38 English National Ballet - Tamara Rojo, Jeffrey Cirio and Joseph Caley in MacMillan's Song of the Earth. Photo: Emma Kauldhar Premieres On the Cover Cinderella 22 10 The Little Mermaid PANDORA BEAUMONT considers Mikhail AMANDA JENNINGS reviews David Messerer's spectacular new staging of Nixon's inspired adaptation of Hans Rostislav Zakharov's historical ballet Christian Andersen's classic tale Autobiography 26 People MIKE DIXON assesses Wayne McGregor's latest creation 16 Alexander Campbell DEBORAH WEISS meets up with Hedda Gabler 30 The Royal Ballet's versatile principal DEBORAH WEISS weighs up a balletic dancer take on a dark Norwegian play Margarita Shrainer 50 Debut 34 GERARD DAVIS welcomes Acosta Danza CATHERINE PAWLICK catches up with 47°N19°E to London for its inaugural UK performances a young Bolshoi Kitri 64 L'Oiseau de Feu 44 Joseph Taylor CLASSIC DEBORAH WEISS contemplates works by MIKE DIXON in conversation with Modern ballet show in two parts Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Crystal Pite and Édouard Northern Ballet's emerging prince Lock in Flanders George Balanchine / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky u Theme & Variations 48 Adieu Laëtitia Pujol Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust FRANÇOIS FARGUE bids farewell to the modest Paris Opera étoile Harald Lander / Carl Czerny u Études 7 NTRE OUS Premiere u 15 November 2017, Müpa Budapest (Festival Theatre) E N 80 Antony Dowson Further dates u 16, 17, 25 and 26 November 2017 75 AUDITIONS AND JOBS AMANDA JENNINGS meets the artistic director of Encore Dance at Tring Park 78 OPPORTUNITIES AND School COMPETITIONS Media 101 WHAT’S ON contents 106 PEOPLE PAGE 73 World Ballet Day DEBORAH WEISS sums up a brilliant day showcasing classical ballet www.opera.hu | www.facebook.com/Operahaz Front cover: Northern Ballet - Joseph Taylor and Abigail Prudames in David Nixon's The Little Mermaid,premiered 21 September 2017. 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