About

My name is Gerard Davis and I’m a London-based freelance dance writer who’s a regular contributor to Dance Europe and Dance International magazines. Alongside this website I also write programme notes, most notably for The Royal Ballet. During this process I’ve interviewed not only leading figures in dance, including Carlos Acosta, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo and Darcey Bussell, but also many people from the wider arts world, such as author Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Oscar-winning composer Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) and Turner Prize-winning artists Chris Ofili and Mark Wallinger.

Below is a list of the reviews I’ve had published so far; to see what other work of mine has gone into print, please see the Interviews, Articles & Programme Notes page.

Magazine Reviews

New York City Ballet – Peck/Balanchine/Tanowitz/Abraham: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Apr/May 24)

Norwegian National Ballet – Diamonds: Leon & Lightfoot/Balanchine: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – Apr/May 24)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Nelken: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Apr/May 24)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – Edward Scissorhands: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Feb/Mar 24)

English National Ballet – Nutcracker: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – Feb/Mar 24)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan – Lunar Halo: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Feb/Mar 24)

The Mongol Khan: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – Feb/Mar 24)

Ailey 2 – Forsythe/Harper/Battle/Ailey: Theatre Royal Norwich, England (Dance Europe – Dec 23/Jan 24)

Eun-Me Ahn Company – Dragons: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – Dec 23/Jan 24)

Ballet Black – Pioneers: Theatre Royal Norwich, England (Dance Europe – Dec 23/Jan 24)

New English Ballet Theatre – Genesis Dance Project & New Works: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Dec 23/Jan 24)

Welcome to Campfire – The Pigeon & The Mouse: Live Stream from The Space Theatre, London (Dance Europe – Oct/Nov 23)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Spivey/Forsythe/Pite: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – Aug / Sep 23)

Ballet Central – 2023 Tour: ADC Theatre, Cambridge, England (Dance Europe – Aug / Sep 23)

BRB2 – Carlos Acosta’s Classical Selection: New Theatre, Peterborough, England (Dance Europe – June / July 23)

Company Wayne McGregor – UniVerse: A Dark Crystal Odyssey: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – June / July 23)

Akram Khan Company – Jungle Book Reimagined: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June / July 23)

Russell Maliphant Dance Company – Vortex: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June / July 23)

Norwegian National Ballet – Portner/Kylian/Balanchine: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – Apr / May 23)

Tiler Peck & Friends – Turn it Out: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Apr / May 23)

Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo – Faust: Grimaldi Forum, Monaco (Dance Europe – Feb / Mar 23)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – Sleeping Beauty: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – Feb / Mar 23)

Lost Dog – Ruination: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – Feb / Mar 23)

The Royal Ballet – Light of Passage: Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – Dec 22 / Jan 23)

Ballet Theatre UK – Beauty and the Beast: Harlequin Theatre, Redhill, England (Dance Europe – Dec 22 / Jan 23)

Ballet Cymru – Dream: Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds, England (Dance Europe – Dec 22 / Jan 23)

Carlos Acosta – On Before: Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, England (Dance Europe – Oct / Nov 22)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Mozart Concert Arias: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – Aug / Sep 2022)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – The Car Man: Royal Albert Hall, London (Dance Europe – Aug / Sep 2022)

Norwegian National Ballet – Onegin: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – June / July 2022)

BalletBoyz – Deluxe: Cambridge Arts Theatre, Cambridge (Dance Europe – June / July 2022)

Wild Tango: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – June / July 2022)

Hungarian National Ballet – Mayerling: Budapest Opera House, Budapest, Hungary (Dance Europe – April / May 2022)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Kontakthof: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – April / May 2022)

Compagnie 111 – aSH: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – April / May 2022)

Gandini Juggling – Life – A Love Letter to Merce Cunningham: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – April / May 2022)

Mark Bruce Company – Phantoms – A Triple Bill: Wilton’s Music Hall, London (Dance Europe – April / May 2022)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – Nutcracker!: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – February / March 22)

