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Posted on April 2, 2014
Welcome to this bumper edition of Dancing Times which, in addition to all our usual outlets, can also be seen by a projected 20,000 visitors at MOVE IT, the annual dance exhibition held at Olympia in London from March 7 to 9, and for which the magazine has been a media sponsor since its inception. This month, we talk to ballet superstar Ivan Vasiliev on the eve of his appearance at the London Coliseum in Kings of the Dance alongside four other male ballet stars, as well as former Bolshoi ballerina Svetlana Lunkina.
Vasiliev talks about the freedom he has found since becoming a freelance dancer, and reveals that one role on his wish list is Crown Prince Rudolf in Kenneth MacMillan’s Mayerling. In addition, we take a look at the work of Verve, the postgraduate dance company based at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, and celebrate the 25th anniversary of English National Ballet School. We also review a wide-range of recent dance performances, including Natalia Osipova’s debut in The Royal Ballet’s production of Giselle (see also Letters), as well as two new London shows, Drunk and Stephen Ward. Finally, we reveal the winners of the National Dance Awards, including the Dancing Times Award for Best Male Dancer.
JONATHAN GRAY
March 2014 Volume 104 Issue 1243
Cover stories
15 King of the dance. Zoë Anderson talks to Ivan Vasiliev on the eve of his apperance in Kings of the Dance at the London Coliseum
21 National Dance Awards 2013. Zoë Anderson reveals the winners of the Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards held at The Place
25 Always alert. Kevin Berry pays a visit to the postgraduate dance company, Verve, at its headquarters at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance
41 Surpassing its potential. Laura Dodge visits English National Ballet School as it celebrates its 25th anniversary
Features
19 MOVE IT 2014
29 A page turning career. Choreographer Ashley Page talks to Paul Arrowsmith
35 Tappers feel the difference! Harlequin Floors in conversation with Tap Attack
39 What if… Gerald Dowler wonders what if there had been no Rudolf Nureyev
45 Ashton in Sarasota. Leigh Witchel on Sarasota Ballet’s Ashton Festival
Regulars
7 Dance Matters. BBC ballet season
10 Letters
12 Talking Point. Bill Harpe on dance and slavery
48 Dance Scene. Reviews include The Royal Ballet and National Ballet of Canada
71 Letter from St Petersburg. Igor Stupnikov salutes some Maryinsky dancers
73 Variety Lights. Barbara Newman sees Drunk and Stephen Ward
75 Dance Media. New books and DVDs
77 Dance People. Klimentová and Muntagirov
79 Obituaries. Jean Babilée, Peter O’Brien
81 Dance Health. Debbie Malina considers massage and masseurs
87 Dance Education. RAD, Motionhouse
93 Classifieds
94 Where to Learn
103 Calendar
Into Dance
97 Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Stuttgart Ballet’s Daniel Camargo
100 Lord of the Flies. Zoë Anderson talks to Scott Ambler of New Adventures