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10 Lauren Cuthbertson 20 The Unknown Soldier COLOURS EMMA KAULDHAR meets The Royal ROBERT PENMAN weighs up a new ballet that Ballet principal after her whirlwind strives to recall the tragedy of World War 1 INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL debut with the Notre Chopin 2019 PRESENTED BY ERIC GAUTHIER Polina Semionova 36 30 AMANDA JENNINGS savours new ballets to LUCY VAN CLEEF spoke with the ballerina music by the eminent Polish composer 27. JUNI – 14. JULI 2019 THEATERHAUS STUTTGART about discovering emotional possibilities on stage www.coloursdancefestival.com 48 Gabe Stone Shayer 68 AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with the ABT CATHERINE PAWLICK reports on company A.I.M BY KYLE ABRAHAM ○ AKRAM KHAN COMPANY ○ ARIAS COMPANY ○ dancer who trained in Moscow premieres at the BC ○ BATTLE OF STYLES ○ CIRCA ○ COMPAGNIE MAGUY MARIN ○ COMPAGNIE MARIE CHOUINARD ○ COMPAGNIE PHILIPPE SAIRE ○ COMPANY 60 Delia Mathews 80 En Compagnie de Nijinsky IDEM ○ GAUTHIER DANCE//DANCE COMPANY THEATERHAUS STUTTGART ○ VIKI WESTALL chats with BRB's New Zealand- AMANDA JENNINGS is both fascinated and GREGORY MAQOMA/VIA KATLEHONG ○ LUCY GUERIN INC ○ MOURAD born principal challenged by a Nijinsky-inspired bill MERZOUKI ○ PIERRE RIGAL/COMPAGNIE DERNIÈRE MINUTE ○ ROBERTO Aki Saito Farewell ○ ○ ○ 72 Media CASTELLO/ALDES SHAMEL PITTS SHAUN PARKER & COMPANY STEPHEN Performance ○ SHROPSHIRE TERO SAARINEN COMPANY/TERO SAARINEN & KIMMO JESSICA TEAGUE applauds the Royal Ballet Polina POHJONEN ○ WELL­BRÜDER ○ XIEXIN DANCE THEATRE Flanders dancer as she steps down from the stage 66 ALISON KENT watches the gritty coming-of-age movie ntre ous Funded by 6 E N Robert Helpmann MIKE DIXON reviews a new book, which Front cover: 76 Auditions and Jobs - Anna Tsygankova and Constantine comes with a DVD of archive interviews, on the Allen in 's 99 What’s On Cinderella. © Emma Kauldhar theatrical dynamo 106 People Page Premium Partners Partner Supporters >>>

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