Coppelia (animated movie): Cambridge Picturehouse, Cambridge, UK (Dance Europe – February / March 22)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – The Midnight Bell: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 21 / January 22)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Akram Khan’s Giselle: Antwerp Opera House, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – December 21 / January 22)

Yorke Dance Project – Past Present: Lamentation / Sea of Troubles / Afternoon Conversations with Dancers / So It Is: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – December 21 / January 22)

Ballet Cymru – Made in Wales: Isolated Pulses / Murmurations / Poems and Tiger Eggs – Dylan Thomas: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 21 / January 22)

Motionhouse – Nobody: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – December 21 / January 22)

Singin’ in the Rain: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October / November 2021)

KVN Dance Company – Coppelia, The Cockpit, London (Dance Europe – October / November 2021)

Dutch National Ballet Academy – Dansers van Morgen: Tailor-Made: Livestream (Dance Europe – August / September 2021)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Palmos: Livestream (Dance Europe – June / July 2021)

Norwegian National Ballet – Faun / A Bolero: Livestream (Dance Europe – June / July 2021)

Rambert – Rooms: Livestream (Dance Europe – June / July 2021)

Tulsa Ballet – Signature Series: What If? / at the end of / PARHELIA: Livestream (Dance Europe – April / May 2021)

Dutch National Ballet – Christmas Gala: Livestream (Dance Europe – February / March 2021)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Choreolab 2020: Livestream (Dance Europe – February / March 2021)

Opera North – The Seven Deadly Sins: Livestream (Dance Europe – February / March 2020)

Ballet Central – Nutcracker: The Twelve Days of Christmas: Online (Dance Europe – click here for full review)

Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer: Barbican Art Gallery, London (Dance Europe – December 2020 / January 2021)

Rambert – Draw From Within: Rambert Home Studio (Dance Europe – December 2020 / January 2021)

Dutch National Ballet – Live: Online (Dance Europe – Click here for the full review)

Scottish Ballet – An Evening with Scottish Ballet: Prometheus & Epimetheus / Trace / Oxymore / Frontiers / Idle Eyes / Catalyst: Online (Dance Europe – October/November 2020)

Crystal Pite/Mei-Yun Lu & Guang-Xuan Chen/Corey Baker – Revisor/Quarantine Project#10/Swan Lake Bath Ballet: Online (Dance Europe – August/September 2020)

Germaine Acogny/Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Dancing at Dusk: Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring: Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage (Dance Europe – August/September 2020)

Norwegian National Ballet – Close: 5 Ballerinas/Distant Closeness: Online (Dance Europe – click here for full review and also the link to the performance, which is available until 25 June 2020)

Northern Ballet – Dracula: BBC4 (Dance Europe – click here for full review)

Ema – Movie review (Dance Europe – Complimentary Digital Edition. Click here to read full magazine)

Norwegian National Ballet 2 – Vivace – Let’s Play: Scene 2, Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – April 2020)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan – 13 Tongues/Dust: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – April 2020)

Mark Bruce Company – Return to Heaven: Wilton’s Hall, London (Dance Europe – April 2020)

Kate Prince – Message in a Bottle: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – April 2020)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Bluebeard. While Listening to a Tape Recording of Bela Bartok’s Opera “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle”: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – March 2020)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Rasa [After La Bayadere]: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – March 2020)

Acosta Danza – Up Close: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – March 2020)

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Rusalka: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – February 2020)

Radio & Juliet/Faun/McGregor + Mugler: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – January 2020)

Abay Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre – Chopiniana/Scheherazade: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – January 2020)

English National Ballet School – Winter Showcase 2019: London City Island, London (Dance Europe – January 2020)

Rambert2 – Terms and Conditions/Sin/Sama: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2019)

Dance Umbrella 2019 – Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero/The Urban Playground Team (Dance Europe – December 2019)

Ballet Cymru – Tri Darn: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2019)

Norwegian National Ballet – La Bayadere: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – November 2019)

