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Posted on September 26, 2011
September is the month that sees the start of the academic school year and the beginning of the 2011–12 season for dance companies. In this issue of Dancing Times we offer sound advice for parents of talented young dancers from Rachel Rist, director of dance at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, as to how best to fund vocational dance training. We also continue our round-up of vocational school end-of-year shows in Dance Education (pages 74–77) – and there are lots to include over the coming months (I saw no fewer than 14 of them this summer!). Also in this issue, on pages 36–39, Paul Arrowsmith investigates how UK dance companies set about planning their advance seasons, and we invite you to take part in our questionnaire on performance attendance.
If you do, you could win a free joint subscription for Dancingtimes and sister magazine Dance Today. In a packed issue, Richard Glasstone celebrates John Cranko’s Pineapple Poll on pages 27–29; Zoë Anderson reports on the 2011 “Ballet Days” in Hamburg on pages 22–25; and we include reviews of English National Ballet, The Maryinsky Ballet and Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Dance Scene.
Jonathan Gray, Editor
September 2011 Volume 101 Issue 1213
Features
14 Funding the talented dancer. Rachel Rist offers guidance on how to fund vocational dance training
19 The accidental life of a theatre designer. Paul Arrowsmith talks to set and costume designer Jean-Marc Puissant
22 Ballet days: dance in Hamburg. Zoë Anderson travelled to Germany to see Hamburg Ballet
27 Bring back Poll! Richard Glasstone celebrates John Cranko’s Pineapple Poll
36 Winning the ticket. The intricacies of programming dance, explored by Paul Arrowsmith
43 Threads and rays. Matthew Hawkins recalls working with Michael Clark in the 1980s
Regulars
6 Dance Matters. Dancers’ Career Development bursaries, Pineapple Poll DVD competition, BRB’s Nutcracker at The O2
11 Letters
12 Talking Point. Graham Watts asks if critics need a professional code of conduct
30 Dance Health. Debbie Malina concludes our health directory for dancers
33 Variety Lights. Sarah Woodcock on Rattigan’s Nijinsky and Laura Dodge on Napoletango
49 Dance Scene. Reviews this month include : English National Ballet, Rosie Kay Dance Company, and The Maryinsky Ballet
67 Letter from St Petersburg. Igor Stupnikov sees a Diana Vishneva gala
68 Dance Media. New books and DVDs reviewed by Barbara Newman, Mary Clarke and Laura Dodge
71 Dance People. International Ballet reunion
73 Obituaries. Sergei Berezhnoi, The Earl of Harewood, Petr Pestov
74 Dance Education. The Royal Ballet School, ISTD
79 Classifieds
80 Where to Learn
82 Calendar
Into Dance
93 Dancer of the Month. Northern Ballet’s Tobias Batley interviewed by Margaret Willis
96 Stage Picture. Jewels by Zoë Anderson
98 Your Page