The Paul Taylor Dance Company, Dance For camera, Ice Dreams Fire and Ballet Theatre Munich lead the way at this year's festival.

PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY, Concert Hall, Brighton Dome, May 9-10 Experimental and innovative. Expect a quality evening of intelligent, witty and intriguing spectacle. Starts 8pm (and also at 2.30pm on Sat, May 10). Tickets £2.50-£25. Call 01273 709709.

ICE DREAMS FIRE: LAURIE BOOTH Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, May 13-14 Internationally recognised as a leading force in European dance, Laurie Booth has created a dance specially for Brighton Festival and will perform beneath suspended ice sculpures in an elegy of movement to all our frozen ancestors. Starts 8pm, tickets £12.50/£8.50. Call 01273 709709.

DANCE FOR CAMERA 2003, Corn Exchange, May 17 and Cinematheque, May 18 A weekend of dance that includes an audience with Thierry de Mey, an opportunity to make a dance film and a programme of international dance films. Times and prices vary. Call 01273 202032 for full details.

BALLET THEATRE MUNICH, Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, May 22-24 A Brighton Festival exclusive, this company of 22 powerful dancers presents two varied programmes for their first UK performances. Starts 7.30pm and 2.30pm on Sat, tickets £15. Call 01273 709709.

Supported by the German Embassy.