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Posted on January 25, 2017
Editorial and contents January 2017
Happy New Year! In many respects, 2016 proved to be a tumultuous year in politics, both in the UK and across the world, and there is little sign at present that 2017 is going to be any different. We live through changing times, and those times will affect the dance community along with everyone else. In this month’s Talking Point column, Daniel Pratt, a young UK-born dancer currently working in the US, gives a view on the US presidential election, and how in that country the arts, specifically, were condescended to or barely mentioned in the wider political debate.
Elsewhere in this issue of Dancing Times, we look at dance training and education. Christina Gallea Roy travels to Monaco to find out about the success of the Princess Grace Academy; Zoë Anderson talks to Lynn Wallis, who stepped down as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Dance last month; David Mead discovers how Scottish Dance Theatre, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, was founded with a strong focus on education and the local community; and James Whitehead offers some tips on how to get to grips with dancing the waltz. All that, and much, much more.
Dancing Times, January 2017 Volume 107 Issue 1277
Cover Stories
17 – Releasing individuality. Laura Dodge speaks to choreographer Wayne McGregor
21 – MOVE IT 2017
47 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman sees Half a Sixpence and Peter Pan
74 – Generation next. Alison Gallagher-Hughes reports from the British National Dance Championships
Features
23 – Pale beauty. Nicola Rayner hears from Latin dancer Zia James
27 – Princess Grace Academy. Christina Gallea Roy visits a world-class school in Monaco
30 – The memoirs of Nadia Nerina. Nadia Nerina recalls her childhood in South Africa, and her first dancing lessons
33 – An explosion of dance. David Mead celebrates the 30th anniversary of Scottish Dance Theatre
36 – Passing it on. Zoë Anderson talks to the RAD’s Lynn Wallis
39 – A man’s world. Marianka Swain meets the founder of the Gay Men’s Dance Company
43 – Reflections on teaching ballet. Judith Reyn looks back on a career as a dancer and teacher
Dance Today
78 – Halcyon days. Lee Knights on the dancing at the heart of a new television drama
80 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
81 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
82 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
83 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
84 – Notes from the dance floor
86 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. 30 years of New Adventures
12 – Letters
15 – Talking Point by Daniel Pratt
49 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
51 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
53 – Media. New books, DVDs and CDs
55 – Dance Scene. Reviews this month include Phoenix Dance Theatre, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Ballet Cymru, Eifman Ballet, Hungarian National Ballet
89 – People. Sheema Kermani
90 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis interviews Andrew Monaghan of New Adventures
95 – Obituaries. Auriel Condon
97 – Products
99 – Education. RAD’s new artistic director announced, Bonnie Bird Choreography Fund
103 – Health. Debbie Malina investigates the benefits of getting into water
109 – Classified
111 – Calendar. Our guide to what’s on in the UK and internationally
118 – Listings
122 – Last Dance. We look back to January 1977