Daria Klimentová and Vadim Muntagirov in ENB’s Romeo and Juliet. Photo: Dance Europe. People Premieres 10 Alessandra Ferri 22 Tatiana DEBORAH WEISS meets the Italian ballerina who DWAYNE HOLLIDAY applauds Neumeier’s will be returning to dance as a guest with the new ballet inspired by Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin Royal Ballet in the new season 26 The Tempest 16 Herman Cornejo JESSICA TEAGUE considers Krzysztof Pastor’s DEBORAH WEISS catches up with one of this year’s innovative take on Shakespeare’s play Benois de la Danse award winners 36 Homage to Richard Strauss 34 Daria Klimentová DEBORAH WEISS reports from Dresden on two EMMA KAULDHAR applauds a brilliant new ballets to celebrate the composer’s 150th career and laments the end of an era birthday 40 Medhi Walerski 42 Alice GERARD DAVIS interviews the NDT dancer DWAYNE HOLLIDAY considers Mauro Bigonzetti’s and choreographer new take on Lewis Carroll The Architect 46 Nicolas Le Riche 44 MIKE DIXON rates Kenneth Tindall’s premiere EMMA KAULDHAR reports on an exceptional evening in Paris for Northern Ballet 65 Obituary Bertrand d’At remembered Features 7 Entre Nous 30 Comment: Losing the Fred MIKE DIXON voices concern over the staging of 81 Auditions and Jobs Frederick Ashton ballets 87 Dance on Screen 55 Season 2014 - 2015 91 International Diary An indispensible guide to companies’ programmes for the new season 94 People Page Front cover: Hamburg Ballet - Alexandr Trusch as Lensky in John Neumeier’s Tatiana. 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