Performer: José Limón

A triumphant world premiere from a young choreographer. A poor choice of pas de deux for Paris Opera étoiles. Three bracing solos. A strenuously sexy duet: Misty Copeland’s Ballet Festival.

Carlos Acosta has lost none of his brilliance and in a carefully curated programme with Acosta Danza and Birmingham Royal Ballet, he still thrills audiences.

José Limón's The Emperor Jones is relocated to Wall Street and a visually stunning new work from heralded Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza challenges gender binaries.  

Doris Humphrey and José Limón inspired a world premiere from Aszure Barton for the Limón Dance Company at New York City's storied 92nd Street Y.

A finale to Pacific Northwest’s Ballet’s 2018-1019 season sends the audience home with memories of satisfying new work, appreciation of the old, and shaken to the core by a Limón performance.

It can’t be easy to programme a Shakespeare season that has something new to say about this giant figure in a year of excellent productions up and down the country, but this programme achieves it.