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Premieres
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Tristan + Isolde
DEBORAH WEISS considers David Dawson’s new
ballet for the Semperoper Ballett in Dresden
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Stravinsky Today in Stuttgart
People
16
François Alu
contents
DWAYNE HOLLIDAY sees new works by Demis Volpi
and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and a revival by Marco Goecke
FRANÇOIS FARGUE meets the Paris Opera’s
outspoken premier danseur
28
Robert Cohan CBE
MIKE DIXON meets the contemporary dance
legend at 90 years young
38
Lucía Solari
CARLOS FORCADA gets to know Northern Ballet’s
Uruguayan soloist
56
Aaron Robison
AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with the
Houston Ballet soloist
52
Kullervo in Helsinki
GERARD DAVIS on Tero Saarinen’s new creation inspired by the epic Finnish poem
54
Death and the Painter
LUKE AARON FORBES considers Bridget Breiner’s
new creation drawing on Charlotte Salomon’s paintings
Performances
10
Romeo and Juliet
24
Modern Masters
36
Manon
DEBORAH WEISS applauds a company premiere
in Budapest
42
Sapphire Gala
MIKE DIXON reports on Northern Ballet’s 45th
anniversary gala in Leeds
46
Neumeier and Nureyev
MIKE DIXON sums up Northern Ballet’s new
acquisition
GIANNANDREA POESIO reviews English National
Ballet’s programme of works by Kylián, Neumeier and Forsythe
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Entre Nous
Auditions and Jobs
What’s On
People Page
FRANÇOIS FARGUE reviews a new Song of the Earth
and revisits a Swan lake created over 30 years ago in Paris
Front cover: Northern Ballet - Javier Torres and Matthew Koon in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Romeo and Juliet.
Photo: Emma Kauldhar
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Media
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New books and a screening
America
66
Romeo and Juliet in Houston
AMANDA JENNINGS weighs up Stanton Welch’s
new take on the Verona tale
68
Serenade, RAkU, Lambarena
Australia
70
Frame of Mind
Reviews
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Reviews by MIKE DIXON, GIANNANDREA
POESIO and DEBORAH WEISS
CATHERINE PAWLICK reviews San Francisco
Ballet’s first programme of the season
EMMA SANDALL catches Sydney Dance Company in Rafael Bonachela’s intriguing new work
Bayerisches Staatsballet
Artifact II/The Exiles/Zugvögel
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
The Sleeping Beauty
Ballet de Lorraine Shaker Loops/Cover
Angelin Preljocaj Empty Moves
Semperoper Ballett Dresden
In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated/Neue Suite/
Enemy in the Figure
The Associates
Smile/A Picture ofYou Falling/the barbarians in love
Richard Alston Company
20th Anniversary Performance
Keren Levi Clubbing
Philippe Genty Ne m’oublie pas
L_Overdose Love Therapy/Apart/Lui et Artemis
Boston Ballet Lady of the Camellias
Phoenix Dance Theatre Shift/Shadows/Tearfall/Bloom
Philippe Decouflé Contact
The Royal Ballet DraftWorks 2015
La Scala Ballet Giselle
The Tokyo Ballet Giselle
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Schools
Spring Celebration and Verve
Japanese page
ノイマイヤーの『大地の歌』
Photos: Hungarian National Ballet; Costin Radu; Erik Tomasson
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