BALLETBOYZ: DELUXE

★★★★★ UK tour until May 19 balletboyz.com

Two stunning new pieces, powerfully choreographed by women, showcase the thrilling range of this all-male company.

Xie Xin’s Ripple, pictured, is an achingly hypnotic meditation on the fluidity of memory, represented by the endless ebbing and flowing of water. Exquisitely danced, you forget you are

watching human bodies. One of the most beautiful things I have seen.

Maxine Doyle’s Bradley 4:18 explores the fractured emotional state of a drunk lad staggering home at night, each dancer a different aspect of his personality.

Raw and visceral, every explosive movement lays him bare.

Stirring stuff.