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Posted on February 26, 2016
We seem to be going all around the world in this latest issue of Dancing Times, giving the magazine a real international flavour. As well as our popular regular columns from New York and St Petersburg, plus reviews in Dance Scene of productions in Canada, France, Germany and Hong Kong, we also pay visits to Austria, China, Denmark and Spain to find out about the dance happening there, as well as, of course, in the UK.
In Vienna, Gerald Dowler meets Manuel Legris, the former étoile of the Paris Opéra Ballet who is now director of the Vienna State Ballet. Barbara Newman pays a visit to Spain to sample some of the dance on offer in both Madrid and Mallorca, and David Mead travels to New York to talk to upcoming young choreographer Justin Peck about his future plans. Alison Gallagher-Hughes finds out about the new Blackpool Dance Festival China, and Lee Knights introduces to us a new social dance style, new hustle, which is making its way to the UK from the US. In addition, Margaret Willis meets our Dancer of the Month, the Australian-born Ashley Shaw, who is currently appearing in Matthew Bourne’s version of Sleeping Beauty, and Nicola Rayner meets up with the professional ballroom and Latin dancer Robin Windsor to find out about his plans post Strictly Come Dancing. As you can see, there’s a lot to read; we hope you enjoy it!
JONATHAN GRAY
Inside this issue
Cover stories
17 – Ready to move on. Nicola Rayner meets up with former Strictly Come Dancing professional Robin Windsor
21 – MOVE IT 2016
76 – From seaside to Shanghai. Alison Gallagher-Hughes finds out about Blackpool Dance Festival China
Features
23 – A Month in the Country. The ballet and the play investigated by Paul Arrowsmith
29 – The Royal Danish Ballet School. Jenny Veldhuis pays a visit
32 – The quiet revolutionary. Gerald Dowler interviews Manuel Legris, the French director of the Vienna State Ballet
37 – Nights in the theatres of Spain. Barbara Newman watches traditional and contemporary dance in Madrid and Mallorca
41 – Preserving butterflies. In the second of his series of articles about preserving choreographic legacies, Gerald Dowler looks at how the works of Ashton and Balanchine are cared for
45 – On the fast track. David Mead talks to Justin Peck, New York City Ballet’s choreographer in residence. Photographs by Paul Kolnik
Dance Today
80 – Couple Dancing, Street Style. Lee Knights explores new hustle, a 1970s style brought up to date
82 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
83 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
84 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
85 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
86 – Notes from the Dance Floor
88 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. Win cinema tickets for Giselle
12 – Letters
15 – Talking Point by Phil Meacham
49 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
51 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
53 – Media
55 – Dance Scene. Reviews include The Royal Ballet and Paris Opéra Ballet
91 – People. New Year Honours for Matthew Bourne, Tamara Rojo and others
92 – Dancer of the Month. New Adventures’ Ashley Shaw interviewed by Margaret Willis
96 – Obituaries. Joan Kent, Madeleine Lytton, Mary Schon
99 – Products
101 – Education. Northern Ballet School, Salsa and Rueda medals, and Spanish Dance Society
107 – Health. Debbie Malina concludes her look at postgraduate courses in dance medicine and science available in the UK
111 – Classified
113 – Calendar. Our guide to performances in the UK and abroad
118 – Listings
122 – Last Dance