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Posted on September 26, 2019
Editorial and contents September 2019
As autumn approaches, this issue of Dancing Times takes a look at what has been happening in the dance world during the summer months. As well as Jack Anderson’s regular Notes from New York column, Iris Fanger and Barbara Newman went in search of further dance on New York’s Broadway and other venues – you can read about what they found there on page 18. In Dance Scene, David Mead travelled to Stuttgart to attend the biennial Colours Festival, and Kathy Elgin reports on the start of the Edinburgh International Festival with Scottish Ballet’s new two-act version of The Crucible. As well as those, in FRANCE/dance, Laura Cappelle saw what was on offer at the Avignon Festival.
In addition, we mark Northern Ballet’s 50th anniversary season, find out about the FEDORA awards, ask if ballroom and Latin American dancing are dying at grass-roots level in the UK, talk to street dancers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz, discover the wealth of dance material found in the UK’s museums, libraries and archives, and take a look at the National Ballet of Cuba.
Finally, I’m delighted to announce that – in addition to our regular online outlets – digital copies of Dancing Times are also now available to download from Exact Editions, an integrated content management platform for magazine and book publishers. To find out more on what they have to offer, why not visit their website?
JONATHAN GRAY
Dancing Times, September 2019 Volume 109 Issue 1309
Cover Stories
6 – News. The return of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing
14 – Northern powerhouse. Fifty years since Northern Ballet’s creation, Paul Arrowsmith considers its past, present and future
18 – Summer in the city. Barbara Newman and Iris Fanger sample dance on Broadway and elsewhere in New York
32 – A second
dance revolution. Fátima Nollén looks at Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Features
23 – Is ballroom dying? Why are ballrooms and dance studios closing? Nicola Rayner investigates
27 – Dancing in the archives. Moira Goff offers a guide to the UK’s dance collections and resources
37 – A new way of sponsoring art. Jeannette Andersen finds out about the FEDORA awards
40 – Packing a punch. Graham Watts meets street dancers Lil Buck and Jon Boogz
Dance Today
72 – Morris mayhem. Lee Knights investigates the recent Morris dancing protests
76 – Two’s company. Marianka Swain examines the history of It Takes Two, Strictly’s companion show
78 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
79 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
80 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
81 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
83 – Notes from the Dance Floor. Vikki Jane Vile sees Here Come the Boys
86 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
Regulars
10 – Letters
13 – Talking Point. By Joseph Toonga
45 – Dance Scene. Reviews include Scottish Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet, New Adventures and the Bavarian State Ballet
61 – Variety Lights. By Barbara Newman
63 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
65 – Danza in Italia. By Graham Spicer
66 – Letter from St Petersburg. By Igor Stupnikov
69 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
89 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Ebony Thomas of Ballet Black
93 – People. English National Ballet promotions, David Bintley, Sharon Watson
95 – Obituaries. Barrington Pheloung, Harold Prince
97 – Media. Jonathan Gray reviews a new biography on the choreographer Marius Petipa
99 – Products
101 – Education
107 – Health. Debbie Malina investigates the role of bodywork
111 – Classified
112 – Calendar
118 – Listings
122 – Last dance. We look back to September 1979