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People Features Performances People 8 Viktoria Tereshkina CATHERINE PAWLICK catches up with the Mariinsky ballerina in St Petersburg 26 Gillian Lynne and Miracle in the Gorbals VIKI WESTALL meets up with the veteran choreographer in Birmingham 60 Ciro Tamayo LUCÍA CHILIBROSTE interviews Ballet de Uruguay’s outstanding dancer 67 1st Job CARLOS PONS GUERRA skypes Tamara Chilirojo - aka Kevin García Montagut - in New York City Features 25 Comment: Company Saved But Few Rejoice BRUCE MICHELSON analyses a less than satisfactory outcome 32 Critics’ Choice Dance Europe’s writers, along with guest critics, select the highs and lows from last season 65 Tanzmesse DWAYNE HOLLIDAY gets a taste of the mega dance event in Düsseldorf 68 Positano WENDY PERRON reports on this year’s Positano Performances Premia la Danza Léonide Massine 14 Coppélia DEBORAH WEISS and MIKE DIXON weigh up 70 Shawbrook different casts in ENB’s revival of Ronald Hynd’s DIARMAID O’MEARA visits a terpsichorean production hideaway in Ireland contents contents 18 Push GERARD DAVIS savours a hypnotic marriage 6 ENTRE NOUS 73 AUDITIONS AND JOBS 20 Julidans DAVIDE COCCHIARA considers some of the 81 INTERNATIONAL DIARY highlights in this year’s Amsterdam festival 83 DANCE ON SCREEN 23 Biarritz 85 EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS FRANÇOIS FARGUE reports on an alliance formed by three French companies 86 PEOPLE PAGE Front cover: Mariinsky Ballet - Viktoria Tereshkina as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet Photos: Erik Tomasson; Andrew Ross; Dance Europe → Photo: E. Kauldhar/Dance Europe. DANCE EUROPE October 2014 3 Performances DANCE EUROPE Founded in 1995 ISSN: 1359-9798 30 Solo for Two MIKE DIXON on Osipova and Vasiliev outside P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 their normal comfort zone www.danceeurope.net Twitter: LeChat@DanceEuropeDanz 40 Les Étés de la Danse FRANÇOIS FARGUE applauds San Francisco Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar [email protected] Ballet in Paris Advertising Manager Naresh Kauldhar 42 Mariinsky in London [email protected] MIKE DIXON and AMANDA JENNINGS report Tel: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320 on the St Petersburg company’s season at skype: nareshdanceeurope the Royal Opera House Senior Critic & Events Editor Deborah Weiss [email protected] 50 Edinburgh 2014 ELLIE CARR picks some of the highlights Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor at this year’s Festival Administrator Katie Harrington [email protected] 52 Ein Reigen ALISON KENT reviews a premiere by Ashley Dance Critics and Writers Page in Vienna Laura Cappelle, Ellie Carr, Lucía Chilibroste, Davide Cocchiara, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, François Fargue, Alessandra Gallone, Jesús R. 54 Dracula Gamo, Dwayne Holliday, Amanda Jennings, MIKE DIXON gets drawn in to bloodthirsty Altin Kaftira, Alison Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina business in Leeds Mannino, Bruce Michelson, Mia Nadasi, Yuki Nagano, Diarmaid O’Meara, Catherine Pawlick, Wendy Perron, Carlos Pons Guerra, Olivia Sabee, 58 Alina Cojocaru’s Dream Project Jenifer Sarver, Oli Speers, Jessica Teague, Michael YUKI NAGANO reports on starry performances Vincent, Deborah Weiss, Viki Westall. in Tokyo Japanese Translator Yuki Nagano 日本語 www.danceeurope.jp 62 Petipa, Messerer, Duato русский www.danceeurope.ru.com CATHERINE PAWLICK has praise for the Mikhailovsky’s first programme of the season Website developer Michael Lenahan MEDIA DANZA EUROPA Founded in 2009 ISSN 2041-8841 www.danzaeuropa.net 57 Books Twitter: ElGato@DanzaEuropa AMANDA JENNINGS and MIKE DIXON Spanish Translators review Faber Pocket Guide To Ballet and Carlos Pons Guerra, Jesús R. 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