MoveTube: the best dance on the web
Critic Judith Mackrell takes her microscope to footage of the world's best dancers and choreographers, step by step
Margot Fonteyn dancing as you've never seen her before
Judith Mackrell: YouTube does deliver – here with some rare shots of Margot Fonteyn. Could it be the earliest dance footage the BBC ever recorded?
Just ad dance – how adverts got jiggy with it
Judith Mackrell: A new Baileys liqueur ad based on the ballet The Nutcraker is the latest in the industry's current love affair with dance
Christmas on ice? Roll out the Olympic champions
Amid the fluffy Nutcrackers and kingdoms of sweets this Christmas, there will be ice-dance shows of every calibre. Which is why it's worth reminding ourselves of some true experts, says Judith Mackrell
When Anna Pavlova met Uday Shankar – and changed dance for ever
Judith Mackrell: The world's pre-eminent ballet star met on impulse with an Indian student – an early east-west dance collaboration was born
Teamwork: the power of the dance ensemble
The Dutch National Ballet, with its new mixed programme, Corps, is just the latest group of dancers to show a united front, writes Judith Mackrell
Ellen Price, ballet's first film star
The 1903 black-and-white film may be jerky, but the Danish ballerina's technique still impresses a century later, writes Judith Mackrell
Dancing in the Street: who does it best?
Judith Mackrell: Do Mick Jagger and David Bowie win, or are they outclassed by Martha and the Vandellas?
Ballets Russes: the company that changed dance for good
The works of the Ballets Russes will be continually reworked and appreciated. Here are some of the best, both original and reimagined
MoveTube: meet ballet's brilliant Yanowskys
Judith Mackrell: Some people are born to dance, as this trio of talented siblings – Yury, Zenaida and Nadia – effortlessly demonstrate
Mary Wigman: a dance pioneer with an awkward past
Judith Mackrell: Would this modern dance pioneer be better known had she not fallen in step with the Nazis?
Breakin' Convention and the global fusion of hip-hop dance
From Brooklyn to South Africa breakdancing is cross-pollinating with other forms to create vibrant, gravity-defying new hybrids
The Mikhailovsky Ballet and a tale of two Giselles
Judith Mackrell: One romantic, the other demonic – the two very different Giselles danced by Olesya Novikova and Natalia Osipova make for a fascinating up-close comparison
Steven McRae – the ballet star who's a modern-day Fred Astaire
Judith Mackrell: He might be a soloist with the Royal Ballet, but McRae has a dark secret: he's also a genius at tap-dance
Israel Galván: one of flamenco's great mavericks
Judith Mackrell: When the Sevillian dancer returns to the Sadler's Wells flamenco festival this year, the theatre should be packed
MoveTube: Pina Bausch's Bluebeard
Judith Mackrell: Bausch’s riff on Bartók’s murderous tale is a watershed moment – full of dark, poisonous themes that would increasingly obsess her
MoveTube: Wayne McGregor's Infra
Judith Mackrell: The National Dance awards are a chance to celebrate this duet's interpreters – the versatile Marianela Nuñez and the exceptionally individual Edward Watson
MoveTube: Marcia Haydée – the definitive Tatiana in an ocean of Onegins
Judith Mackrell: The creative chemistry between Haydée and John Cranko imbued the great choreographer's Onegin with rare and enduring power
The Talent: ballet boys who are stepping beyond the stereotypes
Judith Mackrell: Rich with emotional subtleties, this apprentice ensemble launched by BalletBoyz Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are transforming the world of male dancing
The Nutcracker – a ballet beginner's guide
Judith Mackrell: As the Guardian prepares to stream a classic performance of Tchaikovsky's glittering masterpiece, what makes this the world's favourite ballet?
MoveTube: there's a pot of gold at the end of this Rainbow Dance
Len Lye's deliriously jazzy 1930s animation for the Post Office Savings Bank shows public information films needn't be dull
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