Dancers on their toes for the anniversary waltz

Students of English National Ballet School complete final dress rehearsal before the school’s 20th anniversary performance

Divas - the Sunday Times review

Garland, Piaf and Dietrich are brought to life in Divas, a musical spectacular that exudes energy and spirit, but lacks narrative drive

Divas

If Schaufuss were a better choreographer, these romantic songs might provide rich fodder for dance, instead it's just dull

Strictly Gershwin - the Sunday Times review

At times awkward and disjointed, ENB’s Gershwin performance at the Albert Hall produces mixed results

Royal Ballet chief hits back from the grave

Ross Stretton, who served briefly as artistic director at Covent Garden, attacked company in interview before his death

Why Cyd Charisse was a class apart

Not just a fabulous pair of legs, star of Singin’ in the Rain and Silk Stockings was the last of the Hollywood hoofers

High School phenomenon

The most successful made-for-TV-movie of all time is coming to the West End. Will its magic translate on to the stage?

Reading Room: Ssh! Let the dancers get on with it

Jonathan Lunn’s Reading Room is better without the words

Reading Room

Jonathan Lunn's brave attempt to marry spoken text with the language of movement makes a limited amount of sense

Carried away by painted ladies

David Dougill is transported by the exquisite beauty of Chinese opera

Putting on the glitz with a dance extravaganza

Debra Craine meets Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur, the couple dishing up vintage glamour in Strictly Gershwin

Arts archive: Rudolf Nureyev with Dame Margot Fonteyn at Covent Garden

Rudolf Nureyev dances his first major performance with Dame Margot Fonteyn at Covent Garden

The bungee ballet

Bungee-assisted dance comes to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Monkey!, a new show starring Wendy Hesketh

Biteback: Royal Ballet tours China

Upstairs, downstairs

David Dougill spends a wet Monday watching Romeo and Juliet and is impressed by the Royal Ballet's New Works

Dancing with Minghella in mind

A challenging and revolutionary dance production is going ahead despite a tragic death, says Donald Hutera

Sutra

The strength and bravery of these Buddhist warrior monks is awesome in an atmosphere created to be playful yet serious

Romeo and Juliet

The comic moments are still fresh, the swordfighting is lusty and the streets of Verona are vibrantly mean

Tero Saarinen at the Queen Elizabeth Hall

The Finnish choreographer fails to live up to his impressive reputation with dancing that is excruciatingly bland

New Works at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House

Liam Scarlett's choreographic discourse on Mozart is the memorable part of an otherwise mixed evening