Ballets can live in memory and on film – but nothing captures their details and essence like a Benesh score. Sarah Crompton discovers the precise magic of notation.

Even as his ballet career drew to a close, Mikhail Baryshnikov embraced modern dance, screen acting and experimental theatre. Artists including Mark Morris, Robert Wilson and Willem Dafoe tell Sarah Crompton about working with Baryshnikov.

As the RAD launches a portrait competition for its new London headquarters, Sarah Crompton asks leading portrait artists how they capture a personality in paint.

The RAD’s new global headquarters will let the Academy spread its wings. Sarah Crompton meets the people who made it happen.