Step-by-step guide to dance
Sanjoy Roy profiles the movers and shakers of the dance world
Step-by-step guide to dance: Jérôme Bel
Sanjoy Roy: French enfant terrible who uses non-dancers, and sometimes non-dances, to express his philosophical musings on the form
Step-by-step guide to dance: Lucinda Childs
Sanjoy Roy: An American experimental stalwart who went from avant garde work with found objects to finding a visual style for Philip Glass
Step-by-step guide to dance: National Ballet of China
Sanjoy Roy: From 1950s Beijing to this year's Edinburgh festival, China's national ballet braved revolution and reforms to become a leading presence on the world stage
Step-by-step guide to dance: Saburo Teshigawara and Karas
Sanjoy Roy: Choreographer and performer whose troupe dance along the edge of physical expression, forging a sensory style all their own
Step-by-step guide to dance: Paul Taylor
A pillar of modern choreography, the US octogenarian once turned George W Bush's walk into a dance, writes Sanjoy Roy
Step-by-step guide to dance: Hans van Manen
This Dutch choreographer's distinctive personal style mixes formal austerity and glassy elegance with erotic charge
Step-by-step guide to dance: Javier de Frutos
Sanjoy Roy: Javier de Frutos revels in the raw and the provocative but his new collaboration with Pet Shop Boys is for the family
Step-by-step guide to dance: Twyla Tharp
Sanjoy Roy: Step-by-step guide to dance: A crossover pioneer, this American choreographer melds classical ballet with modern, jazz, ballroom and even aerobics in an energetic mix that impresses, if not always endears
Step-by-step guide to dance: Yvonne Rainer
Sanjoy Roy: Yvonne Rainer and her works are uncompromising, challenging and highly influential. But she won't be guesting on X Factor
Step-by-step guide to dance: Bill T Jones
Bill T Jones has spent his dance career making the personal political – provoking both acclaim and controversy along the way, writes Sanjoy Roy
Step-by-step guide to dance: Trisha Brown
Sanjoy Roy: One of the great explorers of postmodern dance, Trisha Brown's work is often off the wall – literally
Step-by-step guide to dance: Phoenix Dance Theatre
Sanjoy Roy: This Leeds company has been through seven incarnations, and is now finding its identity – not rising from the ashes, but as an entirely new bird
Step-by-step guide to dance: Alvin Ailey
Sanjoy Roy: Ailey's American Dance Theater gave black choreography identity and emotional presence – and became an African-American institution
Step-by-step guide to dance: Grupo Corpo
Sanjoy Roy: Brazilian company Grupo Corpo have built a mesmerising body of work that combines the lift and extensions of ballet with swaying hips and rubbery limbs
The Bolshoi ballet: a step-by-step guide to dance
Sanjoy Roy: Big by name, big by nature, the Bolshoi possess a distinctive, muscular style that melds drama with spectacle. Even Lady Gaga is a fan
Step-by-step guide to dance: Nederlands Dans Theater
Sanjoy Roy: Some think their blend of ballet and modern dance is beautiful; others reckon it's vapid. But there's no denying NDT's influence
Step-by-step guide to dance: Robert Cohan
Sanjoy Roy: A founding father of Britain’s modern dance movement, this American disciple of Martha Graham was famed for his expressionistic style ... not to mention his silver platform shoes
Step-by-step guide to dance: Les Ballets C de la B
Sanjoy Roy: They were founded for a dare in 1984, but Les Ballets C de la B's mix of surrealism, slapstick and semiotics has made them one of the world's most influential dance theatre companies
Step-by-step guide to dance: Ballet Nacional de España
They don't do ballet. They don't just do flamenco. But they did prise Spanish dance from Franco's grip and develop it into a riot of different styles, writes Sanjoy Roy
Step-by-step guide to dance: Deborah Colker
Sanjoy Roy: From Rio's carnival to Cirque du Soleil, the explosive energy of this daredevil Brazilian choreographer has set contemporary dance ablaze
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