September 2007

This month we begin our coverage of the glorious season by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Coliseum, with more to come next month. An account of an informal press conference with Alexei Ratmansky can be found in the news section on our website, and we shall be discussing his future plans for his company in these pages in October. We shall also have an interview by Margaret Willis with Ekaterina Krysanova, who will be our Dancer of the Month, following in the illustrious footsteps of Natalia Osipova (August 2006) and Ivan Vasiliev (July 2007). This month we continue Mary Goodhew’s fine series on “The Making of a Dancer” which, according to the results of our recent readership survey (details and statistics on page 17) is proving immensely, and rightly!, popular with readers. Mindy Aloff talks to Christopher Wheeldon about his new company and Simon Cooper tells Alison Kirkman about his experiences with the JADE Fellowship. We have details of the many dance attractions which will be on offer in the new season and make a few recommendations in Calendar. Not strictly a dance matter, but perhaps useful information to readers who have not yet discovered a travel hazard in the Covent Garden area: London Underground are installing extra ticket gates and increasing the size of the ticket hall at Covent Garden station over the coming months. While this takes place, the station will operate as a way out only, and ticket facilities will not be available. The alternatives for getting home are a walk to Leicester Square (Northern and Piccadilly lines) or to Holborn (Central and Piccadilly lines), especially if you are connecting with other tube or rail services. More cheerful news is that Dancing Times has new distribution facilities and will now be available at the larger branches of W.H. Smith, as well as Borders

In this month    

8   Letters to the Editor
11 Talking Point. This month Kathrine Sorley Walker writes about historical research
12 La dolce vita. Roberto Bolle interviewed by Gerald Dowler
17 What YOU think of Dancing Times. The results of our 2007 readership survey
18 GCSE Performing Arts: Dance Study Aid. Coppélia Part One by Dr Lorna Sanders
25 Wheeldon’s Morphoses. Christopher Wheeldon interviewed by Mindy Aloff
26 The JADE Fellowship. Alison Kirkman talks to JADE’s first fellow, Rambert’s Simon Cooper
29 Voices of British Ballet by Frank Freeman
33 The Making of a Dancer Part 12. Mary Goodhew on Sauter – to jump 37 Dance Health. Debbie Malina discusses Medical Herbalism

42 Dancers Development Fund, a practical guide for teachers Part 5. This month Shirley Hancock and Alan Herdman look at forced turn-out
45 Another Opening Another Show. Barbara Newman reviews Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
49 DanceScene International – Mark Bruce Company; Siobhan Davies Dance; Mark Morris Dance Group; Ballet Boyz Gala at the RFH; India Season at the Barbican; La Scala Ballet; The Bolshoi  Ballet; The Petipa season at the Bavarian State Ballet; Ballerina farewells at ABT and NYCB
67 Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
73 Obituaries – Lady Wright (Sonya Hana), Elvire Braunschweig

IntoDance!
101 Dance Styles: Wushu by Kevin Berry
104 Fernando Montano is our Dancer of the Month interviewed by Margaret Willis
106 Your Page

Regulars
6   Dancematters – this month: Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo competition, ENB, Theatre Museum
69 Miscellany This month: Dame Alicia Markova, WTB, Auguste Vestris, Doreen Wells
75 Teachers & Training –this month: RBS, RAD, Elmhurst, Millennium
83 Classified
84 Where to Learn
86 Calendar
97 Book & DVD