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People
12 William Bracewell AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with The RoyalBalletfirstsoloist
28 Antoinette Brooks-Daw VIKI WESTALL meets Northern Ballet's newly promoted premier dancer 70 EttaMurfitt GERARD DAVIS talks with the choreographer about working with ENO on a new production of Orpheus in the Underworld
84 Miyako Yoshida YUKI NAGANO applauds the Japanese ballerina as she bids farewell to the stage
6 EntrE nous 61 Auditions 99 WhAt's on 106 PEoPlE PAgE
Contents Feature34 Critics' Choice The best dancers, directors and companies of the 2018-19 season - personal nominations by 16 critics
Performances
18 The Bolshoi in London LYDIA RADETSKY and AMANDA JENNINGS report on the Bolshoi Ballet's summer season at the Royal Opera House
46 Romeo & Giulietta PREMIERE
VALENTINA BONELLI reviews Johan Kobborg's new ballet for Polunin Ink at the Arena di Verona
Front cover: Bolshoi Ballet - Anastasia
Denisova and Denis Rodkin in Yuri
Grigorovich's Spartacus.© Emma Kauldhar
Polunin Ink - Alina Cojocaru and Sergei Polunin in Johan Kobborg's Romeo and Giulietta. © Luca Vantusso
Bolshoi stars
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52 Romeo + Juliet PREMIERE
AMANDA JENNINGS and GERARD DAVIS check out two casts in Matthew Bourne's unusual take on the story
56 Minutemade PREMIERE
ALISON KENT catches the latest choreographies made within a single week in Munich
64 Ailey at Sadler's Wells GERARD DAVIS and AMANDA JENNINGS welcome the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to London
74 Dutch Gala + Best of Balanchine SUSAN POND sees Dutch National Ballet open the season in style with a glitzy gala and a Balanchine programme
80 Astana Ballet GERARD DAVIS applauds the UK debut by Kazakhstan's leading ballet company
86 Three Short Ballets PHILIP TUNSTALL enjoys Northern Ballet's firstprogrammeoftheseason
90 PlateauEffect LUCY VAN CLEEF sees the Staatsballett Berlinkickofftheseasonwithapiece short on dance
93 Fame ROBERT PENMAN struggles to relive the dream...
Media
51 Choreography AMANDA JENNINGS reads Kate Flatt's excellent guide for aspiring choreographers
Reviews94 CullbErg bAllEt
Figure a Sea bAyErisChEs stAAtsbAllEtt
Duo
AkrAm khAn
Outwitting the Devil
FEstivAl insolEnCE
Saint Antonin Noble Val lE tEmPs d'AimEr
Biarritz
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