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People 8 Oksana Bondareva CATHERINE PAWLICK catches up with the Mikhailovsky Ballet soloist in St Petersburg 12 Kenneth Tindall MIKE DIXON meets the emerging choreographer in Leeds 32 Ernst Meisner MAGGIE FOYER talks with the former Dutch National Ballet dancer about his new role 46 Xander Parish MIKE DIXON meets the Mariinsky’s English dancer guesting in London with Saisons Russes david nixon’s 68 Obituaries David Wall and Graça Barroso remembered

Features 23 Stage Magic FRANÇOIS FARGUE investigates 40 Hamburg Jubilee BRUCE MICHELSON reports on 40 years of John Neumeier’s Hamburg Ballet 60 School Shows MIKE DIXON, MAGGIE FOYER, AMANDA JENNINGS, DEBORAH WEISS and VIKI WESTALL report on this year’s graduation performances Contents 67 Swords Drawn BRUCE MICHELSON continues to follow the saga Performances in Florence 71 Season 2013 - 14 16 Overture & Sacre Dance Europe’s guide to the new season MAGGIE FOYER reviews two arresting premieres at the Dutch National Ballet West Yorkshire Playhouse Woking New Victoria Theatre Fri 6 – Sat 14 Sep Tue 24 – Sat 28 Sep 20 Lacotte’s FRANÇOIS FARGUE savours the less Box Office 0113 213 7700 Box Office 0844 871 7645 familiar production at the Paris Opéra wyp.org.uk atgtickets.com/woking 6 Entre Nous 24 Britten Dances Newcastle Theatre Royal Nottingham Theatre Royal 59 Auditions and Jobs GERARD DAVIS weighs up a Belgian homage to the British composer Tue 17 – Sat 21 Sep Tue 1 – Sat 5 Oct 91 International Diary Box Office 08448 11 21 21 Box Office 0115 989 5555 26 theatreroyal.co.uk trch.co.uk 94 People Page AMANDA JENNINGS and ALESSANDRA GALLONE consider two productions

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