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Posted on September 28, 2016
This is the very last issue we will be bringing to you from our base at Clerkenwell House in Clerkenwell Green, as, from September 1, the company will be moving to a new office space located at the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) in Battersea Square, London. Although the staff of Dancing Times will be sad to leave the office we have so happily occupied for the past 35 years, it is with some excitement we now move to the new premises, as it will reinforce our already close links with the RAD. Readers may not be aware that in the early years of the 20th century, Philip Richardson, the founding editor of Dancing Times, played a formative role in the establishment of the RAD as a way of ensuring the art of dancing was properly taught to young people by teachers who were professionally trained; I can’t help but think he – and Mary Clarke, our Editor Emeritus – would wholly approve of our upcoming relocation. Rest assured, the magazine will continue to offer you the very best in dance, and our telephone number and email addresses remain unchanged.
JONATHAN GRAY
Dancing Times, September 2016 Volume 106 Issue 1273
Cover stories
17 – A national treasure. Sharon Wagner introduces Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on the eve of its UK tour
31 – Karsavina and Nijinsky. Andrew Foster looks at ballet’s first modern partnership
36 – Not a sausage factory. Laura Dodge pays a visit to Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
41 – Strictly speaking. It’s all change for Series 14 of Strictly Come Dancing reports Marianka Swain
Features
23 – Brexit and ballet. Daniel Pratt considers the impact Brexit may have on British dancers
26 – Born to perform? Nicola Rayner hears from experienced Strictly professionals on how to perform the dances, embrace the characterisation and overcome the fear of rumba…
45 – Together for dance. Laura Dodge previews an upcoming gala
Dance Today
74 – Dancing to the beat of the Latino heart. Lee Knights explores the romance of bolero
78 – Summertime special. Alison Gallagher-Hughes reports from the Bournemouth Festival
80 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
81 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
82 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
83 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
84 – Notes from the dance floor. Vikki Jane Vile attends the Strictly Prom at the Royal Albert Hall
86 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News
12 – Letters
15 – Talking Point by Ian Jackson
46 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman sees Into the Woods
49 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
51 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
53 – Media. Jonathan Gray on Peter Wright’s autobiography, Wrights and Wrongs
55 – Dance Scene. Reviews this month include Rambert, The Australian Ballet, Lost Dog, and New Movement Collective
89 – People. Dance Professionals Fund
90 – Dancer of the Month. The Bolshoi Ballet’s Igor Tsvirgo is interviewed by Margaret Willis
95 – Obituaries. Rosemary Butcher, Judith Percival
97 – Products
99 – Education. The Royal Ballet School, Tring Park School, Gielgud Academy, British Dance Council
105 – Health. Debbie Malina on how dance helps people with autism
109 – Classified
110 – Calendar
118 – Listings
122 – Last Dance. We look back to September 1976