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Stuttgart Ballet - Friedemann Vogel and Miriam Kacerova in MacMillan's . © Emma Kauldhar Contents People Media 10 Friedemann Vogel 63 Force of Nature Natalia EMMA KAULDHAR talks with the Stuttgart ROBERT PENMAN reviews the latest Ballet principal about his career spanning two dance documentary at the Curzon decades Performances 30 Jacopo Tissi AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with the 26 He Takes Her By The Bolshoi leading soloist guesting in London Hand... GERARD DAVIS visits Wuppertal to catch 36 Alyona Kovalyova an early piece by Pina Bausch CATHERINE PAWLICK meets the Bolshoi first soloist in Moscow 40 Mayerling PREMIERE ALISON KENT appraises a new production Johan Kobborg 68 of MacMillan's harrowing ballet in Stuttgart MIKE DIXON meets the dancer/ choreographer preparing a new Romeo and -in-the-Round Juliet for Cojocaru and Polunin in Verona 46 MIKE DIXON reports on ENB's latest On The Cover production away from the proscenium arch

Front cover: The Legend of Love DEBUTS - Fumi Kaneko in Frederick Fonteyn - A Celebration 50 Ashton's Birthday Offering, 18 LYDIA RADETSKY appreciates an - A MIKE DIXON savours a gala to celebrate enduring Soviet ballet enhanced by Celebration on 8 June 2019. the memory of The Royal Ballet's indelible Alyona Kovalyova © Emma Kauldhar by outstanding debuts The ’s First Soloist, courtesy of the ROH legend GRISHKO®Brand Ambassador Leotard, Art. DA 1901MP GRISHKO® Europe distribution center Find us: grishko-world.com Mesh skirt, Art. DA 1908 Mikulandska 4/122, 11000 Praha, 1 Follow us: @grishkoworld Jacopo Tissi + 420 224 934 293 Write us: [email protected] The Bolshoi Ballet’s Leading Soloist Leggings, Art. DA 1915M +420 727 933 480 Shop online: grishkoshop.com 6 Entre Nous 93 Auditions 101 What's On 106 People Page

Dance Europe - July 2019 3 Dance Europe Performances FOUNDED IN 1995 PREMIERE P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UK 54 Polunin Ink Tel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 MIKE DIXON and ROBERT PENMAN www.danceeurope.net evaluate the world premiere of Rasputin Editor/Photographer Emma Kauldhar and a mixed bill at the London [email protected] Palladium mobile/text: +44 (0)7983 608544 Advertising Manager Naresh Kauldhar A Month in the Country [email protected] 58 DEBUTS Tel: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320 ROBERT PENMAN and LYDIA RADETSKY review a programme inspired by Russia Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor Administrator Katie Harrington White Nights [email protected] 64 LUCY VAN CLEEF considers a diverse Listings and Videos for Digital Edition bill in Oslo [email protected] 72 On the Town PREMIERE Critics & Writers 58 ALISON KENT reviews a new production of the Broadway musical Mark Baird, Pandora Beaumont, Luke Bradshaw, with choreography by Adam Cooper Ellie Carr, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, Valery Dmitriev, François Fargue, Jesús R. Gamo, Maina Gielgud, Amanda Jennings, Altin Kaftira, Alison Fabbrica Europa Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina Mannino, Bruce 74 BRUCE MICHELSON rounds up Michelson, Yuki Nagano, Catherine Pawlick, Robert Penman, Susan Pond, Lydia Radetsky, Oli Florence's dance festival Speers, Jessica Teague, Philip Tunstall, Lucy Van Cleef, Viki Westall. DEBUTS 78 Two Romeos AMANDA JENNINGS rates a feast Freelance Writers of romantic tragedy

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