Sweet Mambo, created a year before the choreographer’s death, is given a haunting, emotional revival by its original cast. Plus, Glen Tetley’s joy-filled world

The late choreographer’s company returns to the UK for the first time in 20 years with all the breeziness and buoyancy for which they are known

This brave, experimental, genre-bending ballet captures the spirit of the author

There are no guarantees of what you’ll see on any given night, but surprise treats abound

A BalletBoyz retrospective, Gentleman Jack the ballet and an original Pina Bausch cast are among next year’s highlights

The peer and former Royal Ballet principal hopes her creative and inspirational drive will lead to the role of the lord speaker

Sarah Crompton on the shows of the year, from ballet to hip-hop

Can The Observer’s dance critic overcome her allergy to the Tchaikovsky ballet

An entrancing take on the 1940s film about a ballerina driven to dance herself to death

ZooNation’s wonderfully imaginative take on A Christmas Carol is not as exhilarating as its initial premise

Our critic picks five cultural highlights, whether you have five minutes, an hour or a whole evening to spare

Three Sadler’s Wells premieres set to the US composer’s music – plus new works by Ballet Black – show the surprise joys and struggles of commissioning new work

Her stirring, evocative new work about the pacifist composer and his lover is a highlight of Royal Ballet’s Perspectives triple bill

The Italian principal, sumptuous and mostly shirtless, has the force and grace of a Roman god in his mesmerising evening of dance

This moving, audacious work by Nederlands Dans Theater and Complicité uses movement and intellect to explore the gulf between humanity and our environment

The renowned choreographer, who combines dance and algorithms in his exhilarating new exhibition, on why artists should embrace – not fear – the possibilities of technology

This magical realist story about a woman whose feelings are expressed through food is a feast for the senses

Five Black female choreographers elegantly explore a Pentecostal upbringing, music and the collapse of a marriage

English National Ballet are at their committed best in works by Balanchine, Martha Graham, William Forsythe and David Dawson

Acosta Danza was born at a time of hope for the choreographer’s homeland. Ten years on, it has become a symbol of vitality and endurance