Dance

Dance EUnion
Sept 19-21, South Bank Centre
A barrage of European choreographic talent from 23 countries turns up at the South Bank. If you want to find out what's going on in European dance, this is the place to do it.
www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Sept 30-Oct 2, Barbican
The greatest living icon of contemporary dance opens this year’s Dance Umbrella festival with new work XOVER, set to music by John Cage, and the return of chance piece Split Sides where the sequence of movement, set, décor, costumes and music (by Radiohead and Sigur Rós) is determined by the roll of dice.
www.danceumbrella.co.uk

Transports Exceptionnels
Oct 11-19, various venues
The unlikely duet for a man and his digger (a 13-tonne excavator no less) takes a mini tour across the city from Fulham to East Ham. And its free.
www.danceumbrella.co.uk
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Mariinsky Ballet (Kirov)
Oct 13-16, Sadler's Wells
The Russians have proved they're not just about endless Swan Lakes, and their take on William Forsythe's thrilling style of hyper-ballet showcases some steely, high-speed dancing.
www.sadlerswells.com

Jonathan Burrows
Oct 21-22, Linbury Studio Theatre
One of Britain's most respected, if not always celebrated, choreographers, Jonathan Burrows is always creative and compelling. This revival of his 1996 piece, 'The Stop Quartet', offers a chance to witness a masterful piece of composition.
www.danceumbrella.co.uk

I Am Falling
Oct 29-Nov 1, Lilian Baylis Theatre
Carrie Cracknell and Anna Williams’s dance theatre piece gets a deserved second run after its premiere at the Gate Theatre in January. An original fusion of dance and text where clever storytelling is enhanced, not undermined, by Williams’s movement.
www.sadlerswells.com

DV8
29 Oct-15 Nov, National Theatre
Always innovative, hard-hitting and human, Lloyd Newson's DV8 tackle the subject of homophobia in 'To Be Straight With You', drawing material from hundreds of hours of real-life interviews.
www.dv8.co.uk

New Wayne McGregor work
From Nov 13, Royal Opera House
Catch him while he can do no wrong. The precocious Wayne McGregor has dipped his toes in everything from artificial intelligence to opera, and his role as resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet leaves a cast of incredible dancers at his disposal. The as-yet-untitled new work will have sets designed by Julian Opie.
www.roh.org.uk

Overture 2012
Nov 1-2, Royal Albert Hall
If you've seen the inspirational film ‘Rhythm Is It’, with Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Phil while 100 Berlin teenagers dance to Stravinsky, you'll want to see this, the latest project from that same choreographer, Royston Maldoom. This time it's 100 young Londoners and the LSO playing Shostakovich's tenth Symphony.
www.danceumbrella.co.uk

Savion Glover
Nov 26-29, Sadler's Wells
Just simply one of the best dancers there is. The virtuosic tap dancer elevates hoofing to a musical art, improvising with musicians from the worlds of jazz, hip hop, classical and beyond.
www.sadlerswells.com