Dancers in grey suits performing in Figures in Extinction
Photograph: Rahi Rezvani
Photograph: Rahi Rezvani

The best dance and ballet shows in November 2025

The biggest and best dance shows to hit London up this month

India Lawrence
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November is looking like an exciting month for dance in London. 

As the longer nights roll in and the post-clock-change despair starts to take hold, an evening of watching incredibly lean athletes prance around a stage in tights could be just what Londoners need to lift their dampened, wintery spirits. So it’s good news then that perhaps the most jovial ballet of all timeLa Fill mal gardée is on the Royal Opera House stage this month. 

Elsewhere, there are cracking productions from Nederlands Dans Theater, Sharon Eyal, and a Flamenco-inspired cabaret to look forward to. 

This is the best dance in London this November. 

India is in charge of dance listings at Time Out. She was first shoved into a leotard and ballet shoes aged four, and has loved it ever since. Nowadays India prefers contemporary (or dancing in a sweaty club) to ballet, but still has a soft spot for the odd grand jeté every now and again. India has been reviewing dance in London since joining Time Out in 2022. 

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Dance in November

  • Dance
  • Contemporary and experimental
  • Clerkenwell

Sharon Eyal’s band of hypnotising and slightly terrifying dancers returns to Sadler’s Wells, with a comission for S-E-D Dance Company in collaboration with London-based artist, producer and electronic musician Koreless. In this rhythmic, sensual work, a group of eight dancers clad in skintight bodysuits contorts, undulates and jerks their bodies to the sound of ravey bass music. Prepare to be totally mesmerised. 

  • Dance
  • Ballet
  • Covent Garden
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Frederick Ashton's wonderfully silly production returns to the Royal Opera House. This gem of a comic ballet is packed with fiendish footwork, a winning love story, and of course, dancing chickens. Prepare to leave grinning ear to ear after experiencing one of the Royal Ballet’s most popular ballets of all time. 

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  • Art
  • Performance art
  • Aldwych
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • Recommended

Technically, Infinitie Bodies is a dance exhibition rather than a live show, however, Wayne McGregor’s dancers are in residence at this totally hypnotic installation exploring the relationship between machines and the body in the work of the virtuoso choreographer. Dancers will be performing at random times throughout the exhibition’s run. 

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