Lucy Guerin – Split: The Place, London (Dance Europe – November 2019)

Philippe Saire – Hocus Pocus: Watermans, London (Dance Europe – November 2019)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – Romeo + Juliet: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October 2019)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Lazarus/Revelations: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October 2019)

Astana Ballet – Love Fear Loss/Salome/The Heritage of the Great Steppe/A Fuego Lento: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – October 2019)

Cullberg Ballet – Figure A Sea: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – October 2019)

Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard – The Mother: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2019)

Norwegian National Ballet 2 – Smith/Balanchine/Bournonville/Espejord/Edmonds: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2019)

Rambert School – Mabana/Cunningham/Lawrance/Bruce/Edmonds/Brandstrup/Ueda/Reith/Davidson: Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2019)

Images Ballet Company – Polley/McNicol/McMillan/Page: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2019)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – He takes her by the hand and leads her into the castle, the others follow: Wuppertal Opernhaus, Wuppertal, Germany (Dance Europe – July 2019)

San Francisco Ballet – Welch/Scarlett/Peck: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – July 2019)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Bach Studies: Antwerp Opera House, Belgium (Dance Europe – July 2019)

Rambert – Motin/McGregor/Shechter: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – July 2019)

Seeta Patel – The Rite of Spring: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – July 2019)

Norwegian National Ballet – Baroque Movement: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – June 2019)

Deborah Colker Dance Company – Dog Without Feathers: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – June 2019)

Clod Ensemble – On The High Road: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – June 2019)

Ballet Central – Graduation Show: Stratford Circus, London (Dance Europe – May 2019)

Ballet Black – Penduluum/Click!/Ingoma: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – May 2019)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Since She: Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – April 2019)

Norwegian National Ballet – The Firebird/Rite of Spring: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – April 2019)

James Cousins Company – Epilogues: The Place, London (Dance Europe – April 2019)

Sadler’s Wells Sampled: Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – March 2019)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Furioso: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – February 2019)

Olivier de Sagazan – Transfiguration: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – February 2019)

New Adventures – Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – January 2019)

Rambert & Rambert 2 – Grey Matter/E2 7SD/Killer Pig/Ghost Dances: (Dance Europe – December 2018)

Ballet Cymru – Dylan Thomas – A Child’s Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – December 2018)

Norwegian National Ballet – The Hamlet Complex: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – November 2018)

Dance Umbrella 2018: Various venues (Dance Europe – November 2018)

Taj Express: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – November 2018)

Pierre Rigal – Scandale: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October 2018)

Carmen La Cubana – Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October 2018)

Scottish Dance Theatre – Velvet Petal: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – October 2018)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Memento Mori: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – August/September 2018)

Rambert – Life is a Dream: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – July 2018)

Boy Blue – A Night with Boy Blue: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – July 2018)

English Youth Ballet – Cinderella in Hollywood: Theatre Royal, Norwich, England (Dance Europe – July 2018)

Norwegian National Ballet – Sult & Utkanten: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – June 2018)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan – Formosa: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June 2018)

Russell Maliphant Company – maliphantworks2: The Coronet, London (Dance Europe – June 2018)

Mark Bruce Company – Macbeth: Wilton’s Hall, London (Dance Europe – April 2018)

Lost Dog – Juliet and Romeo: A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage: Battersea Arts Centre, London (Dance Europe – April 2018)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Faust: Stadsschouwburg Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – March 2018)

Resolution 2018: The Place, London (Dance Europe – March 2018)

Jakop Ahlbom Company – Lebensraum: The Peacock, London (Dance Europe – March 2018)

Alexandra Dariescu – The Nutcracker and I: Milton Court Concert Hall, London (Dance Europe – February 2018)

New Zealand School of Dance – 50th Graduation Season Programme: St James Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand (Dance Europe – January 2018)

Norwegian National Ballet 2 (Nasjonalballetten Ung) – Brillante: The Second Stage, Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – January 2018)

English National Ballet – The Nutcracker: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – January 2018)

