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Norwegian National Ballet in Kaloyan Boyadjiev’s The Nutcracker. Photo: Erik Berg People Premieres

10 Brandon Lawrence 30 The Red Shoes GERARD DAVIS catches up with the MIKE DIXON sums up Matthew Bourne’s take

Birmingham Royal Ballet soloist on the classic movie

24 Kenneth Tindall 54 Norwegian Nutcracker MIKE DIXON checks out how the GERARD DAVIS appraises Kaloyan Boyadjiev’s choreographer’s Casanova is shaping up visually stunning new production in Oslo

32 Jian Zhang 66 Static Time JESSICA TEAGUE meets the National LUCY VAN CLEEF considers Nacho Duato’s Ballet of China’s principal dancer creation for the Staatsballett Berlin

COLOURS 53 Obituary 68 Yevgeny Onegin in Maribor Ian Mackenzie Stewart remembered DEBORAH WEISS is impressed by a bold INTERNATIONAL DANCE FESTIVAL new take on Pushkin’s verse by Valentina Turcu 74 Passing on the Flame: 2017 PRESENTED BY ERIC GAUTHIER Nikolai Tsiskaridze 70 Ba\Rock in Geneva CATHERINE PAWLICK meets up with LAURA CAPPELLE reviews a new work by 6. – 23. JULI 2017 THEATERHAUS STUTTGART the rector of the Vaganova Academy Jeroen Verbruggen www.coloursdancefestival.com

Features Performances Mary Skeaping’s Giselle 73 Dutch Coppélia DEBORAH WEISS talks to Irmgard Berry, 16 SUSAN POND reviews Ted Brandsen’s ballet guardian of the acclaimed production in Amsterdam

20 Kylián in Paris 6 Entre Nous OLI SPEERS weighs up a trilogy at the

contents Paris Opera 79 Auditions and Jobs

99 What’s On 28 Up and Down AMANDA JENNINGS considers Eifman Ballet’s 106 People Page London premiere

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