Birmingham Royal Ballet - Brandon Lawrence, Lachlan Monaghan, Haoliang Feng and Aitor Galende in George Williamson's Embrace. © Emma Kauldhar
People 18 Reid Anderson EMMA KAULDHAR in conversation with
Stuttgart Ballet's long-serving director as he
prepares to step down
44 Lin Hwai-min GERARD DAVIS meets with Cloud Gate's
director during the company's London season
48 Egon Madsen at 75 ALISON KENT catches a tribute to the
formidable Dane
82 Thomas Forster MARK BAIRD tracks down one of the Class of
2005 grads at American Ballet Theatre
94 Obituary: Errol Pickford Former Royal Ballet and West Australian
Ballet principal remembered
Features
36 Class of 2005 DEBORAH WEISS takes a look at a golden
year of RBS graduates
58 Benois de la Danse CATHERINE PAWLICK reports from
Moscow on this year's awards and gala
74 Emerging Dancer DEBORAH WEISS applauds upcoming
talent at English National Ballet
6 EntrE nous 93 Auditions And Jobs 103 WhAt’s on
106 PEoPlE PAgE
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On the Cover
10 The Sleeping Beauty AMANDA JENNINGS reviews English
National Ballet's revival of MacMillan's
production
Premieres
24 Life is a Dream GERARD DAVIS savours Kim Brandstrup's
baffling yet ingenious creation for Rambert
26 Savoir Faire MITCHELL-LEE VAN ROOIJ goes on an
unforgettable journey with NDT
30 Polarity and Proximity DEBORAH WEISS and AMANDA
JENNINGS appraise BRB's London season
at Sadler's Wells 62 Schläpfer's Swan Lake DEBORAH WEISS encounters a very
different take on the ballet in
Düsseldorf
66 We Children of Bahnhof Zoo ALISON KENT catches a moving
performance in Szczecin
Front cover: English National Ballet - Alina Cojocaru and Joseph Caley in MacMillan's production of The Sleeping Beauty. © Emma Kauldhar
for 22 Years as Director of the Stuttgart Ballet
112 world premieres
90company premieres
100 tours from New York to Tokio
38 prizes, honors and awards
2.500 000 viewers in Stuttgart
94% average attendance
12 Years Ballet in the Park
1 New Building for the John Cranko School
And much, much more.
A Reid Anderson Celebration13th to 21st July 2018
REID!
LET’S CELEBRATE!
W W W. S T U T T G A R T - B A L L E T. D E
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Giorgio Garrett and Connie
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68 100oC in Dresden JESSICA TEAGUE sums up new ballets at the Semperoper Ballett
72 Twools in Rotterdam ALI MAHBOUBA reviews a Scapino rollercoaster
78 Thierrée, Shechter, Lopez, Pite FRANÇOIS FARGUE contemplates a contemporary evening at the Paris Opera
80 Harlequinade TRINA MANNINO weighs up Alexei Ratmansky's new staging of the Petipa ballet
Performances
50 Elizabeth ROBERT PENMAN sees the Yanowskys
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52 Raymonda in Munich ALISON KENT admires the dancing but is
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54 Romeo and Juliet in Berlin LUCY VAN CLEEF reviews departing
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86 Joys of Spring in New York AMANDA JENNINGS catches some of the
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magical partnership at ABT
Media
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