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Posted on March 28, 2018
We have put together a bumper issue of Dancing Times for you this month, which, running at 148 pages, embraces a huge variety of dance styles. Some of you will also be reading Dancing Times for the first time at MOVE IT, the annual dance event for which the magazine has been a media sponsor since its inception back in 2006; we hope you enjoy what you see. At the recent Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards, the ensemble of the stage musical 42nd Street, currently wowing audiences at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, won the Award for Outstanding Company. It was received by its star, Clare Halse, and in an interview we find out about her career in dance. In addition, we feature the musical Strictly Ballroom, which is about to open in London’s West End. Also in this issue, choreographer Richard Alston celebrates 50 years of dance-making, Avatâra Ayuso reports from the Women in Dance Leadership Conference held in New York, and Nicola Rayner gives her impressions of the UK Open Dance Championships. You can also tell us what you think by completing the Readers’ Survey inserted into every issue of the magazine, or by completing in online. We look forward to hearing from you.
JONATHAN GRAY
Dancing Times, March 2018 Volume 108 Issue 1291
Cover Stories
17 – Feet firmly on the ground. Gerald Dowler highlights Clare Halse and Charlie Stemp, two UK tappers dancing up a storm
27 – Ice and fire. Nicola Rayner talks to Latin dancers Gunnar Gunnarsson and Marika Doshoris, British National Professional Latin champions
35 – Leading the way. Avatâra Ayuso attends the Women in Dance Leadership Conference in New York
47 – Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. Zoë Anderson reveals this year’s winners
Features
12 – Dancing Times readers’ survey. Take part in our readers’ survey and win fantastic prizes
21 – MOVE IT 2018
23 – Dancing to music. Richard Alston on 50 years as a choreographer
31 – Creating a buzz. Natasha Rogai meets Septime Webre, artistic director of Hong Kong Ballet
41 – Dancing nation. Fátima Nollén continues her look at the dance scene in Argentina
Dance Today
90 – Open doors. Nicola Rayner reports from the 2018 UK Open Dance Championships
97 – Time After Time. Marianka Swain discovers the new stage musical Strictly Ballroom
100 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
101 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
102 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
103 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
104 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. New season at Sadler’s Wells
14 – Talking Point. By Gail Monahan
51 – Variety Lights. By Barbara Newman
53 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
55 – Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
57 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
59 – Media
61 – Dance Scene. Reviews include The Royal Ballet, Lost Dog
107 – People. Bronislava Nijinska
108 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Ihsaan de Banya of Richard Alston Dance Company
113 – Obituaries. Peter Brownlee, Geraldine Stephenson, Elisabetta Terabust
117 – Products
121 – Education. Prix de Lausanne results
125 – Building bridges. Debbie Malina looks at organisations promoting the long-term health and social benefits of the arts
131 – Classified
133 – Calendar. Our guide to what’s on in the UK and abroad
142 – Listings. Where to learn to dance
146 – Last Dance. We look back to March 1978