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Dance Europe - December 2018 3 The Royal Ballet - Marianela Nuñez in Makarova's La Bayadère. © Emma Kauldhar by courtesy of the ROH Contents People Features 10 Yuri Fateyev 49 Talkback #metoo EMMA KAULDHAR meets the director of AMANDA JENNINGS considers the the Mariinsky Ballet implications raised by the revolutionary movement on the dance world 44 Laurel Dalley Smith and Lorenzo Pagano Balanchine: The City LUCY VAN CLEEF catches up with two 54 Center Years Europeans dancing with the Martha Graham TRINA MANNINO welcomes visitors to company in New York New York and considers their interpretations of key Balanchine ballets 72 Derek Deane AMANDA JENNINGS in conversation with Petipa's Architecture the director of the Shanghai Ballet 58 MIKE DIXON examines the intrinsic Premieres hallmarks of Marius Petipa's choreography La Bayadère in Berlin 70 Choreographic Academy 16 GERARD DAVIS talks with Ted Brandsen and LUCY VAN CLEEF savours Alexei Ratmansky's Ernst Meisner about a project to develop new reconstruction in Berlin new choreographers 28 Winterreise JESSICA TEAGUE considers Christian Spuck's 76 Bayerisches Junior Ballett new work for Ballett Zürich and three creations München for Zurich's Junior Ballet ALISON KENT talks with Ivan Liška about the work of the Heinz Bösl Foundation 6 ENTRE NOUS 80 YAGP in Paris Front cover: Staatsballett Berlin - EMMA KAULDHAR reports on this year's Polina Semionova in 84 AUDITIONS AND JOBS Alexei Ratmansky's La Bayadère. first European semi-final © Emma Kauldhar 99 WHAT’S ON 106 PEOPLE PAGE >>> Dance Europe - December 2018 3 DANCE EUROPE Performances FOUNDED IN 1995 P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK 22 La Bayadère in London Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 AMANDA JENNINGS and ROBERT PENMAN www.danceeurope.net review Natalia Makarova's production at the Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar Royal Opera House [email protected] mobile/text: +44 (0)7983 608544 32 The Nutcracker Advertising Manager Naresh Kauldhar MIKE DIXON appraises the new designs for [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 Northern Ballet's festive ballet mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320 Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor 36 Arqués, Ashton and Bintley LUKE BRADSHAW reviews BRB's Fire and Fury Administrator Katie Harrington Northern Ballet - Javier Torres in David Nixon's The Nutcracker. programme and Ashton's Fille at Sadler's Wells [email protected] © Emma Kauldhar What's On Listings 40 Apollo, The Seasons and [email protected] Le Réveil de Flore PANDORA BEAUMONT reviews an eclectic CRITICS & WRITERS programme at the Mariinsky Theatre Mark Baird, Pandora Beaumont, Luke Bradshaw, Ellie Carr, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, Valery 50 Hommage à Jerome Robbins Dmitriev, François Fargue, Jesús R. Gamo, Maina FRANÇOIS FARGUE considers the Paris Opera's Gielgud, Amanda Jennings, Altin Kaftira, Alison tribute to the American choreographer Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina Mannino, Bruce Michelson, Yuki Nagano, Catherine Pawlick, Robert Penman, Susan Pond, Lydia Radetsky, Oli 62 Munich Jewels Speers, Jessica Teague, Philip Tunstall, Lucy Van ALISON KENT catches some inspiring Cleef, Viki Westall. performances in the Balanchine trilogy FREELANCE WRITERS 68 Pyjama Party Birmingham Royal Ballet - Momoko Hirata in Frederick CATHERINE PAWLICK considers Laurent The editor welcomes applications from new Ashton's La Fille mal gardée. © Emma Kauldhar writers with significant dance backgrounds, Hilaire's latest programme including a new ballet especially from former professional dancers. In by Andrey Kaydanovsky the first instance, interested parties are invited to submit a sample review of a recent performance and a comprehensive CV to the editor. 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