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Posted on June 30, 2017
In this issue of Dancing Times, I am delighted to announce that we are launching a new column to stand alongside our regulars, Jack Anderson in New York and Igor Stupnikov in St Petersburg. In FRANCE/dance, each month Laura Cappelle will be primarily focusing on Paris, but also reporting on performances and dance events from elsewhere in France. In her first instalment, Laura concentrates on the appearance of the Paris Opéra Ballet School at the Palais Garnier, alongside a number of other well-known vocational schools, including our own Royal Ballet School.
The month of May also means the Blackpool Dance Festival in the annual dance calendar, and in this issue we meet Latin dancer Maurizio Vescovo, find out what it is like to be a “dance extra” in Away, a new feature film set in Blackpool, and discover more about pioneering medal tests in Salsa. In addition, we review dance performances taking place in the UK and across the globe, including the openings of the dance-packed West End musicals An American in Paris and 42nd Street. There’s a lot to read; we hope you enjoy it.
Dancing Times, May 2017 Volume 107 Issue 1281
Cover Stories
18 – Italian fish and chips. Nicola Rayner meets former Professional Latin dancer Maurizio Vescovo
40 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman reviews An American in Paris, 42nd Street and The Life
44 – Letter from St Petersburg. Igor Stupnikov interviews the Maryinsky Ballet’s Yuri Fateyev
76 – Lights, camera, dancing. Alison Gallagher-Hughes describes her time as an extra in the movie Away
Features
22 – A stage magician. Designer Bob Crowley interviewed by Paul Arrowsmith
27 – Tutu! Elaine Mayson talks to Mthuthulezi November about Fiona Sargeant, his ballet teacher in South Africa
30 – Scènes de ballet. Daniel Pratt on performing Frederick Ashton’s ballet
32 – On Parade. Jane Pritchard highlights an avant garde ballet
37 – The memoirs of Nadia Nerina. Nadia Nerina recounts her visit to the Soviet Union
Dance Today
81 – Bringing home the bling. Lee Knights on pioneering medals tests in salsa
84 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
85 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
86 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
87 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
88 – Notes from the Dance Floor. By Vikki Jane Vile
90 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. The Royal Ballet’s new season, Studio Wayne McGregor
12 – Letters
17 – Talking Point. By Christopher Nourse
42 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
47 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
49 – Media. Barbara Newman reviews new Pina Bausch books and DVDs
51 – Dance Scene. Reviews include English National Ballet, New Adventures, National Ballet of Canada, Sarasota Ballet
93 – People. Anne Walker, Peter Schaufuss
94 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Northern Ballet’s Filippo di Vilio
98 – Obituaries. Trisha Brown, Robert Harrold, Rona Hart
101 – Products
105 – Education. Phyllis Bedells Bursary, Tring Park School, Science in Dance, Central School of Ballet
108 – Health. Debbie Malina looks at the Keep Fit Association
111 – Classified
112 – Calendar. Our guide to what’s on stage in the UK and abroad
118 – Listings. Where to learn to dance
122 – Last Dance. We look back to May 1977