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People Features 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 Love Affair with ballerina 62 The Sleeping Beauty Part 2 MAINA GIELGUD continues her reminiscences Andrey Klemm 66 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 reviving ballets from the Soviet era Premieres 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 DANCE EUROPE Performances Reviews Founded in 1995 ISSN: 1359-9798 Nacho Duato’s Sleeping 77 CAS PUBLIC P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK 34 Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 Beauty Symphonie Dramatique www.danceeurope.net ALISON KENT catches the Spanish Twitter: LeChat@DanceEuropeDanz choreographer’s take on the Petipa ANOTHER KIND OF BLUE/ www.facebook.com/DanceEurope www.facebook.com/DanceEuropeenFrancais classic in Berlin DAVID MIDDENDORP www.facebook.com/DanceEuropeinJapanese Blue Technology Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar [email protected] ARNO SCHUITEMAKER mobile/text: +44 (0)7983 608544 While we strive Advertising Manager Naresh Kauldhar [email protected] BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET Tel: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320 Swan Lake skype: nareshdanceeurope ABIN TUDIO ASTMAN Senior Critic & Events Editor Deborah Weiss Y S /E [email protected] 36 Start Again Genesis ALI MAHBOUBA reviews NDT’s first Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor programme in its temporary new home Administrator Katie Harrington [email protected] 40 McGregor and Marriott Dance Critics and Writers DEBORAH WEISS is baffled by Luke Bradshaw, Laura Cappelle, Ellie Carr, Davide McGregor’s fairy tale but impressed by Cocchiara, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, François Fargue, Luke Aaron Forbes, Carlos Forcada, Jesús Marriott’s elegant ballet R. Gamo, Dwayne Holliday, Amanda Jennings, Altin Kaftira, Alison Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina Mannino, Bruce Michelson, Yuki Nagano, 44 Chopiniana Diarmaid O’Meara, Catherine Pawlick, Wendy CATHERINE PAWLICK reports on the Perron, Giannandrea Poesio, Jenifer Sarver, Oli opening programme of the Mariinsky STAR BALLET DANCERS Speers, Jessica Teague, Lucy Van Cleef, Deborah Antony Tudor Programme Weiss, Viki Westall. Ballet’s 233rd season Japanese Translator Yuki Nagano OPERA NORTH Website developer Michael Lenahan Kiss Me Kate DANZA EUROPA Y AMÉRICAS 83 Cinema Founded in 2009 ISSN 2041-8841 www.danzaeuropayamericas.com A BALLERINA’S TALE - Twitter: ElGato@DanzaEuropa Misty Copeland www.facebook.com/DanzaEuropa ROMEO AND JULIET - Associate Editor The Royal Ballet Carlos Forcada Spanish Translators Chéri Carlos Forcada, Jesús R. Gamo 48 GIANNANDREA POESIA laments the Spanish Advertising [email protected] shortfalls in Martha Clarke’s work for Dance Europe was founded in November 1995. 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