Scottish Ballet performs Mary, Queen of Scots
Photograph: Andy Ross
Photograph: Andy Ross

The best dance and ballet shows in March 2026

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

India Lawrence
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It may have rained almost every day so far this year, but don’t let that get you down, because March is finally here and London is in the throes of a glorious fool’s spring.  

Something else to feel cheerful about is all the fabulous ballet and dance that’s on stage this month. Peter Wright’s Giselle – perhaps the most perfect romantic ballet – continues it run at the Royal Opera House. Over at Sadler’s Wells Scottish Ballet’s award-winning production of Mary, Queen of Scots comes to town, and English National Ballet is is permiering a new work by Crystal Pite. 

Read on to see the best dance in London this month. 

India is in charge of dance listings at Time Out. She has been dancing since she could walk and has been reviewing dance in London since joining Time Out in 2022. 

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Two acclaimed choreographers who you might expect to work together – the remarkable ballet creator Crystal Pite alongside commercial dancer and Taylor Swift collaborator Kameron N Saunders – have come together to create Body and Soul with ENB, which recieves its UK and world premiere at Sadlers Wells. Pite’s Body and Soul (Part 1) explores bereavement, featuring two dancers in funereal black suits and white shirts. Meanwhile Saunders presents a new work in three parts that looks at the quest to find our authentic self under crushing societal scrutiny, inspired by his own experiences.

Where is it? Sadler’s Wells.

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