
Features
8 Letters to the Editor
11 Talking Point. This month Mary Clarke writes about disappearing repertoire
12 Breakin’ the mould. Jonzi D interviewed by Georgina Harper
17 The Royal Ballet’s plans for the 2007/8 season by Jonathan Gray
18 Move It Dance London 2007 by Alison Kirkman
21 Tanja Liedtke and construct by Sophie Travers
23 The art of Zen. Zenaida Yanowsky interviewed by Gerald Dowler
29 Leadership and life coaching for dancers by Matz Skoog
32 Cecchetti, Carabosse and Beauty by Helena Hammond
37 The Making of a Dancer Part 8. This month Mary Goodhew looks at the movements
100dance, starting with the pliér
41 Dance in the regions Part 1 – Infrastructure. By Zoë Anderson
46 Dancers’ development, a practical guide for teachers Part 1. This month Shirley Harrison
100and Alan Herdman look at hyper extended knees
49 New Releases. Barbara Newman reviews Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by
100Amanda Vaill
52 DanceScene International: Spring with the Paris Opéra Ballet; Northern Ballet Theatre in A
100Sleeping Beauty Tale; Sasha Waltz and Guests in Dido and Aeneas; The Royal Ballet in
100Onegin; Paul Taylor Dance Company in New York; Hofesh Shechter in Uprising and In Your
100Rooms; Richard Alston Dance Company at Sadler’s Wells; Henri Oguike at the QEH; State
100of Emergency in Mission Re-Position;The Royal Ballet in Mayerling
71 Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
75 Obituaries: Belinda Wright, Angela Ellis
IntoDance!
101 Dance Diary: My amazing experience with London Children’s Ballet by Daisy West
104 Patrick Howell is our Dancer of the Month interviewed by Margaret Willis
106 Your Page
Regulars
6 Dancematters This month: The Royal Ballet DVD competition; Darcey Bussell
73 Miscellany This month: Barry Wordsworth; London Ballet Circle; Sir John Drummond;
100Nikolai Hübbe; CandoCo
79 Teachers & Training This month: Young British Dancer of the Year; RAD; CDET
83 Classified
84 Where to Learn
86 Calendar
97 Book & DVD