Features

8 0Letters to the Editor
11 Talking Point. Barbara Newman writes on the illusion of dance
12 Grand Designs. An interview with stage designer Lez Brotherston by Gerald Dowler
17 Study Aid for GCSE Performing Arts: Dance Part Two by Lorna Sanders
22 The first Crown Prince. Zoë Anderson talks to David Wall about the creation of Mayerling
27 Honouring Jane Dudley by Mary Clarke
31 The Making of a Dancer Part 7. Mary Goodhew goes back to first principles
35 The stage-struck Malcolm Williamson by Anthony Meredith
39 Nina Rajarani, The Place Prize winner 2006, interviewed by Alison Kirkman
41 Marks of Time. A conference on dance and ageing. By Bill Harpe
43 The Sound of Dance. Noël Goodwin on the conductor Robert Irving
47 The Tanzolymp festival 2007 by Sylvia Börner
51 DanceScene International: The Royal Ballet in Swan Lake; American Ballet Theatre at 100Sadler’s Wells; Birmingham Royal Ballet in Stravinsky! A Celebration 2007; The Hamburg 100Ballet in Death in Venice; Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre in The Bull; Australian Dance 100Theatre in Held; English National Ballet Triple Bill; The Royal Ballet Triple Bill; Shobana 100Jeyasingh Dance Company in Faultline and Exit No Exit; Flamenco Festival London at 100Sadler’s Wells     
69 Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
75 Obituaries: Celia Franca, Jane King, Antonina Tumkovsky, Josefina Méndes, Ann Barzel

Into Dance!
101 Dance Styles: Jive by Terry Monaghan
104 Jenna Roberts is our Dancer of the Month interviewed by Margaret Willis
106 Your Page

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6 0Dancematters This month: Natasha DVD competition, Scottish Ballet, Jasmin Vardimon 100Company, BRB
73 Miscellany This month: Lincoln Kirstein, Erik Bruhn Prize 2007, Glen Tetley
80 Teachers & Training This month: Central School Pre-Seniors
83 Classified
84 Where to Learn
86 Calendar
97 Books & DVDs