Issue #56
October
2002

On the cover:
Het Nationale Ballet - Igone de Jongh and Nicolas Rapaic in Ted Brandsen’s Light Journey

Photo: Deer var Meer

REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
TED BRANDSEN
EMMA MANNING meets the choreographer appointed to head Het Nationale Ballet from next June

ROSS STRETTON UNDER ATTACK
RICHARD REAVILL gives a punter’s viewpoint of Ross Stretton’s year at Covent Garden

PERFORMANCES
The Fringe
ELLIE CARR sifts the gems from the dross at Edinburgh’s annual bash

Royal Summer
EMMA MANNING defends Ross Stretton in an overview of the Royal Ballet’s end-of-season performances

Full Moon
DONALD HUTERA is enchanted by a mischievous Finnish pixie

New Amsterdam
MAGGIE FOYER is agreeably taken with new work on show at th Musiektheater

Malakhov Connection
YUKI NAGANO charts the Russian dancer’s long association with Japan

Slaves and Wilis
EMMA MANNING catches the Bolshoi in two legendary ballets in Athens

tanzer choreographieren
ALISON KENT assesses fledging choreographic talent in Munich

Le Ballet de Jeunes d’Europe
FRANCOIS FARGUE takes a peep at a summer company for young dancers

Polish Fare
DONALD HUTERA in Bytom and Poznan

Tanz goes political
KATJA WERNER weighs up the offerings in Berlin

FEATURES
Critics’ Choice
The Best Performances of the Year - and some of the Worst…

Beyond the Tutu
MAGGIE FOYER reports on new waves at the Royal Academy of Dance

2.tants in Estonia
STUART SWEENEY finds dance in a former KGB phone-bugging centre

BRIEF REVIEWS
Copenhagen International Ballet

Mads Fredskilde

Compagnia Zappala Danza

Company Blu

Matthew Bourne

ZooNation

Wilson Pico

Alpo Aaltokiski

Joachim Schlomer

Tero Saarinen

Varna Ballet Competition

Danzabierta

Merce Cunningham Dance Company