Erin Johnson

Telling Franz Kafka's famous story The Metamorphosis, Arthur Pita's award-winning dance-theatre piece is a powerful, graceful performance which shows the potential of this exciting medium.

Ivan Blackstock brought a huge number of shorter pieces to his Wild Card event at Sadler's Wells, totalling almost three hours of material. It was pretty overwhelming in total when presented in this form, but could be distilled into something really powerful.

Two contrasting new works came to Greenwich Dance last week, part of a collaboration with Trinity Laban. Robert Clark's piece was fleeting but impressionable, while the predictability of Theo Clinkard's piece was a vehicle for some strong performances from the dancers.

Eccentric but thoughtful, Dan Canham's Wild Card offering at Sadler's Wells encompassed folk dancing and a solo piece from Canham too. With a lecture from writer Augusto Corrieri as well, this was a very enjoyable evening.

Australian dance group Chunky Move brought this exciting experiment to the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall, examining the ways that movement, video and sound can interact live in performance. While not always on point, when it was the event was fascinating and intriguing.

The Place Prize Semi-Final continued on Thursday, with Nina Kov, Neil Paris, bGroup and Darren Ellis showcasing work in the third evening of this four-night series. The Place Prize, now in its fifth edition, is a competition aimed at encouraging engagement with contemporary dance.

The Fifth Edition of The Place Prize is in full swing as the first semi-finalists presented their work to a sold-out audience. Four choreographers shared the first performance in the four-evening series, which features new work by 16 of the UK’s most exciting dance artists, all competing to be winner of The Place Prize and recipient of the £35,000 award.

Slovak National Folklore Ballet Lúčnica’s Forever Young filled Sadler’s Wells with a radiant energy that was truly a refreshing delight. The programme was as diverse as it was entertaining, with dances from the many different regions of Slovakia, and each dance boasted more elaborate costumes and props than the last.

In celebration of the 2012 London Olympic Games, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch is in London performing ten different works inspired by places around the world, and last night’s Chile-inspired …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si… was a polished example of the excellence of the company’s dancers and the genius of Pina Bausch.

Erin Johnson reviews Zombie Aporia by Daniel Linehan. The American choreographer revisited Sadler's Wells' Lilian Baylis Studio Theatre with performers Salka Ardal Rosengren and Thibault Lac.