Dance Europe issue #82

Issue #82
February
2005

On the cover:
Royal Ballet Principal Guest Artist Carlos Acosta in Requiem

Photo: Johan Persson

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REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

DANCER OF THE YEAR
CARLOS ACOSTA
EMMA MANNING meets the Dancer of the Year between rehearsals at the Royal Opera House

FEATURES
Readers’ Poll
The results— the most voted dancers, companies and directors

How much do dancers earn?
DONNACHADH McCARTHY takes a hard look at dancers’ wages

Rural Retreat— 2nd round
MAGGIE FOYER chats with some of the directors who locked themselves up for the weekend

Frances Campbell-Rees
DEBORAH WEISS asks the Royal Ballet School’s nurse: "So How Was Your Day?"

Paris Opera Concours
EMMA MANNING applauds a long overdue promotion

Japanese Summary
Highlights of this issue translated by YUKI NAGANO

PERFORMANCES
Brown & Forsythe
FRANCOIS FARGUE goes on a Baroque trip with the Paris Opera

Russian Fairy Stories
MAGGIE FOYER contemplates two Fokine classics and Firebird reborn

In Memoriam
FRANCOIS FARGUE sees the Belgian whizz-kid deliver once again

Momentsterben
KATJA WERNER yearns for more daring from ‘the death of moments’

“music by yards”
EMMA MANNING on ballets driven by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev

Red, Hot and Dirty
MAGGIE FOYER reports on two sizzling performances in Sydney

Me and my selfish
WILLIAM ANTHONY on recent events at Dansescenen in Copenhagen

Simons & Bonachela
DANIEL WALTON is engaged by unadventurous boundaries

4 Ts & more
TIM MARTIN is swayed by NYCB’s fine temperaments

BRIEF REVIEWS
National Ballet of Cuba

Gyor Ballet

Ballet Theater Munich

Scottish Ballet

Irish Modern Dance Theatre

Staatsballett Berlin

National Ballet of Belgrade

Two Fish

Hamburg Ballet

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