Issue #78
October
2004

On the cover:
Dutch National Ballet in Ashton’s Dream
Larissa Lezhnina as Titania with the corps de ballet

Photo: Angela Sterling

REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
MONICA MASON
EMMA MANNING meets the Royal Ballet’s gracious director with a hidden talent for mimicry

JEROME BEL
FRANCOIS FARGUE touches base with the controversial French choreographer making his Paris Opera debut

LI CUNXIN
DEBORAH WEISS asks the bestselling author: “So How Was Your Day?”

FEATURES
CRITICS’ CHOICE
22 dance critics from across Europe and beyond share their personal joys and disappointments from last season

HUNGARY
MARY BRENNAN gives the lowdown on the new EU country

PERFORMANCES
Morning Ground, Dream and La Valse
MAGGIE FOYER is enchanted by David Dawson’s most intimate work to date

Bolshoi Ballet in London and Moscow
EMMA MANNING assesses the Bolshoi’s London season and MARINA RADINA reports on a modern bill in Moscow

Apocalypso Now
KATJA WERNER encounters choreographers with an ecological conscience at Berlin’s Tanz in August

Full Moon
DONALD HUTERA finds Finnish dance in good health

British Ballet and Portuguese Fado
EMMA MANNING on moonlighting Royals in Sintra and a homage to Amalia Rodrigues in Cascais

Not a boot out of place…
KELLY APTER rounds up more than one cherry at this year’s Edinburgh bash

BRIEF REVIEWS
Northern Ballet Theatre - Dangerous Liaisons

Adam Cooper - Singin' in the Rain

International Dance Festival Dublin

Les Ballets des jeunes d'Europe - Mireille

Paris Quartiers D'Ete

Universal Ballet - Romeo and Juliet

The 21st Dance Week Festival Zagreb

Fluxusdance - Delicious Death