| Home MuseumsMusicals Plays Opera Ballet 39 Steps Avenue Q Billy Elliot Blood BrothersCalendar GirlsCarousel ChicagoDirty Dancing Grease Hairspray Jersey BoysJoseph La Cage Aux Folles Les Miserables Madame de SadeMamma Mia Mousetrap Oliver Phantom of the Opera Priscilla Queen of the DesertSound Of Music Stomp The Lion King The Woman in Black Thriller - LiveWe Will Rock YouWicked Madam Butterfly - The Coliseum Swan Lake - Royal Opera HouseLondon Beauty Guide London Event Planning London Property Services | Ballet Got your tights? Your point shoes? All limbered up and stretched ready for a gruelling performance? No? Oh well, London still offers the opportunity to watch the professionals do it and you don’t even have to break a sweat. Those who like their ballet classical and on-point should be satisfied with the numerous productions currently showing. From Swan Lake to Madame Butterfly to Gisele, all being impeccably performed by some of the most talented dancers in the world. It’s not even just the British that like to come and manipulate their limbs, the American Ballet Theatre will be arriving at the end of March to the London Coliseum to give us a taste of Ballet from across the Ocean. However, London has always been the home of Ballet and this is shown in its constant desire to innovate and try new things. Those who like their performances to take risks, to tear up the rule book and twist a perfectly positioned finger towards tradition will find plenty to satisfy their more offbeat tastes. Dance United at the Sadler Wells theatre combines young Ethiopian dancers with a 130 person strong community dance finale, whilst Matthew Bourne’s contemporary update of Dorian Gray is fascinating both from a storytelling and ballet point of view. Like dance, but not particularly into Ballet? A dose of Tango Fire could be the antidote. The evening standard called it “sizzling” and “sensual” and temperatures certainly are raised as the audience is taken on a journey through the history of one of the hottest dances in history. Looks like you might be breaking a sweat after all! For those too cool for ballet, the International Festival of Hip Hop Dance Theatre which comes crashing into London in May might be just the ticket. Breakin’ Convention aims to do just what its name suggests: not so much tear up the rule book as flip it upside down, spin it around a few times and body-pop it into submission. Certainly one for the younger generations, but people of all ages should enjoy the chance to see these mesmerising street movers at work. For youngsters wanting to be on the other side of the experience, places such as the Royal Ballet School offer the best expert training in the world. For the rest of us however, we should simply enjoy the show and not attempt any of the moves at home!
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