Preview: Cloud Dance Festival @ Pleasance

Trouble and Desire marks the return of Cloud Dance Festival for another year of new contemporary choreography and we can't wait to see how will they follow their excellent end of year 'best of' showcase last December.

Slanjayvah Danza are back "by popular demand" with their beautiful duet "Blind Passion - Live Cut" and the exquisite Mavin Khoo appears on Saturday and Sunday with a new duet based on Romeo and Juliet. We can't wait to see Rambert dancers, Jonathan Goddard and Gemma Nixon's 'Ladies and Gentlemen: how bored are you?' as we anticipate being not bored at all by these fabulous performers.

Pleasance Islington is the venue for 26-28 March with 3 eclectic mixed bills of 19 dance companies, a smattering of dancers off those reality telly shows and others from around the world - including a rare trip to town for Welsh rep company, Ffin Dance - over one performance pick and mix of a weekend.

More info at www.cloud-dance-festival.org.uk Tickets £12.