As ever, this month we also feature a wide range of reviews of dance performances from companies in the UK and across the world. For 2012, magazine subscribers received a free calendar in recognition of their support over the year. If you would like to obtain a calendar, which is not for sale in the shops or newsagents, why not take out an annual subscription for Dancing Times, or sister magazine Dance Today? They make perfect New Year presents! Details can be found here. Finally, I would like to start the year on a very happy note by offering our congratulations to Nicola Rayner, editorial assistant of this magazine and editor of sister magazine, Dance Today, who married her fiancé, Jason Draper, in Wales on December 2.
JONATHAN GRAY
January 2012 Volume 102 Issue 1217
Features
15 A normal man on stage. The Royal Ballet’s Nehemiah Kish interviewed by Gerald Dowler
19 Matt at MOVE IT. Dancing Times meets Matt Flint
21 If at first you don’t succeed... Kathryn Wade offers practical audition advice for young dancers about to embark on a professional career
27 Larger than life. Mindy Aloff considers recent cinema screenings of live performances danced by the Bolshoi Ballet
37 Misunderstanding Madam. Richard Glasstone ponders on some aspects of Ninette de Valois’ personality and career
43 Has dance become gymnastics? Laura Dodge examines whether the artistry and expressiveness of dance has been lost in favour of showy technique. Photographs by Frederika Davis
Regulars
7 Dance Matters. ENB Emerging Dancer Award, Fonteyn DVD competition
11 Letters
12 Talking Point. Luke Jennings thinks it high time classical ballet cleaned out the attic
31 Dance Health. Debbie Malina on hypermobility in dancers
39 Variety Lights. Barbara Newman on Medea and Castor and Pollux
49 Dance Scene. Reviews this month include: Ballet Cymru, Rambert Dance Company, Ballet Theatre UK, The Featherstonehaughs, Ballet of La Scala, and the Bolshoi Ballet
71 Letter from St Petersburg. Igor Stupnikov sees Eifman’s Rodin
73 Dance Media. Books and DVDs reviewed and previewed by Mary Clarke
and Jonathan Gray
77 Dance People. A blue plaque for John Gilpin
79 Obituaries. Ruth Currier, Stanley Hawkins, Ken Russell
81 Dance Education. Dance Proms at the Royal Albert Hall
83 Classifieds
84 Where to Learn
86 Calendar
Into Dance
93 Dancer of the Month. Birmingham Royal Ballet’s Tzu-Chao Chou interviewed by Margaret Willis
96 Waltzing into the New Year by Zoë Anderson
98 Your Page