Dance Umbrella 2017 (Rocio Molina, Rachid Ouramdane, Lyon Opera Ballet, Shoreditch Takeover and Cia Maduixa): The Barbican, artsdepot, Sadler’s Wells, Shoreditch Town Hall and Stratford Circus Arts Centre respectively (Dance Europe – December 2017)

Acosta Danza – Debut: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – November 2017)

BalletBoyz – Fourteen Days: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – November 2017)

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo – Massâcre/Memento Mori: Salle Garnier Opéra de Monte Carlo, Monaco (Dance Europe – October 2017)

Cirkus Cirkör – Limits: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – October 2017)

Iceland Dance Company – Sacrifice: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – October 2017)

Mithkal Alzghair – Displacement: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2017)

Les Ballets C de la B – Nicht Schlafen: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2017)

Taj Express: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2017)

Sisters Grimm – Voices of the Amazon: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2017)

Richard Alston Dance Company – Glint/Tangent/Chacony/Gypsy Mixture: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2017)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Hope (Chronicle/Cafe Muller/Ecdysis): Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – July 2017)

The Royal Swedish Ballet – Dream of Swan Lake: Kungliga Operan, Stockholm, Sweden (Dance Europe – June 2017)

Hungarian National Ballet – Le Corsaire: Magyar Allami Operahaz, Budapest, Hungary (Dance Europe – June 2017)

2Faced Dance Company – From Above/The Other/Fallen Angels: The Place, London (Dance Europe – June 2017)

Motionhouse – Scattered: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – June 2017)

Greek National Ballet – Landscapes: Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, Athens, Greece (Dance Europe – May 2017)

L’école Superieure de Danse de Cannes-Mougins Rosella Hightower – Rêver pour grandir: Théâtre Croisette, Hôtel Marriott, Cannes, France (Dance Europe – May 2017)

Royal Ballet Flanders – East: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – May 2017)

Matthew Bourne – Early Adventures: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – May 2017)

Danza Contemporanea de Cuba – Reversible/The Listening Room/Matria Etnocentra: The Barbican, London (Dance Europe – April 2017)

Russell Maliphant – MaliphantWorks: Print Room, The Coronet, London (Dance Europe – April 2017)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Spartacus: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – March 2017)

ZfinMalta Dance Ensemble – From Home With Love: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – March 2017)

Havana International Ballet Festival 2016: Various shows and venues in Havana, Cuba (Dance Europe – January 2017)

Norwegian National Ballet – Nutcracker: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – January 2017)

Cloud Gate 2 – Wicked Fish/The Wall/Beckoning: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – January 2017)

Royal Ballet Flanders – West: Gent Opera House, Gent, Belgium (Dance Europe – December 2016)

Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company – Inter_rupted: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – December 2016)

Yorke Dance Project – Rewind Forward: Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2016)

Michael Clark Company – to a simple rock ‘n’ roll… song: Barbican Theatre, London (Dance Europe – November 2016)

Dance Umbrella (CCN-Ballet de Lorraine & Arch 8 Dancers): Sadler’s Wells & artsdepot, London, respectively (Dance Europe – November 2016)

 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Exodus/Four Corners/After the Rain/Revelations & Lift/Awakening/Cry/Revelations: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – October 2016)

St Petersburg Ballet Theatre – Her Name Was Carmen: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – October 2016)

Vamos Cuba! – Sadler’s Wells: Sadler’s Wells, London, (Dance Europe – October 2016)

The Australian Ballet – Cinderella: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2016)

Marie Chouinard – Soft Virtuosity, still humid, on the edge / HENRI MICHAUX : MOUVEMENTS: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2016)

Alain Platel, Frank Van Laecke & Steven Prengels – En avant, marche!: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2016)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Ravel: Antwerp Opera House, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – July 2016)

Nederlands Dans Theater 2 – Schubert/Sad Case/Some Other Time/mutual comfort/Solo/Cacti: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – July 2016)

Adam Donen – Symphony to a Lost Generation: LSO St Luke’s, London (Dance Europe – July 2016)

Norwegian National Ballet 2 – End of Year Performance: Second Stage, Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – June 2016)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan – Songs of the Wanderers: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June 2016)

Cecilia Lisa Eliceche – Unison: Lilian Bayliss Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June 2016)

English National Ballet – She Said: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – May 2016). You can read my review of Annabelle López Ochoa’s Broken Wings here – in Spanish only.

