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Posted on February 25, 2021
Editorial and contents February 2021
So here we are again, back in lockdown in the UK for the third time. Hopefully, with COVID-19 vaccinations now being delivered across the whole of the country, we will soon be able to get back to something with a semblance of normality, and finally say goodbye to all those online dance classes and performances that we have had to accept over the past year.
In this latest issue of Dancing Times, we pay tribute to Robert Cohan, the dancer, choreographer, teacher and director who did so much to establish and promote contemporary dance in the UK. Cohan died last month at the age of 95, but continued to work almost to the end, and I think it fair to say that we simply wouldn’t have the rich and diverse contemporary dance repertoire we currently enjoy in the UK without him and his pioneering work. His biographer, Paul R W Jackson, provides a formal tribute to Cohan in Obituaries, and dancer and choreographer Yolande Yorke-Edgell offers her own personal view on the great man in Letters.
In addition, we include interviews with Roberto Bolle, Len Goodman, Dane Hurst and Robin Windsor, and discover from dance teacher Karen Berry why a more generalised dance education may lead to more versatile dancers.
JONATHAN GRAY
15 – Bolle uncovered. Graham Spicer interviews Italian star Roberto Bolle
25 – Life changing. Jonathan Gray talks to Dane Hurst, artistic director of Phoenix Dance Theatre
29 – Doing a Cher. Nicola Rayner hears from Robin Windsor
54 – With a little bit of luck. Alison Gallagher-Hughes learns how Len Goodman became a household name
20 – Versatility. Karen Berry makes the case for more generalisation in dance training
33 – Loving the transformation. Deborah Weiss finds out about the Masters of Ballet Academy from director Elena Glurjidze
37 – A balletic truce in South America’s pandemic. Fátima Nollén sees Ballet Nacional del Sodre in La Tregua
56 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
57 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
58 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
59 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
60 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
6 – News. New Year Honours
10 – Letters
12 – Talking Point. By Barbara Newman
41 – Dance Scene. The Royal Ballet, Breakin’ Convention
46 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
48 – Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
50 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
63 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis interviews English National Ballet’s Ivana Bueno
66 – Obituaries. Robert Cohan, Ann Reinking
68 – Media
71 – Products
72 – Education. Royal Ballet School online
75 – Health. Debbie Malina highlights dance classes for older people
79 – Classifieds
80 – Calendar
82 – Last Dance. We look back to February 1981