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Posted on November 25, 2021
Editorial and contents November 2021
We mark an important milestone in this month’s issue of Dancing Times – the centenary of the first complete performance in the UK of Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty (or The Sleeping Princess as it was titled by Serge Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes production back in 1921). The work has played such a significant role in the history of ballet in Britain (becoming the signature work of The Royal Ballet) that this seemed the right time to look back a century and find out just how it was viewed by a public who had never seen the ballet before.
In Dance Scene International, we record the reopening of theatres across the country following the pandemic, which includes a huge amount of new work being performed by some of our leading dance companies.
Finally, with this issue, we also say farewell to the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), which has played host to the Dancing Times since 2016. The RAD will shortly be moving into its wonderful new premises and, from November 1 onwards, the Dancing Times team will all be working from home for the forseeable future. We can still be contacted by letter, email or telephone, of course, but please check our new address and telephone number opposite. I would like to extend our thanks to everyone at the RAD who has made the stay in our office on the third floor such a happy one, particularly Luke Rittner, Gerard Charles and Melanie Murphy – they have all proved to be true friends of the magazine.
JONATHAN GRAY
16 – 100 Years Awake. Jonathan Gray finds out how Dancing Times reported Serge Diaghilev’s legendary production of The Sleeping Princess in 1921
20 – Invention and extravagance. Sarah Woodcock looks at Léon Bakst’s designs for The Sleeping Princess
25 – She’s the top. Nicola Rayner interviews Sutton Foster, star of the musical Anything Goes
29 – Riding the waves. Deborah Weiss talks to Sabine Naghdi about her forthcoming book, Tears of a Ballet Mother
32 – Emerging conversations. Susan Crow considers how best to educate tomorrow’s ballet dancers
36 – Poussin and the Dance. Alastair Macaulay looks at a new exhibition at London’s National Gallery
66 – The International Championships 2021. Martin Cutler reports
68 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
69 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
70 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
71 – Stepping Out. By Pete Meager
72 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
8 – News. Dane Hurst leaves Phoenix Dance Theatre, Acosta Danza UK tour dates announced
13 – Letters
15 – Talking Point. By Cyril W Beaumont
39 – Dance Scene International. Reviews this month include Birmingham International Dance Festival, English National Ballet, Dutch National Ballet
57 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman sees Frozen at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane
59 – Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
61 – FRANCE/dance. Laura Cappelle reviews the Paris Opéra Ballet in Le Rouge et le noir
62 – Notes from New York. Leigh Witchel watches the return of New York City Ballet
75 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis interviews Ballet Black’s Alexander Fadayiro
79 – Obituaries. Colin Jones
81 – Media
83 – Products
85 – Education. balletLORENT launches Young Creatives programme
88 – Classifieds
89 – Calendar. Our guide to what’s on in the UK and abroad
94 – Listings. Where to learn to dance
98 – Last Dance. We look back to November 1981