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Posted on August 29, 2019
Editorial and contents August 2019
I reach the 11th anniversary of my appointment as editor of Dancing Times this month, something I find very hard to believe. Sometimes it seems as if it happened yesterday; at other times, it could have been a million years ago. There has been so much change in dance since 2008 and, looking back, it almost feels we are living in a different age. Some things in dance have changed for the better; others for the worse, but I’m delighted Dancing Times is still here for you, reporting on the many developments in our industry.
One of the most exciting developments in recent years has been the emergence in the UK of a generation of talented black ballet dancers – both male and female – and I’m thrilled Ballet Black’s Cira Robinson, about to appear in Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible at the Edinburgh International Festival, is the subject of this month’s main interview with Zoë Anderson. In other articles, Fátima Nollén discovers how, against all the odds, dance companies are continuing to perform in Venezuela; Alastair Macaulay makes a return trip to see The Royal Ballet at Covent Garden after many years; and Marianka Swain finds out more about how women are subverting the traditional values of Argentine tango.
JONATHAN GRAY
13 – Making it real. Zoë Anderson speaks to Ballet Black’s Cira Robinson
31 – Moving between things. Caitlyn Lehmann interviews choreographer Liam Scarlett
34 – Nijinsky’s spectacular leap. By Trader Faulkner
60 – A feminist take on tango. Marianka Swain squares Argentine tango with today’s
modern gender values
17 – The Royal Ballet: 40 years on. Alastair Macaulay returns to Covent Garden
20 – Dancing at the movies. Dominic Antonucci recalls some special movie memories
23 – More edge. Ballett Zürich’s Christian Spuck talks to Graham Watts
27 – Surviving the turmoil? Fátima Nollén looks at dance in Venezuela
64 – The two-step. Nicolette Loizou looks at speed-date social dancing
66 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
67 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
68 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
69 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
70 – Notes from the Dance Floor. By Nicola Rayner
72 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavley
6 – News. Dance Umbrella 2019
10 – Talking Point. By Daniel Pratt
37 – Dance Scene. Reviews include Ballet Theatre UK, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Boris Charmatz, Flamenco Festival London, National Ballet of Canada and Stuttgart Ballet
53 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
55 – Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
57 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
75 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets English National Ballet’s Julia Conway
79 – People
81 – Obituaries. Julia Farron
83 – Products
84 – Education
86 – The dancing mania. By Debbie Malina
89 – Classified
90 – Calendar
94 – Listings
98 – Last Dance. We look back to August 1979