ANOTHER season of top-quality dance is heading to Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts.

One of the UK’s most exciting contemporary artists, Hofesh Shecter brings his disruptive new work Sun to Poole on January 27.

An expanded company of 14 dancers is accompanied by an eclectic soundtrack that includes original music by Shechter himself.

Moscow City Ballet perform the timeless classic The Nutcracker, complete with stunning costumes, sumptuous sets and Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece score, on February 10, 11 and 14.

On February 12 and 13 Moscow City Ballet present the world’s most famous love story Romeo and Juliet, set to Prokofiev’s dramatic score.

From February 27 to 28 you can see one of the most exciting pieces of dance ever made on an unmissable world tour.

The amazing 1987 debut of choreographer Wim Vandekeybus and Ultima Vez with What The Body Does Not Remember stunned the world of dance at the time. 28 years later and with a new cast, the show still stands as one of the most exciting pieces of dance ever made.

Celebrating its twentieth year, Richard Alston Dance Company returns to Lighthouse on March 11 with a knock-out new programme showcasing Alston’s superbly skilled choreography.

It includes his brand new piece, Nomadic, which connects Romanian gypsy music and electronic sound, exploring deeper the world of his hugely popular Gypsy Mixture.

Following his last sell-out tour of Licence to Thrill, Strictly Come Dancing’s Brendan Cole is once again set to dazzle audiences with his brand new show, A Night to Remember, on March 12.

BalletBoyz are back in Poole on April 30 under the direction of former Royal Ballet dancers Michael Nunn OBE and William Trevitt OBE.

On May 22 and 23 Birmingham Royal Ballet return to Lighthouse with three separate programmes of spectacular ballet in one evening, including tango rhythms, colourful characters and best loved moments, all performed to live music from members of the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. For anyone wishing to bring children along to experience the magic of dance, English National Ballet’s production of My First Ballet: Swan Lake on April 17 and 19 makes the perfect introduction.

With a narrator to help the young audience follow the story and a shortened version of Tchaikovsky’s wonderful music, these performances are created to make ballet accessible and enjoyable to children from the age of 3 upwards.