People 20 Monica Loughman DEBORAH WEISS touches base with the Perm-trained Irish ballet dancer 34 Muhanad Rasheed ALI MAHBOUBA meets the Iraqi-born choreographer making waves in Holland 41 Obituary Marion North remembered
Features 24 Focus on Apollo MAGGIE FOYER sits in on ENB rehearsals for one of Balanchine’s most treasured ballets 42 Youth America Grand Prix & 6 Entre Nous Gala for Natalia Makarova 9 Talkback EMMA MANNING reports on the world famous ballet competition and two exceptional galas 57 Auditions 79 Diary 48 Richard Bonynge & Bayadère MIKE DIXON talks with the eminent conductor 86 People about Minkus and the West’s fascination with orientalism Performances 60 Looking East JENIFER SARVER considers job possibilities 10 Manon in Paris for dancers in eastern Europe FRANÇOIS FARGUE applauds Kenneth MacMillan’s take on the French novel 16 A Streetcar Named Desire ELLIE CARR is drawn to a new ballet that pulls no punches 30 Hemels ALI MAHBOUBA considers Introdans’ retrospective bill spanning three decades 32 Duato, Forsythe & Goecke JENIFER SARVER weighs up a contemporary programme at the Staatsballett in Berlin 35 Henna ALI MAHBOUBA considers Muhanad Rasheed’s latest creation 38 Dance Salad MAGGIE FOYER savours innovative programming at Houston’s dance festival 50 Munich and Augsburg ALISON KENT reviews ballets by Robbins, Kylián, Contents Forsythe, Galili and Volpi
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