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People Premieres 14 10 She Persisted reflects on the career ROBERT PENMAN considers ENB's latest bill of 's artistic director by female choreographers who steps down this summer 34 Romeo and Juliet 38 Fumi Kaneko MIKE DIXON applauds a succinct version of AMANDA JENNINGS meets The Royal the Shakespearean ballet in Tallinn Ballet first soloist 50 Marie Antoinette 52 Liam Morris FRANÇOIS FARGUE savours Thierry MIKE DIXON meets up with the Estonian Malandain's take on the French queen National Ballet's Australian dancer who is also guesting with Sergei Polunin

Keyko Lee Features Artist of Leningrad center 92 Tao Ye - Preview Bruna Cantanhede Gaglianone GERARD DAVIS skypes the contemporary 78 Bridging the Gap The ’s Dancer choreographer in Beijing EMMA KAULDHAR visits Ballet Cymru's impressive new home in Newport and finds Leotard, Art. DA 1905MP Media out about the company's new initiative

GRISHKO® Europe distribution center 81 Yuli 83 Summer 2019 Mikulandska 4/122, 11000 Praha, 1 Front cover: ROBERT PENMAN sees the new movie An indispensable guide to this summer's + 420 224 934 293 - +420 727 933 480 Katja Khaniukova and Irek about courses, schools and workshops Mukhamedov in Annabelle Find us: grishko-world.com Lopez Ochoa's Broken Follow us: @grishkoworld Wings. © Emma Kauldhar Write us: [email protected] Shop online: grishkoshop.com 7 Entre Nous 90 Auditions 99 What's On 106 People Page

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Performances Dance Europe FOUNDED IN 1995 Mariinsky Festival P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK 18 38 Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 PANDORA BEAUMONT and CATHERINE www.danceeurope.net PAWLICK report on some of this year's

Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar highlights [email protected] mobile/text: +44 (0)7983 608544 24 Balanchine and Lander Advertising Manager Naresh Kauldhar AMANDA JENNINGS visits the Hungarian [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 National Ballet in Budapest mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320 Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor 28 Romeo and Juliet Administrator Katie Harrington AMANDA JENNINGS and ROBERT PENMAN [email protected] reflect on the 20th century classic at Covent

Listings and Videos for Digital Edition Garden [email protected] 42 in Amsterdam Critics & Writers SUSAN POND weighs up two casts in Rudi van Dantzig's enduring production Mark Baird, Pandora Beaumont, Luke Bradshaw, Ellie Carr, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, Valery Dmitriev, François Fargue, Jesús R. Gamo, Maina Pepperland Gielgud, Amanda Jennings, Altin Kaftira, Alison 46 Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina Mannino, Bruce AMANDA JENNINGS is seduced by the riotous Michelson, Yuki Nagano, Catherine Pawlick, colour and sheer ingenuity of Mark Morris' Robert Penman, Susan Pond, Lydia Radetsky, Oli take on The Beatles' iconic album Speers, Jessica Teague, Philip Tunstall, Lucy Van Cleef, Viki Westall. 56 Ballet Central Freelance Writers GERARD DAVIS is impressed by the high calibre of the Central School of Ballet's graduate company The editor welcomes applications from new writers with significant dance backgrounds, especially from former professional dancers. In 59 School the first instance, interested parties are invited to FRANÇOIS FARGUE reviews a triple bill submit a sample review of a recent performance and a comprehensive CV to the editor. at the Palais Garnier

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