IBSTAGE INTERNATIONAL SUMMER PROGRAM Barcelona Opera House 12th August - 31st August | 2019 The Royal Ballet - Lauren Cuthbertson and Vadim Muntagirov in Ashton's The Two Pigeons. © Emma Kauldhar by courtesy of the ROH Contents People Features 16 Maria Khoreva 22 Focus on the Role: EMMA KAULDHAR meets the Mariinsky Nikiya, Gamzatti, Solor Ballet's first soloist CATHERINE PAWLICK asks Natalia Osipova, Maria Alexandrova and Vladislav Lantratov 28 Héloïse Bourdon about their approach to the roles FRANÇOIS FARGUE meets the newly appointed premiere danseuse at the Paris Opera 78 Auditions: How to Get a Job VIKI WESTALL asks some graduates for advice Polina Semionova 50 Germaine Acogny on how best to survive and succeed GERARD DAVIS talks with the legendary IBStage Galas 2018 Senegalese dancer on an upcoming collaboration Performances © Sila Avvakum with the Pina Bausch Foundation 10 The Two Pigeons/ 67 Obituary Asphodel Meadows Scottish ballerina Elaine McDonald remembered. AMANDA JENNINGS appraises an early Liam Scarlett ballet and an Ashton classic 70 Herman Cornejo GERARD DAVIS catches up with the ABT 38 Les Patineurs principal in London AMANDA JENNINGS welcomes The Royal Ballet's varied triple bill Premiere 44 Tchaikovsky in Berlin Front cover: Mariinsky Ballet - 34 A Midsummer Night's Dream LUCY VAN CLEEF reviews performances by Maria Khoreva and Kimin Kim in The Nutcracker © Emma Kauldhar ALISON KENT rates Goyo Montero's the Shanghai Ballet and the Staatsballett Berlin latest creation in Nürnberg www.ibstage.com 6 Entre Nous 85 Auditions 87 Summer Courses 101 What's On 106 People Page >>> Dance Europe - February 2019 3 DANCE EUROPE Performances FOUNDED IN 1995 Mariinsky Ballet in Japan P.O. 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