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Posted on March 4, 2009
MOVE IT, the dance exhibition held at London’s Olympia, this year attracted more than 19,000 visitors, and it was wonderful for the Dancing Times team to meet so many of our readers, both old and new, at our stand. It was an extremely busy weekend, with dance schools and colleges, dancewear and dance equipment manufacturers, and innumerable other stallholder’s battling to gain attention.
MOVE IT promises an even bigger exhibition at Olympia next year, and you can read David Jays’ report on the 2009 event on page 18. On page 15 of this issue, Richard Alston, one of the UK’s most distinguished choreographers, talks to Barbara Newman about his career and influences. Sheila Cross continues her invaluable guide to dance degree courses on page 39 and in Talking Point on page 12 Alistair Spalding, artistic director of Sadler’s Wells, writes about his admiration for William Forsythe. On page 47, we pay tribute to the late Jocelyne Adams, who, along with Mary Clarke, was director of Dancing Times for many years. I never worked with Jocelyne, but I vividly remember the time when, as a teenager, she kindly took me along to a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet in Battersea Park and then drove me back across the river in time to catch the last train home to Leicester.
Jonathan Gray
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Contents
14 Outstanding Achiever. Richard Alston interviewed by Barbara Newman
18 MOVE IT. David Jays reports from this year’s dance exhibition
23 Talent Spotting. Imogen Walker, Sanna Nordin and Emma Redding investigate talent
29 A Knight to Remember. Remembering Robert Helpmann by Gerald Dowler
33 Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev. Part 6 researched by Sarah Woodcock
39 Dance by Degrees. Part 2. Sheila Cross looks at postgraduate courses
43 Dancing Around Europe. Part 7. By Louise Bennett
47 Jocelyne Adams, 1929-2009. A tribute to an old friend
49 Another Opening. Shun-kin reviewed by Barbara Newman
53 DanceScene International
UK: Colin Dunne; CandoCo Dance Company; Henri Oguike Dance Company; Birmingham Royal Ballet; Ballet Black; Northern Ballet Theatre; Sylvie Guillem, Russell Maliphant and Robert Lepage; Tanja Liedtke
OVERSEAS: New York City Ballet 6
9 Books. The Ballet Companion by Eliza Gaynor Minden and Reading Dance by Robert Gottlieb reviewed by Mary Clarke. Black Dance in London, 1730-1850 by Rodreguez King-Dorset reviewed by Madeleine Inglehearn
75 Obituary. Flemming Flindt, Pearl Lang, Marina Svetlova
Regulars
6 Dancematters.
Sadler’s Wells dance contest
10 Letters to the Editor
12 Talking Point. By Alastair Spalding
67 Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
73 Miscellany.
Stella Mann
79 Teachers & Training.
New Trinity qualification, Prix de Lausanne, Grandison Clark Awards
83 Classified
84 Where to Learn
86 Calendar
97 CDs & DVDs
IntoDance
101 IntoDance A Snow White diary by London Children’s Ballet’s Dex Lee
104 Dancer of the Month – Adela Ramirez. Interviewed by Margaret Willis
106 Your Page