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Carlos Acosta, in his final curtain call at the Royal Opera House © ROH | Ian Gavan

Carlos Acosta: celebrating 30 years in Dance

Graham Watts, 06 Dec
Our December dancer is the great Carlos Acosta, whose unique journey and extraordinary career continue with Acosta Danza, and many other projects. 
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Marie Taglioni in *La Sylphide*, 1832
Marie Taglioni in La Sylphide, 1832
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ViennaPeer Gynt

Staatsoper, Dec 10 at 19:30
Grieg: Peer Gynt
Edward Clug; Vienna State Ballet; Simon Hewett; Marko Japelj; Leo Kulaš; Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
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LondonMatthew Bourne's Swan Lake

Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Sadler's Wells Theatre, Dec 11 19:30, Dec 12 19:30, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 19:30, Dec 15 14:30, 19:30, Dec 16 14:00, 19:00, Dec 18 19:30, Dec 19 19:30, Dec 20 19:30, Dec 21 19:30, Dec 22 14:30, 19:30, Dec 23 14:00, 19:00, Dec 26 19:30, Dec 27 14:30, 19:30, Dec 28 19:30, Dec 29 14:30, 19:30, Dec 30 14:00, 19:00, 2019 Jan 01 19:00, Jan 02 19:30, Jan 03 19:30, Jan 04 19:30, Jan 05 14:30, 19:30, Jan 06 14:00, 19:00, Jan 08 19:30, Jan 09 19:30, Jan 10 19:30, Jan 11 19:30, Jan 12 14:30, 19:30
Tchaikovsky: Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Matthew Bourne; Matthew Bourne's New Adventures; Lez Brotherston; Paule Constable; Matthew Ball
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ZürichThe Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Opernhaus, Dec 11 19:00, Dec 15 19:00, Dec 26 20:00, Dec 29 19:30, 2019 Jan 01 15:00, 19:30
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
Christian Spuck; Ballett Zürich; Zurich Junior Ballet; Paul Connelly; Rufus Didwiszus; Buki Shiff; Michael Küster
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AmsterdamCinderella

Cinderella
Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Dec 13 20:00, Dec 14 20:00, Dec 16 14:00, Dec 17 20:00, Dec 19 20:00, Dec 20 20:00, Dec 22 20:00, Dec 23 14:00, Dec 24 14:00, Dec 26 14:00, Dec 27 14:00, 20:00, Dec 29 14:00, 20:00, Dec 30 14:00, Dec 31 14:00, 2019 Jan 01 20:00
Prokofiev: Cinderella
Christopher Wheeldon; Jacquelin Barrett; Dutch National Ballet; Martin West; Julian Crouch
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VilniusDer Prozess [Urbaitis]

© Martynas Aleksa
Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Dec 13, 2019 Feb 14 at 18:30
Urbaitis: Der Prozess
Martynas Rimeikis; Ernest Barčaitis; Ričardas Šumila; Modestas Barkauskas; Marijus Jacovskis; Jurgita Jankutė
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LeipzigSchwanensee

Schwanensee
Opernhaus, Dec 13 19:30, Dec 14 19:30, 2019 May 31 19:30, Jun 01 19:00, Jun 08 19:00, Jun 20 19:30
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Mario Schröder; Leipziger Ballet; Christoph Gedschold; Paul Zoller; Aleksandar Noshpal; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
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No body left behind: Sasha Waltz & Guest and Hans Peter Kuhn Körper

Körper © Berndt Uhlig
Katja Vaghi, 06 Dec
A mesmerising catalogue of the body’s uses and abuses in our society, Sasha Waltz & Guest presents Körper an old-time favourite at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.
*****
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Sugar and spice: The Nutcracker returns

Gary Avis (Drosselmeyer) © ROH | Bill Cooper (2013)
Mark Pullinger, 03 Dec
What marks the start of Christmas? For many, it's when the Christmas tree magically grows in The Royal Ballet's Nutcracker...
****1
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A Nutcracker in Wonderland from Kansas City Ballet

Kansas City Ballet in The Nutcracker © Brett Pruitt
Hilary Stroh, 01 Dec
Devon Carney's fantasy-forward take on the holiday classic. 
***11
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Emerging choreographers with Sydney Dance Company's New Breed

Chantal Nguyen, 30 Nov
The 2018 installment of Sydney Dance Company's annual showcase for new choreographers, New Breed, brings four diverse and experimental works to the stage.
***11
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moons in a dark sky: Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody)

Lewis' Water Will (In Melody) © Dorothea Tuch
Katja Vaghi, 29 Nov
A HAU am Hebel’s production, Ligia Lewis’ Water Will (in Melody) is surely a raw and direct, disturbingly grotesque, beautifully poetic and unwittingly explicit journey to an unfortunately unknown destination.
***11
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Tribute to the Shtetl: Richard Wherlock’s Tevye in Basel

Claudine Schoch, Sergio Bustinduy, Paige Borowski, Debora Maiques Marin, Javier Rodriguez Cobos © Lucian Hunziker
Sarah Batschelet, 28 Nov
Slolem Aleichem's classic of Yiddish literature is familiar through the musical “Fiddler on the Roof”. Choreographer Richard Wherlock’s adaptation retells the story in vibrant, contemporary dance.
***11
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