Before 5pm, Dance

• Written by: Derek Deane

Choreographer Derek Deane's highly dramatic version of the Tchaikovsky ballet is performed in the round, featuring 60 swans which glide across the arena floor. Artist director Tamara Rojo performs the role of Odette/Odile in some performances.

From rock to pop, come and see the fantastic students dance their socks off.

Create African rhythms with a mix of drumming, percussion, singing and dance, led by Zimbabwean percussionist and choreographer Owen Ncube.

Relationships come into focus in extracts from the canon of Scottish Ballet’s Founding Artistic Director Peter Darrell, and new collaborators James Cousins and Helen Pickett. Darrell’s poignant Five Rückert Songs embodies the feelings in Friedrich Rückert’s poetry on love, loss and loneliness with lingering steps and…

Electro-comedy duo Eccentronic (Miss Hypnotique and John Callaghan) enter Eurovision.It’s boom-bang-a-bang to World peace, radical choreography and avant-garde eurodisco. But will you, the jury, be wowed by award-worthy theremin and musical mash-ups from ABBA to Kraftwerk via Croydon Tram, or will they score ‘nul points’?

Take a page out of Degas' book and get to work sketching some ballet dancers from real life. Artist Heidi Wigmore leads the session with English National Ballet dancers. Some life drawing experience recommended, but not required.

• Written by: Alexandre Glazunov

Three works that were synonymous with the late Russian dancer-choreographer are performed in this programme marking his 75th birthday. Music is by Stravinsky, Mahler and Glazunov.

Loosely based on Byron's poem of the same name, Le Corsaire is a thrilling tale about a pirate's love for a harm girl.

• Written by: Dominic Marshall

Emma Lister, Amy Drew, Lorien Slaughter and Brendan Bratulic alternate the roles of Swanilda and Franz, supported by a large cast of younger dancers. Choreographed by Janet Lewis and Dominic Marshall.

Professional principal dancers lead a cast of almost 100 young people, in a traditional staging of Tchaikovsky's classical ballet.

A classical performance of the festive favourite.

An energetic dance performance by young people.

A spectacular show as the region's biggest dance academy features crews from all over the North East.

A summer school to introduce budding performers aged 16–19 to Fame: The Musical. No audition is necessary to join the chorus. To audition for one of the lead roles, contact the creative learning team at Horsecross (contact details above). Ticket price is for the entire five-day summer school. Bring a packed lunch.

Central Scotland Ballet present their fantastical dance showcase.

Resident DJs spin R&B, old skool and club classics.

In their 10th anniversary year Feet First Dance presents Once Upon a Time, a dance evening of excitement, fun and mystery based upon the tales of the brothers Grimm and other famous fantasy stories such as The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. The students will perform in a number of different styles including Street…

Swinging drum kits, flying ironing boards, levitating brides. Welcome to the world of the unexpected. A stunning clique of masterful acrobats, aerialists, dancers, musicians and daredevil stuntmen are putting on a show for you. The problem is, the show has already started and no one is prepared… Desires, dreams…