DANCE & BALLET IN MANCHESTER
DANCE & BALLET IN MANCHESTER
Most Popular Dance & Ballet in Manchester
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Friday 22 - Saturday 30 November 2024
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake returns for its 30th anniversary with a 2024/25 UK tour. This audacious reinvention of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece caused a sensation when it premiered almost 30 years ago and has since become the most successful da...
Tom Dale Company - Surge VR
Friday 22 - Saturday 23 November 2024
Come with us to explore the digital re-imagining of live choreography. Get up-close and inside a boundless world, defy your senses and immerse yourself in a futuristic landscape. Tom Dale Company have developed this VR version of thei...
The Lowry Dance & Drama Workshops
Friday 22 November 2024 - Thursday 31 July 2025
The Lowry offers a diverse and inclusive creating learning offer for Primary and Secondary Schools. With a variety of workshops linked to curriculum areas, mental health and wellbeing and project work. Held either at The Lowry or in scho...
Fairytale of New York
Tuesday 26 - Wednesday 27 November 2024
From the producers of Seven Drunken Nights-The Story of The Dubliners and featuring an international cast of singers, musicians and dancers Fairytale of New York brings you all of your favorite Christmas songs including Driving home fo...
Gorilla Circus - RPM
Saturday 30 November 2024
A mesmeric new show combining exhilarating acrobatics, adrenaline-pumping street dance and breath-taking roller skating, set on a giant moving treadmill! RPM explores the tragic, comic and absurd aspects of modern society, unravelling untol...
Honkytonk Highway Line Dancing Manchester
Sunday 15 December 2024
Wanting to learn to line dance or give it a try? This is your sign to dust off those boots (or any other footwear) and come learn to line dance...
Christmas with Anton du Beke & Friends
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Journey into a festive wonderland and enjoy Christmas with Anton Du Beke! The ballroom king and Strictly Come Dancing judge joins forces with a troupe of extraordinary dancers, along with vocalist Lance Ellington and his dynamic live band, ...
We Call it Ballet - Sleeping Beauty in a Dazzling Light Show
Tuesday 17 December 2024
Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dazzling dance and light show. Classical ballet and modern technology come together to create an artistic masterpiece like no other, where exquisite dancers literally light up the stage w...
GradPro - Your Next Stage
Friday 20 December 2024
Your Next Stage presents a performance of original dance works by G2P Pre Professional Graduates. Created by Julie Bowers, a former professional dancer with the Royal Ballet, and Brandon Lawrence, principal dancer at Birmingham Royal Balle...
The Royal Ballet - The Nutcracker (12A)
Sunday 22 December 2024
The Royal Ballet and Opera returns to the big screen for its Cinema Season 2024/25 with Peter Wright's much-loved production, featuring gorgeous period designs by Julia Trevelyan Oman, which keeps true to the spirit of this festive ballet c...
Varna International Ballet - The Nutcracker
Thursday 2 January 2025
This most famous of fantasy ballets for all the family begins as night falls on Christmas Eve. As snowflakes fall outside, the warm glow of the open fire sends flickering shadows across the boughs of the Christmas tree and all the present...
Varna International Ballet - Swan Lake
Friday 3 January 2025
The greatest romantic ballet of all time is brought to life by Tchaikovsky's haunting and unforgettable score. From the impressive splendour of the Palace ballroom to the moon-lit lake where swans glide in perfect formation, this compelli...
Pagrav Dance Company - ROOH: Within Her
Tuesday 14 January 2025
Join us for this compelling solo piece from renowned choreographer and performer Urja Desai Thakore. In ROOH: Within Her, Urja Desai Thakore explores narratives in quiet, everyday, heroism across two millennia. She stages the turmoil of a m...
Sealskin
Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 January 2025
Exploring ideas of belonging, otherness and home, Sealskin combines Liverpool physical theatre company Tmesis's trademark playful and highly skilled physicality, puppetry, storytelling, incredible projection design and live original music ...
Shen Yun
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 January 2025
Shen Yun takes you on an extraordinary journey through China's 5,000 years of divinely inspired culture. Exquisite beauty from the heavens, profound wisdom from dynasties past, timeless legends, and ethnic traditions all spring to life thro...
Swan Lake
Thursday 16 - Sunday 19 January 2025
Swan Lake is arguably the world's most popular ballet, and a timeless tale. Prince Siegfried falls in love with Odette, Queen of the Swans, only to be tricked into betraying her by the wicked von Rothbart and his daughter Odile. The thrilli...
The Nutcracker
Saturday 18 January 2025
The festive delights of The Nutcracker will charm audiences of all ages this New Year. When Clara is gifted a Nutcracker doll who magically comes to life, an enchanting adventure unfolds; a dramatic battle with the Mouse King ensues, and da...
Until We Sleep
Saturday 18 January 2025
Lowry Partner company Far From the Norm Presents Botis Seva's latest Hip Hop theatre production, Until We Sleep, is a journey underlined with a resistance to change. Amidst the oppression of leadership, a lone warrior yearns for faith as th...
Giovanni Pernice - The Last Dance
Sunday 26 January 2025
Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice returns in 2025 with his tour 'The Last Dance'. The 2021 Strictly champion and BAFTA winner will be taking to the stage once again with his company of world class performers. Giovanni, the...
Acosta Danza - Nutcracker in Havana
Monday 27 - Tuesday 28 January 2025
A Cuban take on the favourite festive classic, Carlos Acosta's brand-new production Nutcracker in Havana explodes onto the stage, featuring new choreography by Carlos Acosta CBE performed by more than 20 dancers from his Cuban company, Acos...
