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Posted on April 18, 2016
Welcome to the biggest issue of Dancing Times we have ever produced! At 140 pages, I’m sure there are plenty of things in the magazine to interest everyone, whatever their taste in dance. This month we focus on the dance scene in France, with Laura Cappelle, writing for Dancing Times for the first time, giving a fascinating overview of French ballet, contemporary dance and hip hop.
Our main interview was meant to be with Benjamin Millepied, director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, but his sudden resignation from his post on February 4 put an end to those plans. Instead, Gerald Dowler gives his take on Millepied’s role with the company and the factors that led up to his resignation. We also pay tribute to Violette Verdy, the beloved French ballerina and the first woman to direct the Paris Opéra Ballet, who died on February 8. Elsewhere in the magazine, Jeannette Andersen wonders if dance has reached its physical limits, Iris Fanger remembers ballroom legends Vernon and Irene Castle, Nicola Rayner meets Germán Cornejo of Immortal Tango, Zoë Anderson reveals the winners of the National Dance Awards, and we report on the UK Open Championships held in Bournemouth. Finally, after a gap of several years, Dancing Times will once again be making an appearance at MOVE IT, the annual dance exhibition (see page 12). Why not come and meet the team on Stand 108!
JONATHAN GRAY
15 – Here today… Gerald Dowler on Benjamin Millepied’s departure from the Paris Opéra Ballet
19 – Escaping definition. Laura Cappelle casts her gaze over the current dance scene in France
25 – National Dance Awards 2015. Zoë Anderson reveals the winners
41 – Fire in his belly. Nicola Rayner talks to Germán Cornejo about his new show, Immortal Tango
121 – Heel to toe. Debbie Malina looks at problems encountered when dancing in high heels
12 – MOVE IT 2016
27 – Castle in the air. Iris Fanger remembers Vernon and Irene Castle
31 – Has dance reached its physical limit? Jeannette Andersen asks the question
37 – Six years on. Mark Rasmussen visits Scottish Ballet
45 – Moving theatre. The Young Vic’s current season moves between theatre and dance. Zoë Anderson finds out more
49 – Merging point. Clemmie Cowl highlights the merger of the Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund and the Dance Teachers’ Benevolent Fund
53 – Preserving the legacy. Gerald Dowler looks at the guardianship of the works of John Cranko and Kenneth MacMillan
86 – Open season. Nicola Rayner reports on the UK Open Championships
93 – Let’s get musical. Lee Knights talks to Andrew Cuerdon and Ross Mitchell
94 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
95 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
96 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
97 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
98 – Notes from the dance floor
100 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
6 – News
10 – Talking Point by Gavin McCaig
59 – Variety Lights by Barbara Newman
63 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
65 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
67 – Media
69 – Dance Scene. Reviews include Resolution and Ballet am Rhein
103 – People. Laurretta Summerscales
104 – Dancer of the Month. Josef Perou interviewed by Margaret Willis
109 – Obituaries. Mrinalini Sarabhai, Nadine Senior, Violette Verdy
113 – Products
117 – Education. Prix de Lausanne, Early Dance Circle, Gala for Eve Pettinger
127 – Classified
129 – Calendar
134 – Listings
138 – Last Dance. We look back to March 1976