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10 Pippa Moore 20 Carmen in Dresden MIKE DIXON meets the Northern Ballet JESSICA TEAGUE is impressed by a principal dancer company premiere at the Semperoper Ballett

44 Cathy Marston 38 New Work New Music VIKI WESTALL sits in on a rehearsal for AMANDA JENNINGS considers five the choreographer's new Victoria premieres in the Linbury Theatre

56 Julian MacKay 40 Faun, Dogs Sleep, Les Noces AMANDA JENNINGS talks with the FRANÇOIS FARGUE is disenchanted with American dancing with the Mikhailovsky the Paris Opera's latest contemporary bill

64 Wim Vanlessen 52 Requiem JESSICA TEAGUE bids farewell to the SUSAN POND appraises a double bill Belgian as he steps down from the stage by David Dawson

68 Jan Špunda 54 Carmen in Rome ALISON KENT interviews the Czech BRUCE MICHELSON considers a fresh dancer making waves in Munich take on Mérimée's tale by Jiří Bubeníček

Feature 72 New Combinations TRINA MANNINO reviews Justin Prix de Lausanne Peck's latest creation for New York Front cover: Vadim Muntagirov 78 in Carlos Acosta's . EMMA KAULDHAR reports on this City Ballet © Emma Kauldhar by courtesy of the Royal Opera House year's competition

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