Dance, Modern

Cecilia Bengolea, François Chaignaud, Marlene Monteiro Freitas and Trajal Harell in a choreographic collaboration of virtuosic movement, sculptural acrobatics and elaborate drag, which imagines what might have happened if someone from the 1963 Harlem voguing ball scene had performed alongside the early postmoderns at…

Students from the Lynne Crombie School of Dance aged 2–18 perform Alice in Wonderland and present a showcase of dance from tap to cheerleading to acro gymnastics.

Students from Yvonne Gray Dance Studios showcase their talents in this fairytale performance.

Ex-Riverdancer Catherine Gallagher and a vast crew of precision Irish step dancers present this new show of high stepping, stomps and kicks.

• Written by: Darren Ellis

An evening showcasing rising choreographic talents featuring a duet about power, resistance and accommodation and a piece with dancer and drum.

• Directed by: Mark Baldwin
• Written by: Merce Cunningham

The national company for contemporary dance performs Merce Cunningham's piece, accompanied by an electronic score from David Tudor.

The work explores the nature of religious and mystical experience and the relation of this to ritual. The performer becomes comparable to a shaman bringing non-ordinary experience into the ordinary world, or heaven to earth.

Big charity pop concert headlined by Rays of Sunshine ambassadors JLS and also featuring Olly Murs, Kimberley Walsh, Angel, Charlie Brown, Flawless and Ruff Diamond.

Eighties style flash mob dancing.

Novato Dance Company return with their biggest company yet for this mixture of contemporary dance, tap, theatre and song.

The company dancers perform a mixed repertoire of Merce Cunningham dances within the art gallery setting.

• Written by: Richard Alston

This all-Benjamin Britten evening sees debut dance performances of the dramatic Phaedra and poetic Holderlin Fragments, performed alongside Les Illuminations and the tender Lachrymae. The musicians of the Britten Sinfonia join the dance company on stage, for this unique collaboration.

• Written by: Benjamin Britten

Showcasing the togetherness of musicality and choreography that the contemporary company are known for, this mixed programme of four distinct works are performed to music by Mozart and Federico Busoni, Thomas Ades, Benjamin Britten and Steve Reich.

• Written by: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's contemporary dance company performs her piece for 12 dancers set to Steve Reich's rhythmic score, which is played live on stage by contemporary music ensemble Ictus.

A platform allowing emerging choreographers and dance students to showcase their concepts. Three young dancers take to the stage to perform pieces about religion, self perception and boy image.

Artist Davies presents her physical response to the theme of the everyday. Performed by dance artist Helka Kaski, the work moves within the gallery space and amongst other works on display.

Hip-hop and street moves for young hip things. Wear loose clothes and indoor trainers or jazz shoes. Ages 9–12 from 4.30pm; ages 13+ from 5.30pm.

A dance project designed as part of Woking Dance Festival where participants learn new skills and work with stand-out choreographers. Ages 11–21. No experience necessary for week one; week two requires grade three or equivalent experience.

Conflux's festival of street arts, physical theatre and circus showcases new work from Scottish and international companies and artists, staged in venues and streets around the city. There's also a range of workshops and masterclasses running alongside.

Fredrik Rydman fuses contemporary street dance with modern technology in this modern adaptation of Tchaikovsky's ballet of romance and heartbreak.

• Written by: William Forsythe

The dancer presents works by three leading choreographers, with the programme featuring Mats Ek's recent solo work, Bye, William Forsythe's duet, Rearray, performed by Guillem and La Scala principle Massimo Murru, and the duet 27'52" choreographed by Jiri Kylian.

A dissection of mankind's fascination with making people, presented through a combination of physicality with science.

Trajal Harrell performs a stripped down, solo version of Twenty Looks imagining dance history as it might have been.