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People<br />
8 Darcey Bussell<br />
DEBORAH WEISS meets the Royal Academy<br />
of <strong>Dance</strong>’s new president<br />
14 Rubén Martín Cintas<br />
MAGGIE FOYER touches base with San<br />
Francisco Ballet’s Spanish principal<br />
34 Jia Zhang<br />
DIARMAID O’MEARA catches up with<br />
the extraordinarily gifted ENB dancer<br />
43 Sasha Waltz<br />
DONALD HUTERA asks the German<br />
choreographer about her work Continu<br />
Features<br />
18 Pina’s World Cities<br />
LEE BAMFORD, MAGGIE FOYER, CARLOS<br />
PONS GUERRA and EMMA MANNING<br />
share their reflections on the London<br />
season<br />
57 Season 2012-13<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>’s comprehensive guide<br />
to the new season<br />
69 School Shows 2012<br />
An extensive report on graduation<br />
performances by 12 schools<br />
76 Crossover<br />
DWAYNE HOLLIDAY reports first hand<br />
on an ambitious project<br />
Contents<br />
Performances<br />
24 La Fille mal gardée<br />
MIKE DIXON catches Fille at the Paris Opéra<br />
and ALISON KENT watches Ashton’s ballet<br />
close the season in Munich<br />
28 Twools<br />
ALI MAHBOUBA on Scapino’s unique<br />
end-of-season programme<br />
30 Dresden and Hamburg<br />
MAGGIE FOYER catches Ballets Russes<br />
Reloaded in Dresden and <strong>Dance</strong> Days<br />
in Hamburg<br />
36 Dutch Departures<br />
MAGGIE FOYER bids a fond farewell to two<br />
outstanding dancers leaving the Dutch<br />
National Ballet<br />
38 ENB in St Paul’s<br />
DIARMAID O’MEARA reviews two<br />
premieres in an auspicious setting<br />
40 Metamorphosis<br />
EMMA MANNING considers Monica Mason’s<br />
swansong<br />
7 Entre Nous<br />
81 Auditions<br />
93 Diary<br />
98 People<br />
Front cover: Birmingham Royal Ballet - Céline Gittens and Tyrone Singleton in David Bintley’s Faster. Photo: E. Kauldhar/<strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Europe</strong><br />
Contents page photos: Bettina Strauss; <strong>Dance</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>.<br />
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44 Summer in the City<br />
CATHERINE PAWLICK catches up with the<br />
Mariinsky Ballet in St Petersburg<br />
46 Fools and Fado<br />
ALISON KENT steps aboard the Ship of Fools<br />
in Linz and encounters water in Lisbon<br />
48 Bintley’s Faster...<br />
MIKE DIXON enjoys BRB’s new Olympian<br />
ballet and VIKI WESTALL savours Bintley’s<br />
take on Thomas Hardy<br />
54 Kan Ya Ma Kan<br />
EMMA MANNING is seduced by Caracalla’s<br />
new creation at the Beiteddine Festival<br />
78 Helsinki<br />
MAGGIE FOYER reports on Finland’s<br />
International Ballet Competition<br />
Reviews<br />
83 American Ballet Theatre<br />
Triptych/Firebird/Cruel World/<br />
Thirteen Diversions<br />
Identities Project<br />
Staatsballett Berlin<br />
The Open Square<br />
Compañía Nacional de Danza<br />
Symphony of Psalms/Petite Mort/<br />
Sleepless<br />
Richmond Ballet<br />
Valse Fantasie/After Eden/Ershter<br />
Vals/Swipe<br />
<strong>Dance</strong> GB<br />
Dream/Run For It/And the Earth<br />
Shall Bear Again<br />
Noism/MaggioDanza<br />
The Miraculous Mandarin<br />
Maguy Marin<br />
Salves<br />
New English Ballet Theatre<br />
Synergies<br />
K Ballet Company<br />
Le Corsaire<br />
American Ballet Theatre<br />
Swan Lake<br />
67 Media<br />
Ninette de Valois:<br />
Adventurous Traditionalist<br />
The Nutcracker and the<br />
Mouse King<br />
reviewed by MIKE DIXON<br />
and MAGGIE FOYER<br />
92 Japanese page<br />
夏 の 風 物 詩<br />
Photos: Costin Radu, Angela Sterling, Sakari Viika<br />
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