Dance Europe issue #70

Issue #70
January
2004

On the cover:
Bayerisches Staatsballett Lisa-Maree Cullum and Alexandre Vacheron in The Sleeping Beauty

Photo: Wilfried Hoesl

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REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
Jo Stromgren
MAGGIE FOYER meets the versatile Norwegian choreographer

JEAN-JACQUES ROSAT
FRANCOIS FARGUE takes a teacher of philosophy on a contemporary dance date

OHAD NAHARIN
FRANCOIS FARGUE has a brief encounter with the Israeli director

KATHRYN WADE
DEBORAH WEISS asks: “So How Was Your Day?”

SVETLANA ZAKHAROVA
MARINA RADINA talks to the ballerina about her move to Moscow

DARIUS JAMES
EMMA MANNING in conversation with the Welsh pioneer

FEATURES
www.criticaldance.com
Go online and catch up with posters’ views on Politics and Dance

COMPANY CONTACTS
Part two of Dance Europe’s updated company contact information for dancers seeking work

PERFORMANCES
Lolita and Siegfried
EMMA MANNING weighs up two ballets driven by their characters’ inner consciences

Raise the Red Lantern + ZA-Ji
MAGGIE FOYER on extraordinary Chinese visitors

“Oh, Louis, play me the Maple Leaf Rag.”
STUART SWEENEY savours the triumphant return of Martha Graham Dance Company to Sadler’s Wells

Dutch Nouvelle
MAGGIE FOYER applauds aspiring choreographers at the Dutch National and DANIEL WALTON on new sparks at NDT

Beauty and Jazz in Munich
ALISON KENT on Ivan Liska’s new Sleeping Beauty, and a collaboration with jazz at the Gartnerplatz

Polyphonia, Elsa Canasta, Proverb, Quail and Broken Fall
EMMA MANNING digests a wealth of premieres in London

Voting with their feet
FRANCOIS FARGUE catches up with zany shows in Paris

Etiquette and the Inner Ape
KATJA WERNER at Tanssiareena in Helsinki

Ballet Gulbenkian
PATRICK HURDE has bravos for the Lisbon company

BRIEF REVIEWS
Compagnia Zappala Danza - Ascoltando i Pesci

Two’s Company/DanceNomad - Period Piece/The (re) Definition of/Stadium

Mavin Khoo Dance - Parallel Passions

Anjali Dance Company - WYSIWYG

Birmingham Royal Ballet - Beauty and the Beast

New National Ballet of Japan - Manon

Kondo & Bando - The Tale of Genji

The Royal Ballet - La Bayadere

Ballet du Capitole - Firebird/Rite of Spring

Dance Theatre of Ireland - As A Matter of Fact

Independent Ballet Wales - The Lady of the Lake

ABT2 - Continuo/The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude/ The Sorcerer's Apprentice/SpringScape

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