Dance Europe issue #73

Issue #73
April
2004

On the cover:
Birmingham Royal Ballet Asta Bazeciciute in Swan Lake

Photo: Bill Cooper

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REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
DARIA KLIMENTOVA
DONNACHADH McCARTHY meets ENB’s Czech principal with a flair for photography

JANET LEWIS
DEBORAH WEISS asks: “So How Was Your Day?”

DAVIDE BOMBANA
FRANCOIS FARGUE in conversation with the Italian choreographer on the eve of his Paris Opera premiere

RICHARD ALSTON
ELIZABETH OLD catches up with the prolific contemporary dancemaker

FEATURES
WHY DO WE GO WEAK AT THE KNEES?
VIKI WESTALL explores the causes of nervousness and asks Jose Oduardo Perez, Amy Doughty, La Joaquina and Bridget Breiner how they cope with performance nerves

INSIDE THE MARIINSKY
AARON SEAN WATKIN, who spent five weeks teaching Forsythe’s Steptext to Kirov ballet dancers, shares his experiences and thoughts

WHAT IS GREAT DANCE?
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PERFORMANCES
Track, Moment, Echoes and Silicone Nao
ELLIE CARR rounds up Scottish works by Didy Veldman, Sean Feldman, Rui Horta, Alan Grieg and Paulo Ribeiro

Preaching to the Converted
KATJA WERNER reports from this year’s German Tanzplatform in Dusseldorf

Swans, Cherub and The Bolt
EMMA MANNING weighs up classical deviations and a ballet after Fragonard

Stroman at the Ballet & Royal Danes in Brooklyn
TIM MARTIN catches New York City Ballet in a musical genre and checks out visitors from Copenhagen

Benois Gala & Nina Ananiashvili
EMMA MANNING savours a gala showcasing Benois winners and DONNACHADH McCARTHY congratulates a new Russian endeavour

BRIEF REVIEWS
Birmingham Royal Ballet - Swan Lake

Ballet Theatre St. Petersburg - Who is Who

CandoCo - Microphobia/The Human Suite

Baryshnikov - Solos with Piano or not….

Peter Schaufuss Ballet - The Language of Love

Royal Ballet of Flanders - La Bayadere

Bayerisches Staatsballett - A Sort of…/Apartment

Capture 3

Cullberg Ballet - Pneuma/Sore Core/Within Now

Richard Alston Dance Company - Brisk Singing/ Shimmer/ Overdrive

Rogie & Company - Screamprints

British Young Dancer of the Year

Tanz, Graz - Firebird/Sacre du Printemps

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