Dance Europe issue #77

Issue #77
August/September
2004

On the cover:
San Francisco Ballet
Yuan Yuan Tan

Photo: R. J. Muna

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REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
YUMIKO TAKESHIMA
EMMA MANNING meets the entrepreneurial Dutch National Ballet first soloist in Amsterdam

MARK MORRIS
MELANIE NIX catches up with the flamboyant creator of The Hard Nut

KAJO NELLES
DEBORAH WEISS asks the director of NRW's tanzmesse: ”So How Was Your Day?”

YUAN YUAN TAN, GONZALO GARCIA and JOAN BOADA
MAGGIE FOYER introduces three of San Francisco’s principals heading for London

OBITUARIES
Betty Oliphant, Bella Lewitsky and Antonio Gades

FEATURES
CZECH REPUBLIC
BRUCE MICHELSON asks leading Czech personalities for their views on joining the EU

SEASON 2004 - 2004
A preview of companies’ plans for the new dance year

SURVIVING INJURIES
DEBORAH WEISS asks Jaimie Tapper and Yosvani Ramos how they have coped with career-threatening injuries

b-= break, boogie, beat or Bronx?
DONALD HUTERA attempts to demystify the breaking artform

PERFORMANCES
White Nights in Kuopio
DONNACHADH McCARTHY drops in on the 35th International Dance Festival

Julidans in Amsterdam
ALI MAHBOUBA reports on Japanese, Belgian and French fare, while at the…

Holland Festival
DANIEL WALTON tracks down Sasha Waltz and Akram Khan

Silk Road in Sintra
EMMA MANNING catches Brazilian visitors in Portugal

Gaoyan Jinzi and Luo Lili
KATJA WERNER views two extraordinary Chinese women in Berlin

Neumeier - 30 Years
CLAIRE DOMMETT joins in the celebrations for John Neumeier’s long reign in Hamburg

Ashton in New York
TIM MARTIN offers an American’s view on England’s legendary choreographer

Prague abuzz
BRUCE MICHELSON reflects on four diverse programmes at the Archa Theatre

School’s Out!
MAGGIE FOYER and EMMA MANNING applaud some outstanding performances

BRIEF REVIEWS
South African Dance Theatre

The Royal Ballet Onegin

Arthur Pita - Open Heart - CAMP

George Piper Dances - Rough Guide

Dutch National Ballet - Body/Voice

Anna Huber - Wollenstuck

The Royal Ballet - Inspired by Diaghilev

Tanztheater Wuppertal - Nefes

William Tuckett - The Soldier's Tale

Paris Opera - La Sylphide

Carlos Acosta - Tocororo

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