Decadently costumed, illustrious ballet performers portraying our favourite fairy tale characters: “They say if you dream a thing more than once, it’s sure to come true.”

Only with Akram Khan’s re-imagining of Giselle do we find the full emotional potential of the story laid bare before us.

Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet is a radical, refreshing and roaring retelling of the most iconic love story of all time. Bourne ditches his usual splendour and creates a production that is minimal and clinical – but just as phenomenal.

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, his third and final reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s ballets, is entertaining but not quite enchanting audiences at The Lowry

Elegance, grace and femininity have always been attributed to ballet. We examine how ballet performance wear is being reinmagined to promote female empowerment

The English National Ballet have returned to the Palace Theatre with their adaptation of Swan Lake – the world’s most famous ballet

One of Russia’s most successful touring ballet companies arrives at Manchester Opera House to perform two classics of traditional Russian ballet, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake

Aayush Chadha reviews The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House and discusses the accessibility of ballet

Theatre Editor Jay Darcy reviews Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker!, a contemporary reimagining of Tchaikovsky’s classic, at the Lowry

Sam Bronheim reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Swan Lake at the Lowry

Sam Bronheim reviews Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes at the Lowry, which stars Adam Cooper and Ashley Shaw

Sam Bronheim reviews Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella (English National Ballet)

Sophia Hadji-Michael and Theatre Editor Jay Darcy review Dada Masilo’s radical reimagining of the classic ballet Giselle

Sam Bronheim reviews Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast at the Lowry

Tai Francis reviews English National Ballet’s ‘Manon’ at the Manchester Opera House