Performer: Ken Saruhashi

Akram Khan's Giselle becomes ever more watchable with every viewing. A rollercoaster version of the traditional classic.

English National Ballet's current Nutcracker shows off the brilliance of the dancers across the ranks but after many years, the weaknesses in the plot and characterisation remain flawed.

Christopher Wheeldon's Cinderella in-the-round is an immersive experience in the grand ballroom scene but the romantic duets are robbed of an essential intimacy.