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Posted on November 6, 2015
We have been really pleased with the comments so far about the newly-integrated Dancing Times and Dance Today magazines. Perhaps inevitably, there have been a few grumbles, but on the whole the response has been very positive from both readers and advertisers alike.
Once again, this month’s magazine is packed full of interviews, news and reviews. On page 21, Alison Gallagher-Hughes profiles top UK Latin dancers Ryan McShane and Ksenia Zsikhotska, Nicola Rayner joins in the celebrations for the tenth anniversary of Simply Dancing Partners on page 33, and on page 76 Phil Meacham reports on the 2015 International Championships held last month at Brentford and London’s Royal Albert Hall.
On the ballet front, on page 17 Gerald Dowler talks to seven of the UK’s leading male dancers who have left the country to work abroad, Luke Jennings interviews ballerina Antoinette Sibley about her early training and career with The Royal Ballet on page 37, and in Dance Scene we review performances by Birmingham Royal Ballet, Scottish Ballet and The Royal Ballet.
In addition, Barbara Newman enjoys the stage musical Kinky Boots in Variety Lights on page 41, which has just arrived in the West End from Broadway, and on page 28 Graham Watts meets Hu Wenge, a star of China’s Peking Opera, which will be performing in Liverpool and London later this month. As you can see, there’s a lot to read; we hope you enjoy it!
JONATHAN GRAY
Dancing Times, November 2015 Volume 106 Issue 1263
Cover stories
17 – The lost boys? Gerald Dowler talks to seven leading British male dancers who have left the UK to work abroad
21 – The invisible man. Alison Gallagher-Hughes profiles Latin dancers Ryan McShane and Ksenia Zsikhotska
53 – Romeo and Juliet. Jonathan Gray reviews new casts in The Royal Ballet’s revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s production
Features
25 – We are family. Laura Dodge discovers Millennium Performing Arts is a college with a difference
28 – All dressed up, but is there anywhere to go? Graham Watts meets Hu Wenge, a star of the Peking Opera
33 – Simply does it. Nicola Rayner interviews Jenni Kravitz, director of Simply Dancing Partners
37 – Going to the top. Luke Jennings talks to ballerina Antoinette Sibley about her early training and career
Dance Today
76 – The International Championship 2015. Phil Meacham reports on this year’s competition from Brentwood and the Royal Albert Hall
81 – This month in ballroom
82 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
83 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
85 – Products
86 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
87 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
88 – Notes from the Dancefloor
90 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
Regulars
7 – News. Fonteyn and Nureyev DVD competition, Strictly goes on tour, Christopher Marney Q&A
12 – Letters
15 – Talking Point by DanceEast’s Brendan Keaney
41 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman reviews Orphée et Eurydice and Kinky Boots
45 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
47 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
49 – Media. New books, CDs and DVDs
51 – Dance Scene. Reviews include Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Scottish Ballet and Lea Anderson
93 – People. Matthew Bourne, Pamela Moncur and Leon Arnold’s golden wedding anniversary
94 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Birmingham Royal Ballet first artist Brandon Lawrence
98 – Obituaries. Bode Lawal, Juliet Fisher and other losses
101 – Education. National Youth Ballet
106 – Health. Debbie Malina concludes her guide to dance health
111 – Classified
112 – Calendar
118 – Listings
122 – Last Dance