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People Premieres 10 Paul Marque 16 Victoria FRANÇOIS FARGUE meets the Paris Opera's MIKE DIXON reviews Cathy Marston's new outstanding premier danseur creation for Northern Ballet 44 Aaron Robison 38 Rite of Spring/The Firebird MARK BAIRD catches up with San Francisco GERARD DAVIS compares two contemporary Ballet's English principal takes on Stravinsky scores in Oslo 56 Annette Page Tribute 42 The Rite of Spring MIKE DIXON savours a fitting memorial to MIKE DIXON applauds a fresh take on one of 's best-loved ballerinas the ritualistic ballet in Leeds 60 Viviana Durante 78 Them/Us AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with the LUKE BRADSHAW checks out the BalletBoyz' former Royal Ballet principal latest double bill 75 Alan Lucien Øyen Performances GERARD DAVIS touches base with the Norwegian choreographer 22 Bon Voyage, Bob/Since She ROBERT PENMAN and GERARD DAVIS 100 Obituary consider new creations by Tanztheater Kevin Richmond remembered Wuppertal Pina Bausch Alyona Kovalyova Front cover: Paris Opera - The Bolshoi Ballet’s First Soloist, Paul Marque in GRISHKO®Brand Ambassador Leotard, Art. DA 1901MP GRISHKO® Europe distribution center Find us: grishko-world.com Nureyev's . © Emma Kauldhar >>> Mesh skirt, Art. DA 1908 Mikulandska 4/122, 11000 Praha, 1 Follow us: @grishkoworld Jacopo Tissi + 420 224 934 293 Write us: [email protected] The Bolshoi Ballet’s Leading Soloist Leggings, Art. DA 1915M +420 727 933 480 Shop online: grishkoshop.com 7 Entre Nous 90 Auditions 101 What's On 108 People Page

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