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The best dance and ballet shows in January 2025

The biggest and best dance shows to hit London up this month

India Lawrence
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It’s 2025. New year, new you, right? Perhaps your new year’s resolution was to get more cultured, in which case read on, because we have some excellent dance picks for you this January. 

Many of the big Christmas productions, including Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, and the Royal Ballet’s Cinderella, continue their runs throughout January, but personally I can’t wait to do away with all the glitter and pomp of the festive season and get my teeth into some new, experimental contemporary works. Most exciting on the January bill is Resolution 2025, The Place’s annual celebration of brand-spanking-new dance, and the UK’s biggest event showcasing fresh choreographies.  

Here’s what you should be watching this January. 

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Dance in January

  • Dance
  • Contemporary and experimental
  • Euston

Each year in January, the Place puts on Resolution, the UK’s biggest festival of emerging dance artists and choreographers. As per usual, this year presents a bold programme of eclectic dance triple bills that spans everything from Francesca Matthys’ ‘Aandag! (Attention.)’ – an interdisceplenary work exploring ancestry and the diasporic experience – to David Ainsworth’s ‘Signture Move’ – a piece that interrogates how we deal with illness, specifically Parkinson's. 

For more info, visit The Place website.

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