May is looking to be a scorcher in the capital, and with the that will come a wave of funky and fresh dance in London.
This month Breakin’ Convention is back, bringing together the best poppers, lockers and b-boys for the four-day-long hip hop extravaganza. On the Sadler’s stage is Northern Ballet’s take on Jane Eyre, as well as Oona Doherty’s new production, Speccy Clarke.
Here’s our pick of the best dance and ballet on stage this month.
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 all over London since joining Time Out in 2022.
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Stereotypes of Black masculinity are questioned in TRAPLORD – the Olivier Award winning production by dance artist Ivan Michael Blackstock that arrives at Sadler’s Wells East this May. Using dance, theatre and spoken word, this astonishing performance asks us to question how we see Black men, through the lens of mental health and modern masculinty.
Where is it? Sadler’s Wells East
A quadruple bill of Christopher Wheeldon works will arrive at the Royal Opera House this spring. Wheeldon Works will present a fortifying melange of tender gender-fluid duets (‘Us’); wistful, romantic explorations (‘The Two of Us’, set to music by Joni Mitchell); and jazzy, musical theatre-inspired jaunts (‘An American in Paris’), all choreographed by one of the modern greats.
Where is it? Royal Opera House
Choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan and first performed in 1966, The Royal Ballet’s much-loved Romeo & Juliet returns to the Royal Opera House this March. Prokofiev’s music is familiarly stirring, the costumes are rich in earthy tones and there’s all sorts of swaggering and swashbuckling from the rival families, but it’s the intimate drama between the central couple that makes this show soar, or not. Leads pairings for this run include Fumi Kaneko and Vadim Muntagirov, Marianela Nuñez and William Bracewell, and Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, alongside other ROH principals.
Where is it? Royal Opera House
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