 Feb 2010
TV dancing shows 'too fluffy'
Dancing shows should be more serious, says the chief of Sadler’s Wells, Alistair Spalding.
06 Feb 2010
Peter Shilton and Rodney Marsh to dance for Sport Relief
Peter Shilton and Rodney Marsh, the former England footballers, will show off their footwork at this year's BBC1 Sport Relief dance contest.
03 Feb 2010
Giselle at the English National Ballet: Prince fails to convince
It's not too much of a stretch to see the Romantic ballets of the 1840s as the Avatar of their day. Certainly they were loved as much for their special effects and supernatural happenings as for their plots.
25 Jan 2010
The Royal Ballet's Romeo and Juliet at Covent Garden
Mark Monahan finds two performances of the magnificent ballet dominated by two world-class Juliets. Ratings * * * / * * * *
18 Jan 2010
ENB's The Snow Queen at the Coliseum
English National Ballet's icy anti-heroine does her best to seduce Mark Monahan. Rating * * *
14 Jan 2010
Can TV's new dance shows eclipse Strictly?
Sarah Crompton assesses So You Think You Can Dance (BBC One) and Got to Dance (Sky1), two new dance contests to hit our screens.
30 Dec 2009
Les Patineurs and Tales of Beatrix Potter at Covent Garden
Mark Monahan warms to the Royal Ballet's latest winter offering. Rating * * * *
22 Dec 2009
Peter Pan at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, review
Northern Ballet Theatre's production of JM Barrie's Peter Pan is curiously unimaginative. Rating: * * *
22 Dec 2009
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake at Sadler's Wells
Sarah Crompton finds Bourne's all-male version of the famous ballet as fresh as ever. Rating * * * *
21 Dec 2009
Dance: review of the decade
If any art form can claim to have owned the decade, it has got to be dance, says Sarah Crompton
15 Dec 2009
Dance highlights of 2009
Telegraph dance critic Sarah Crompton selects the dance moments of the year.
15 Dec 2009
The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick Theatre
The Little Dog Laughed at the Garrick Theatre is smart, tart and bang on the money. Rating: * * * *
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Perfectly Poised
Sarah Crompton watches rehearsals for the much-loved Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker.
15 Dec 2009
The Nutcracker by Scottish Ballet, review
Scottish Ballet's Nutcracker is a fabulous showground for the imagination. Rating: * * * * *
14 Dec 2009
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
The return of the enormously successful, all male version of Swan Lake to the Sadler's Wells Theatre.
10 Dec 2009
The Nutcracker
Sarah Crompton finds Birmingham Royal Ballet's version of the time-honoured fairy-tale nudging its sister company's into second place
03 Dec 2009
Akram Khan and Nitin Sawhney at Sadler's Wells
Sarah Crompton is impressed by this climax to the duo's Svapnagata festival. Rating * * * *
30 Nov 2009
Akram Khan at Sadler's Wells
Mark Monahan watches Akram Khan deliver a stupendous evening of dance, much of it off-the-cuff. Rating: * * * * *
17 Nov 2009
The Royal Ballet is a living memorial to its founders
A performance by The Royal Ballet in Westminster Abbey celebrated the work of its founders.
17 Nov 2009
A glimpse into the obstinacy of Diaghilev's genius
Sarah Crompton reviews Diaghilev: A Life by Sjeng Scheijen.
17 Nov 2009
La Clique: circus berserkus
Somewhere between performance art and variety show, La Clique has delighted, baffled and outraged audiences all over the world.
11 Nov 2009
Arlene Phillips waltzes into a new role
Dropped by the BBC from Strictly Come Dancing in favour of Alesha Dixon, who is 35 years her junior, Arlene Phillips appears to be having the last laugh.
06 Nov 2009
Royal Ballet Mixed Bill, Covent Garden
Mark Monahan is impressed by the the Royal Ballet's latest triple bill. Rating * * * *
06 Nov 2009
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