Dance Europe issue #24

Issue #24
October/November
1999

On the cover:
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Bernice Coppieters & Gaetan Morlotti in Vers un pays sage

Original photo: L. Philippe

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Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary
Premieres

FESTIVALS
Les Nuits de la Danse
CAROL PRATL savours the delights of Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo’s open air performances

Julidans
ASTRID VAN LEEUWEN encounters a decade of bizarre solos and unexpected duende in Amsterdam

Edinburgh ‘99
GEOFFREY WEST sifts through the last Edinburgh Festival of this millennium

REVIEWS
The Royal Ballet & New York Ballet Stars
MAGGIE FOYER catches Fonteyn memorabilia, an amazing Cuban and Balanchine danced by New Yorkers in London

Stuttgart, Munich and Hamburg
HILARY SOUL views an exemplary partnership in Stuttgart; KATJA WERNER takes in the diversity at the Munich Tanzwerkstatt; CLAIRE DOMMETT digests a new choreographic competition in Hamburg

MEETING PEOPLE
DJAKAPURRA MUNYARRYUN
Dancer and cultural consultant for Bangarra Dance Theatre at the Darwin Festival in Australia

PHILIPPE TALARD premiere preview
Director and choreographer of the Mannheim Ballet on the inspiration for his new ballet Schamanen

JOANNE DE SOUZA last words
City Ballet of London principal on what she looks for in a dancing partner and other things

BRIEF REVIEWS
From Berlin, Galway, London, Madrid, La Corniche, Amsterdam, Rome & New York
Melissa Fenley & Peter Boal; Gilles Jobin; Akram Khan & Mavin Khoo; Dance Theatre of Ireland; Cristina Hoyos, Cloud Gate Theatre; Dutch National Ballet, Ballet de Marseille, Philippe Decouflé; Joel Borges

ON THE COVER
LLOYD NEWSON: Choreographer of the 20th Century
NICHOLAS ROWE meets the godfather of physical theatre

SCOTTISH DANCING CITIES
What’s going on up north? Dance Europe’s 12-page pull-out supplement gives you the lowdown on classes, companies and events in Scotland. Enter the Wee Quiz and win a subscription!

ROYAL BALLET OF CAMBODIA
TONI SAMANTHA PHIN writes on the company that survived the tortures of the Khmer Rouge

COMPLEMENTARY DANCE TRAINING
MELANIE NIX checks up on alternative classes

TECH SPEC: PICTURE AND SOUND
MICHAEL HODGES and MICK RITCHIE offer advise on buying a video camera and sound recording formats

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