July 2010

Posted on October 4, 2010

Summer is finally here, and we can look forward to an exciting season of dance dominated in London by Russian ballet companies. The Mikhailovsky Ballet of St Petersburg arrives at the London Coliseum on July 13, and a week later, the Bolshoi Ballet will be performing at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The Moscow company will be dancing a number of works choreographed by Marius Petipa, who died 100 years ago this month, and in this issue of Dancing Times, Nadine Meisner marks the anniversary on page 33 with an article on the great man.

On page 13, Gerald Dowler previews the season of a rare visitor to the UK, Caracalla Dance Theatre, which presents its new Zayed and the Dream at the London Coliseum early next month. Also in this issue, Richard Glasstone reports on the Dance Department of the University of Cape Town on page 29, and we publish the concluding part of Dr Lorna Sanders’ GCSE Study Aid on Shobana Jeyasingh’s Faultline. Finally, in Teachers and Training, we embark on reviews of the first of the end of year performances by some of the UK’s leading vocational dance schools and colleges.

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13 Zayed and the Dream. Gerald Dowler previews Caracalla Dance Theatre’s London season

17 Shobana Jeyasingh’s Faultline. Part Two of a GCSE Study Aid by Dr Lorna Sanders

23 Behind the scenes: Dancers and pregnancy. By Ysabelle Taylor

29 UCT School of Dance. Richard Glasstone looks at the University of Cape Town’s dance department

33 The grand old man of Russian Ballet. Nadine Meisner marks the centenary of Marius Petipa’s death

37 Another Opening. Barbara Newman reviews kabuki at Sadler’s Wells

38 Dancing Times 100. By Mary Clarke

43 DanceScene International UK: Scottish Dance Theatre, Rosie Kay Dance Company, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Hofesh Shechter, The Royal Ballet, Rambert Dance Company, Paul and Kieran Dance Theatre; OVERSEAS: Hong Kong Ballet, Albert Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, National Ballet of Canada, Ririe Woodbury Dance Company; Bavarian State Ballet; Royal Danish Ballet; Paris Opéra Ballet

63 New Releases. Michael Crabb reviews The Ballet Class: A History of Canada’s National Ballet School 1959-2009

66 Obituary. Marika Besobrasova, Frederic Woodbridge Wilson, Marina Semyonova

6 Dancematters. Sadler’s Wells autumn season of dance, NBT’s Cleopatra

8 Letters to the Editor

10 Talking Point. By Dr Geraldine Morris

61 Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov

65 Miscellany. Anna Pavlova 2012

69 Teachers & Training. BBO celebration, Verve, Deborah Capon, Ballet Central

75 Classified

76 Where to Learn

78 Calendar

85 Dancer of the Month – Alexander Campbell. Interviewed by Margaret Willis

88 IntoDance. Big Dance by Zoë Anderson

90 Your Page

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