Dance Europe issue #59

Issue #59
January
2003

On the cover:
The Royal Ballet
Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Swan Lake

Photo: Bill Cooper

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REGULARS
Editorial
Entre Nous
Auditions/Jobs
European Performance Diary

PEOPLE
MARIE-AGNES GILLOT
FRANCOIS FARGUE profiles the Paris Opera premiere danseuse

WIGGERS and VOORINTHOLT
EMMA MANNING catches up with Introdans’ two directors

EDWARD WATSON
MAGGIE FOYER meets the Royal Ballet first soloist

FEATURE
NEW YEAR QUIZ

PERFORMANCES
Lac, Lock and Kontakthof
EMMA MANNING on a landmark debut, a depressing score and a group of feisty over-65s

Doing your own thing
FRANCOIS FARGUE notes a lack of any innovative trend but still finds some pleasure

The Art of Fugue
HILARY SOUL charts the achievements of Martin Schlapfer including his latest ballet to Bach

First Steps
DONALD HUTERA plays the role of the critical mid-wife at new festivals in Oslo and Malta

Texans at the Bolshoi
MARGARET WILLIS reports on the Houston Ballet’ s first performances at the Bolshoi

Tristan, Isolde
EMMA MANNING savours an auspicious beginning in St. Polten

Moving Targets
KATJA WERNER at a two-day conference in Athens

Fluke and Blackbird
MAGGIE FOYER on Mats Ek’ s new piece for Cullberg, and Rambert’ s last programme under Christopher Bruce

Angels and Tsjaikovski, p.i.
DANIEL WALTON rounds up the latest pieces by Introdans and Scapino

BRIEF REVIEWS
The Bolshoi Ballet

Bara’ em Dance Group

The Australian Ballet/West Australian Ballet

Matthew Bourne New Adventures

The National Ballet of China

Robert Hylton/Urban Classicism

Dylan Newcomb

Heiss

English National Ballet

Bark Dance Productions

Irish Modern Dance Theatre

Moscow Chopreographic Academy

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