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Posted on November 29, 2011
In this month’s issue of Dancing Times, we focus on men who dance. Gerald Dowler talks to English National Ballet’s exciting new senior principal, Zdenek Konvalina, and Yonah Acosta, also of English National Ballet, is our Dancer of the Month. Dance critic and historian Kathrine Sorley Walker uncovers for us the fascinating story behind the little-known Tonbridge Boys’ Ballet, an amateur ballet company of the 1930s made up entirely of male dancers, and Kevin Berry talks to Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner of Company Chameleon Dance Theatre, who are inspiring boys and young men of today to take up dance in the Manchester area.
Sadly, we are unable to bring you our Talking Point column this month, but it will return as usual in December. With the November issue, subscribers of the magazine will receive a free 2012 calendar in recognition of their support over the year. If you would like to obtain a calendar, which is not for sale in the shops or newsagents, why not take out an annual subscription for Dancing Times, or sister magazine Dance Today? They make perfect Christmas presents! Details can be found here: https://www.dancing-times.co.uk/dancing-times-store.
JONATHAN GRAY
November 2011 Volume 102 Issue 1215
Features
14 Broadening his horizons. English National Ballet’s new senior principal Zdenek Konvalina interviewed by Gerald Dowler
19 It’s kind of alright. Kevin Berry meets Anthony Missen and Kevin Turner of Manchester’s Company Chameleon Dance Theatre
23 Tonbridge Boys’ Ballet. Kathrine Sorley Walker uncovers the story behind a little-known 1930s boys’ ballet company
27 Males to the fore? David Mead discovers how male dancers and choreographers are emerging in Taiwan
30 Dancing Times 2010–11, Volume 101
38 A spring in your step. Research inspires safer dance floors, says Caroline Reilly of British Harlequin plc
43 Romanian dances. Zoë Anderson visits the George Enescu Festival in Bucharest
Regulars
6 Dance Matters: Ashton Foundation launched, Blu-ray musicals to be won, dance debate in Parliament, Northern Ballet
11 Letters
12 Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
33 Dance Health: Dynamic relaxation. Debbie Malina looks at Sophrology
49 Dance Scene. Reviews this month include : Candoco Dance Company, Akram Khan, Northern Ballet, Sonia Sabri, Phoenix Dance Theatre, The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, New York City Ballet and Paris Opéra Ballet
67 Dance Media. New books, CDs and DVDs previewed by Jonathan Gray
69 Dance People: Dollie Henry, Gary Avis Gala
71 Obituary: Alexander Grant
73 Dance Education: Dolmetsch Society, RBS Super Sunday, International Dance Teachers’ Conference
81 Classifieds
82 Where to Learn
85 Calendar
Into Dance
93 Dancer of the Month. English National Ballet’s Yonah Acosta interviewed by Margaret Willis
96 Dance Proms. By Zoë Anderson
98 Your Page