Giovanni Pernice - The Last Dance
Monday 27 January 2025
Strictly Come Dancing professional Giovanni Pernice returns in 2025 with his tour 'The Last Dance'. The 2021 Strictly champion and BAFTA winner will be taking to the stage once again with his company of world class performers. Giovanni, the...
Emilyn Claid - Untitled
Friday 21 February 2025
Emilyn Claid has a fifty year career as a performer, stretching back to the 1960s when she was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada and the 1970s when she was co-founder of experimental collective X6 Dance Space in London, a ...
Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company - Art of Andalucia
Sunday 2 March 2025
The award-winning Daniel Martinez Flamenco Company presents its long-awaited 2nd production Andalucia, a stunning flamenco production accompanied by a chamber orchestra. This extra special concert is a musical representation of the eight r...
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Cinderella
Thursday 6 - Saturday 8 March 2025
This enchanting fairytale is a glorious celebration of ballet. Praised by audiences and critics alike, former Birmingham Royal Ballet Director David Bintley's Cinderella is a sure-fire mix of wonderful dance, spectacular scenery, and a ...
Karen Hauer & Gorka Marquez - Speakeasy
Sunday 16 March 2025
Strictly Come Dancing professionals Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez return with their brand-new show Speakeasy. Expect exhilarating live music and breath-taking choreography with Karen and Gorka's newest offering, which follows their debut to...
Anton Du Beke - At the Musicals
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Strictly Come Dancing legend and judge, Anton Du Beke, takes to the stage in 2025. With his live band, guest singer and dancers, expect a fab-u-lous evening of song, dance and laughter. Anton will be performing songs and dances from some of...
Amy & Carlos - Reborn
Friday 28 March 2025
Having made a stunning return to the Strictly dancefloor, Amy Dowden MBE - accompanied by fellow sensational Strictly Come Dancing star Carlos Gu - truly feels Reborn. Join Amy and Carlos as they share an intimate portrait of their lives an...
Homecoming
Tuesday 1 April 2025
What happens when your world falls apart? HOMECOMING blends storytelling, dynamic choreography, and cutting-edge technology to trace the journey of a woman on a quest to reconnect with her lost sense of self. Through a stunning live perform...
Craig Revel Horwood
Saturday 12 April 2025
The star of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing is taking to the road with his debut solo tour! Join Craig as he talks about his life from Australia to the West End to Strictly, reveals a wealth of backstage gossip with his trademark wit and cando...
Craig Revel Horwood
Thursday 24 April 2025
The star of BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing is taking to the road with his debut solo tour! Join Craig as he talks about his life from Australia to the West End to Strictly, reveals a wealth of backstage gossip with his trademark wit and cando...
Torvill & Dean
Friday 2 - Sunday 4 May 2025
World-renowned figure skating duo Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, best known as simply Torvill & Dean, are world-famous figure skaters and former British, World, European and Olympic champions. In 2024, they announced their retirement ...
Nikita Kuzmin - Midnight Dancer
Thursday 8 May 2025
Ukrainian-Italian dance star Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show to the stage. Rising star of Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother Nikita Kuzmin brings his brand-new show, Midnight Dancer to the stage on his first ever solo U...
Aljaz & Janette - A Night to Remember
Saturday 31 May 2025
A Night to Remember is the brand-new show from Strictly favourites Aljaz & Janette! It will be a night of unforgettable dancing, great music and plenty of laughter! Aljaz and Janette have graced UK stages across the country for over 6 years...
Aljaz and Janette - Dancing in a Winter Wonderland
Saturday 31 May 2025
Last year, Strictly legends Janette Manrara and Aljaz Skorjanec made good on the promise to deliver the ultimate Christmas jukebox dance show. It was the perfect Christmas recipe. This year they will be dancing all the way to a Winter Wonde...
Oti Mabuse
Sunday 15 June 2025
From the sambas of Brazilian Carnival to the Tangos of Argentina's Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, the dance scene at England's own Glastonbury Festival and the swing of the Jazz Fest in New Orleans, join queen of the dance floor Oti M...
Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell
Tuesday 1 - Saturday 5 July 2025
Matthew Bourne's award-winning The Midnight Bell comes to Salford for the first time in 2025. In 1930s London ordinary people emerge from cheap boarding houses nightly to pour out their passions, hopes and dreams in the pubs and fog-bound s...
Burn The Floor with Dianne & Vito - Red Hot and Ready
Friday 11 July 2025
Strictly professionals Dianne Buswell and Vito Coppola star in brand-new stage show, Red Hot and Ready! Created by BAFTA award recipient and world-renowned choreographer Jason Gilkison, Red Hot and Ready builds on the acclaimed performance ...
Anton & Giovanni - Together Again
Sunday 13 July 2025
The nation's favourite double act, Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice, are Together Again in 2025 with a BRAND NEW SHOW. Anton & Giovanni - Together Again is going to be the smash-hit tour of the summer... More fun, more dance, more song...
Quadrophenia - A Mod Ballet
Tuesday 15 - Saturday 19 July 2025
Presented by Sadler's Wells and Universal Music UK Meet the new generation... In 1973, guitar smashing rock genius Pete Townshend wrote QUADROPHENIA. Recorded by The Who - it quickly became an iconic and multi-million selling album. Quadrop...
Riverdance
Saturday 23 - Wednesday 27 August 2025
Since Riverdance first emerged onto the world stage, its fusion of Irish and international dance and music has captured the hearts of millions worldwide. The Grammy award-winning music and the infectious energy of its mesmerising choreograp...
Rambert x (LA)HORDE - Bring Your Own
Tuesday 16 - Thursday 18 September 2025
RAMBERT X LAHORDE Bring Your Own We're crashing an after-party; you coming? Bring Your Own is gritty, sensual, and fiercely real. Will you dive into the chaos or shy away? Will you feel everything, and maybe nothing, all at once? In this e...
