This is our final roundup of the year, and your final chance to squeeze in some excellent dance before the Christmas shows and holidays take over. And how better to end than with the long-awaited return of Rafael Bonachela and his company Sydney Dance Company? It's also your last chance to see the current triple bill by Royal Ballet - and it's absolutely worth catching!

We'll do roundups of the Christmas shows, the new Resolution programme and the new Sadler's Wells programme in the meantime.


Highlights

Sydney Dance Company: 1 - 3 December
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre
Tickets & details: ticketing.southbankcentre.co.uk/find/dance-performance/tickets/sydney-dance-company-60714

Three years after Rafael Bonachela took over as artistic director, Sydney Dance Company return to the UK for the first time in nearly 25 years, performing two new works by Bonachela.

Bonachela is one of the most exciting choreographers in contemporary dance;: his career has included choreographing for Kylie Minogue and Tina Turner, winning the first Place Prize - along with the Audience Vote Award and the New York Bloomberg Choice Award, as well as a nomination for the National Dance Awards Critics Circle's Award for Outstanding Repertoire (Modern), and being Rambert's associate choreographer until his departure in 2005.

Bonachela has completely transformed and reinvigorated over the past three years, and this is an exciting opportunity to see the results!


Royal Ballet, Asphodel Meadows / Enigma Variations / Gloria: 29 & 30 November
Tickets & details: 020 7304 4000

There are only two opportunities left to catch this fantastic triple-bill - not helped by the website (and phones) being off-limits due to ROH's Friends Booking on both days. But if you manage to get a ticket, go - you won't regret it!

The programme consists of Liam Scarlett's masterpiece Asphodel Meadows, created for three pairs and an ensemble of fourteen. It's worth going just to see this; Leanne Cope and José Martín are stunning as the central couple tonight (29th) while Tamara Rojo, Marianela Nuñez, Rupert Pennefather, Laura Morera and Bennet Gartside perform the lead roles on the 30th.

Closing the programme is MacMillan's Gloria; on the 29th, Edward Watson and Nehemiah Kish are in the lead roles and unmissable, while Carlos Acosta and Thiago Soares perform on the 30th. In the middle is Ashton's Enigma Variations, a series of character studies. The highlight is Edward Watson's short performance.


Fresh: 3 December
The Place
Tickets & details: www.theplace.org.uk/fresh

FRESH describes itself as "a night of outstanding dance with and for young people", and features some of the country's best youth and professional companies for a showcase of youth talent: the catch is that all adults must be accompanied by minors for admission.

There will be youth performances from Cando2, Candoco's youth company, Avant Garde Youth Dance, Shoreditch Youth Dance Company and London Youth Circus. Also performing is the Hofesh Shechter Company, and Jonathan Goddard will be presenting his highly enjoyable 07941 611971, based on live interaction via mobile phone.

Visit The Place's website for more details, and borrow a teenager for the evening for a great night and a celebration of youth dance.


Worth Catching


Undance: 1 - 3 December
Sadler's Wells
Tickets & details: www.sadlerswells.com/show/Turnage-McGregor-Wallinger-UNDANCE

UNDANCE is a collaboration between choreographer Wayne McGregor, composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and Turner prize-winning visual artist Mark Wallinger, with digital artists OpenEnded Group creating an onstage 3D environment.

One for fans of Wayne McGregor.