Gergiev stamps his mark on Mariinsky Ballet

The autocratic Valery Gergiev has stamped his mark in the Mariinsky Ballet, but is he really the right man for the job?

Merce Cunningham - the Sunday Times review

Merce the old master and Wheeldon’s young guns sparkle for David Jays

Contemporary dance for dummies

David Jays attends outreach project Bal Moderne and finds he is less slave to the rhythm and more murder on the dancefloor

Monica Mason on The Royal Ballet

The Royal Ballet's new season has been criticised as unadventurous, but its director says that she cannot afford risks

Rambert Dance Company

Rambert's Requiem may not have been especially moving or enlightening, but there's no denying its razzle-dazzle

Our man tries on his first leotard

Will Pavia joins the ladies embracing the 2012 spirit at a ballet class

In-i - the Sunday times review

Juliette Binoche shows real star quality in Akram Khan’s uneven In-i

The Rites and wrongs of an historical divide

An Australian version of Stravinsky’s ballet with Aborigines is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, says Donald Hutera

Morphoses at Sadler’s Wells

The more Christopher Wheeldon's choreography seeks out inventive and jolly ways to engage with the music the stronger it becomes

Flamenco Flamen’ka

The show is a faltering, flatulent study of festering sexual jealousy that comes across more seamy than steamy

Emanuel Gat

The men undulated and eddied across the stage in this triple-bill, like each other's slippery doppelgänger

in-i

Action speak louder than monologues in this 70-minute showcase from Akram Khan and Juliette Binoche

Howard Goodall on his new Requiem for the Rambert

Howard Goodall describes the difficulties of composing music for dancers, and how he overcame them to write a new Requiem for the Rambert

The Place Prize 2008

The final round of the third biennial competition kicked off with a programme that seemed weak compared to the last two

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

That the Trocks dance well with deftly choreographed displays, even on pointe, is one of the keys to the company’s longevity

Autumn's extraordinary Israeli contemporary dance influx

It is perhaps too short-lived and creatively diverse to be called a trend, and the Israeli's are certainly coming

Deloitte Ignite

Deloitte Ignite was a cornucopia of free performances and experiences that merged the arts and sensory stimulation

Pennies from Heaven

Scottish Ballet's sumptuous production of Dennis Potter's 1978 series whisks us back to a world full of decadence and glamour

British dancer wins place at Nureyev’s old school

Hermione Bond, 17, has become only the second British dancer to join the world’s most prestigious ballet school in Russia

'Billy Elliot' parents sell house to fund school

Dominic Handfor won a place at the Elmhurst School for Dance so his parents paid the fees with the sale of their home