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Xander Parish 10 What Do Dancers Read? EMMA KAULDHAR catches up with the 54 VIKI WESTALL chats with Pablo von Sternenfels, Mariinsky Ballet’s British soloist in St Petersburg Raffaele Morra and Gavin McCaig about the books and newspapers they read 26 Lauren Cuthbertson DEBORAH WEISS meets The Royal Ballet’s British 62 Love Affair with ballerina The Sleeping Beauty Part 2 MAINA GIELGUD continues her reminiscences
66 Andrey Klemm about her lifelong association with Petipa’s ballet AMANDA JENNINGS talks with the Paris Opera’s Bolshoi-trained teacher about his work 65 Soviet Resurgence JENIFER SARVER contemplates the fashion for Premieres reviving ballets from the Soviet era A Dancer’s Guide to Berlin Manon in Oslo 68 18 LUCY VAN CLEEF offers a practical insight on how JESSICA TEAGUE considers a new production of to navigate the city’s dance territory MacMillan’s Manon by the Norwegian National Ballet
The Dance £U$IN€$$ Millepied, Robbins & Balanchine 72 22 LUKE FORBES reports on developing marketing FRANÇOIS FARGUE reports on the first premiere strategies at the Dutch Dance Festival of the season at the Paris Opera
ntre ous 7 E N Performances 75 Auditions and Jobs Ham and Passion contents 32 87 What’s On MIKE DIXON is impressed by DeNada’s reworked and re-cast triple bill 94 People Page Front cover: The Mariinsky Ballet - Xander Parish in The Sleeping Beauty; above: The Mariinsky Ballet in Fokine’s Chopiniana. → Photos: Emma Kauldhar Dance Europe - November 2015 3 3
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