Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Steve Coogan, Adjoa Andoh, Danny Dyer, Jesse Darling and many more spell out what must be done to restore Britain’s cultural lifeblood, from ending elitism to supercharging libraries – and flooding schools with music

Akram Khan and Natalia Osipova’s poetic duet and Shobana Jeyasingh’s Contagion are highlights in a festival from BBC Arts

Sinéad O’Neill’s promenade work weaved deftly around verdant grounds to encounter operatic scenes, circus acrobatics and a past pandemic reckoned with through poignant dance

Continuing our series on great venues, choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh and actor Paterson Joseph are among those celebrating their essential role

Ferocious flamenco, bittersweet ballet and a harrowing masterpiece are among the greatest dance creations of our age

Romeo and Juliet muddled into middle age, Akram Khan suffered shell-shock, Rambert2 lost control – and William Forsythe gave ballet a stratospheric street shakeup

A dance work about the world flu pandemic that killed millions at the end of the first world war suggests a humanity invaded

MacMillan’s unsparing story of mayhem and murder at the Austro-Hungarian court is taken to another level by Natalia Osipova

Carlos Acosta’s Cuban company comes to the UK, Javier de Frutos assembles a dream cast for Philip Glass’s dance opera and Shobana Jeyasingh explores the Indian diaspora

New pieces by Shobana Jeyasingh and Mark Baldwin are full of energy and joy, but this triple bill over-extends itself, writes Judith Mackrell