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A gala to be remembered for the sheer number of stellar performances both in classical music and all forms of dance.

Carlos Acosta can still draw in the crowds and this carefully chosen programme is well worth watching.

Under the artistic leadership of ballerina extraordinaire Diana Vishneva, Context, a showcase of Russian contemporary choreography, sees it UK premiere at London Sadler's Wells.

Projecting [space[ by Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods is a two hour immersion between dance and performance art, a way of finding the Other within us, presented at the Reinbeckhallen for HAU.

Dark Emu is a beautifully choreographed dance response to Bruce Pascoe's award-winning book.  In combining current debate with millenia-old living tradition, it is both topical and profoundly poetic.

Úrsula López, Tamara López and Leonor Leal present *Painter and Flamenco: J.R.T.*as part of Sadler's Wells' 2018 Flamenco Festival 

Isabelle Beernaert, famous from various Dutch tv shows and successful theatre tours, is back on stage with a new direction, to mixed results.

Men and Girls Dance created by Fevered Sleep is like a perfectly cooked soufflé. Astonishingly light and delicately fragranced. It's flawlessness is finite, the subtle favours and gossamer texture melt away as it touches your tongue. Exquisitely simple, but devilishly difficult to do well.