People 16 Ksenia Ovsyanick DEBORAH WEISS talks with the former ENB soloist who is furthering her career as a principal in Berlin 30 Liam Francis MIKE DIXON meets the young Rambert dancer 46 Isabelle Brouwers AMANDA JENNINGS interviews the ENB dancer about her experiences in Kenya 54 Obituary Giannandrea Poesio remembered 60 Ludovic Ondiviela GERARD DAVIS catches up with the 16 choreographer bent on making a more credible Giselle Ksenia Ovsyanick. Photo: Jason Ashwood Features Premieres 68 Fear of the Fouetté 42 Seduction in Stuttgart MAINA GIELGUD presents sound LUCY VAN CLEEF weighs up two new rationale for encouraging young ballets with a Béjart classic students to ‘go for it’ at an early age 62 Made in Amsterdam 71 Bolshoi Ballet Academy SUSAN POND enjoys two bills of pieces EMMA KAULDHAR revisits Moscow’s created by choreographers connected to famous school the city → Liam Francis. Photo: Benedict Johnson 76 Martins, Lidberg, Peck TRINA MANNINO rates a Peter Martins revival and world premieres by Pontus Lidberg and Justin Peck in New York 82 SFB 1 & 2 CARLA ESCODA considers San Francisco Ballet’s first two programmes of the season 6 ENTRE NOUS 91 AUDITIONS AND JOBS 99 WHAT’S ON 106 PEOPLE PAGE contents Front cover: Mariinsky Ballet - Viktoria Tereshkina in The Fountain of Bakhchisarai. Photo: Emma Kauldhar 30 Dance Europe - March 2017 3 DANCE EUROPE Founded in 1995 ISSN: 1359-9798 P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 www.danceeurope.net Twitter: LeChat@DanceEuropeDanz www.facebook.com/DanceEurope Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar
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