Richard Alston Dance Company – An Italian in Madrid: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – May 2016)

National Dance Company Wales – Folk: The Place, London (Dance Europe – May 2016)

Cloud Gate 2 – 13 Tongues: National Theatre, Taipei, Taiwan (Dance Europe – April 2016)

Mark Bruce Company – The Odyssey: Wilton’s Hall, London (Dance Europe – April 2016)

Kodo – One Earth Tour 2016: Mystery: Barbican Hall, London (Dance Europe – April 2016)

Danish Dance Theatre – The Firebird: Republique Big Stage, Copenhagen, Denmark (Dance Europe – March 2016)

Greek National Opera Ballet – Nutcracker: Olympia Theatre, Athens, Greece (Dance Europe – February 2016)

Russell Maliphant Company – Conceal/Reveal: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – January 2016)

Baltic Dance Theatre – Burza/Phaedra: Baltic Opera House, Gdansk, Poland (Dance Europe – January 2016)

Hussein Chalayan – Gravity Fatigue: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – January 2016)

Baltic Dance Theatre – Mixed Bill: Teatr Wielki, Warsaw, Poland (Dance Europe – December 2015)

Norwegian National Ballet – Back to the Future: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – December 2015)

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & Yabin Wang – Genesis: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – November 2015)

Ballet Folklorico de Mexico: London Coliseum, London (Dance Europe – October 2015)

Bianca Casady and the C.i.A. Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – October 2015)

Matthew Bourne – The Car Man: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2015)

Les Ballets C de La B – Badke: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2015)

Houston Ballet – Morris, Welch & Kylian: Wortham Theater Center, Houston, Texas, USA (Dance Europe – July 2015)

Royal Ballet Flanders – In Flanders Fields: Antwerp Opera House, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – July 2015)

Royal Swedish Ballet – Alexander Ekman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Dance Europe – June 2015)

Norwegian National Ballet – Dream Play: Oslo Opera House (Dance Europe – June 2015)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehort & Ahnen: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June 2015)

Sasha Waltz & Guests – d’avant: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (Dance Europe – June 2015)

Inua Ellams & Benji Reid – The Spalding Suite: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – June 2015)

Norwegian National Ballet – Liam Scarlett’s Carmen: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – May 2015)

Diana Vishneva – On the Edge: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – May 2015)

Les SlovaKs – Opening Night: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe -May 2015)

Scottish Dance Theatre – Miann: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe -May 2015)

2Faced Dance Company – Dreaming in Code: The Place, London (Dance Europe – May 2015)

Finnish National Ballet – Kullervo: Helsinki Opera House, Helsinki, Finland (Dance Europe – April 2015)

Crystal Pite/Hofesh Shechter/Kate Prince – The Associates: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – April 2015)

Richard Alston Dance Company – 20th Anniversary Performances: The Place, London (Dance Europe – April 2015)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Don Quixote: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – March 2015)

Compagnie 111 – Plexus: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – March 2015)

English National Ballet – Nutcracker: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – February 2015)

Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures – Edward Scissorhands: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – February 2015)

Royal New Zealand Ballet – Graduation Season 2014: Te Whaea Theatre, Wellington, New Zealand (Dance Europe – January 2014)

Thomas Adès – See the Music, Hear the Dance: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2014)

Norwegian National Ballet – Ghosts: Oslo Opera House, Oslo, Norway (Dance Europe – November 2014)

Sisters Grimm – Inala – A Zulu Ballet: Sadler’s Wells (Dance Europe – November 2014)

