After a seasonal glut of Nutcrackers, dance companies in London settled into more diverse repertoire from the beginning of 2026. This latest Letter from London takes us from late January until early April.

“Dance dance” reclaims the sheer power of the moving body by celebrating virtuosity, physical skill, and the expressive potential of movement itself. In Rome during the first trimester of 2026, the vitality of “dance dance” was on full display...

This year’s Prague edition of the Malá inventura (Small Inventory) festival once again presented notable projects from the independent and experimental scene. In addition to established companies, it also introduced up-and-coming and lesser-known artists active in the Czech Republic.

At the start of this year, all four of my “quick jaunts” to London, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Florence to see dance were significantly disrupted.