Les Doigts de la Main – Sequence 8: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – November 2014)

Sylvie Guillem & Russell Maliphant – Push: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – October 2014)

Nederlands Dance Theater 1 – Sehnsucht/Schmetterling: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2014)

Paul White – Anatomy of an Afternoon: Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London (Dance Europe – August/September 2014)

English National Ballet – Choreographics 2014: The Pit, Barbican Centre, London (Dance Europe – July 2014)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Beyond The Tutu (incorporating Cynthia Harvey’s Kingdom of the Shades, Nicolo Fonte’s Made Man and Alexander Ekman’s Tyll): Ghent Opera House, Belgium (Dance Europe – July 2014)

FlashMob: Peacock Theatre, London (Dance Europe – July 2014)

Norwegian National Ballet – Alexander Ekman’s A Swan Lake: Oslo Opera House, Norway (Dance Europe – June 2014)

Dance Fest Skopje – DanceLab 2014: Youth Cultural Centre, Skopje, Macedonia (Dance Europe – June 2014)

Big Ballet (Channel 4, UK TV programme) – (Dance International – Summer 2014)

GoteborgsOperans Danskompani – Spirit (incoporating Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Noetic and Saburo Teshigawara’s Metamorphosis): Gothenburg Opera House, Gothenburg, Sweden (Dance Europe – May 2014)

Savion Glover – SoLe Sanctuary: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – May 2014)

Martin Creed – Work No.1020: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London (Dance Europe – May 2014)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Viacheslav Samodurov’s Romeo & Juliet: Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – April 2014)

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan – Rice: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – April 2014)

Resolution! 2014: The Place, London (Dance Europe – March 2014)

Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballet – Goyo Montero’s Cinderella: Staatstheater Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany (Dance Europe – February 2014)

Northern School of Contemporary Dance – Departures: Riley Theatre, Leeds (Dance Europe – February 2014)

Hungarian National Ballet – Aranyecset (The Golden Brush): Budapest Opera House, Budapest, Hungary (Dance Europe – January 2014)

Norrdans – Glesbygdsliv (Life in a Small Village): Sundsvall Theatre, Sundsvall, Sweden (Dance Europe – January 2014)

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – Milonga: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – January 2014)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Diaghilev Unbound: Antwerp Opera House, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – December 2013)

Mark Bruce Company – Dracula: Wilton’s Music Hall, London (Dance Europe – December 2013)

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet – Triple Bill: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – November 2013)

Thomas Noone Dance Company/Norrdans – Brutal Love Poems/Beautiful Beast: sat! Theatre, Barcelona, Spain (Dance Europe – November 2013)

Fredrik Rydman – Swan Lake Reloaded: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – October 2013)

Boston Ballet – The Second Detail/Polyphonia/Bella Figura: London Coliseum (Dance Europe – August/September 2013)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Britten Dances: Ghent Opera House, Ghent, Belgium (Dance Europe – August/September 2013)

Akram Khan Company – iTMOi: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – July 2013)

Meryl Tankard – The Oracle: Queen Elizabeth hall, London (Dance Europe – July 2013)

Eastman – Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui – Puz/zle: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – June 2013)

The Place Prize 2013 The Place, London (Dance Europe – June 2013)

Mikhailovsky Ballet – Without Words/Nunc Dimittus/Prelude : London Coliseum (Dance Europe – May 2013)

Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía – Metáfora: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – May 2013)

Royal Ballet Flanders – Balanchine, Godani, McGregor: Theater ’t Eilandje, Antwerp, Belgium (Dance Europe – April 2013)

Resolution! 2013 The Place, London (Dance Europe – March 2013)

Paco Peña Dance Company – Quimeras: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – January 2013)

Philippe Decouflé Company DCA – Panorama: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2012)

Rosas – En Atendant: Sadler’s Wells, London (Dance Europe – December 2012)

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – World Cities 2012: Sadler’s Wells and The Barbican (Dance International – Autumn 2012)

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Gerard Davis