Director 18—19 On the Cover contents - danceeurope.net · the firebird / the rite of spring 21...

2
New York City Ballet - Joaquin De Luz in Balanchine's Rubies. © Paul Kolnik On the Cover 10 Le Corsaire LYDIA RADETSKY and VALERY DMITRIEV report on significant debuts in St Petersburg Premieres 40 Beethoven Project DEBORAH WEISS applauds John Neumeier's new creation for Hamburg Ballet 50 Death in Venice ALISON KENT is impressed by Valentina Turcu's take on Thomas Mann's novella in Zagreb 58 La Strada ALISON KENT reviews Marco Goecke's take on Fellini at the Gärtnerplatz 64 Dancing with Bergman AMANDA JENNINGS enjoys tributes to the Swedish film-maker in Monte Carlo Features 60 Life after Pina... MITCHELL-LEE VAN ROOIJ reports on three of the dance bills at this year's Holland Festival 69 Season 2018 -19 Dance Europe's comprehensive guide to all that's on the cards for next season 7 ENTRE NOUS 91 AUDITIONS AND JOBS 99 WHATS ON 106 PEOPLE PAGE Dance Europe - August/September 2018 3 Front cover: Mariinsky Ballet - Xander Parish in his debut performance of Conrad in Le Corsaire on 14 July 2018. © Emma Kauldhar contents People 16 Joaquin De Luz MARK BAIRD catches up with New York City Ballet's Spanish principal 28 Houston Thomas GERARD DAVIS interviews an American in Dresden 46 Johan Persson EMMA KAULDHAR meets the former principal dancer who is now one of London's leading theatre photographers 52 Barnaby Booth AMANDA JENNINGS meets with a choreographer who can light up a show 55 Obituary: Dame Gillian Lynne VIKI WESTALL remembers the illustrious dancer, choreographer and director >>>

Transcript of Director 18—19 On the Cover contents - danceeurope.net · the firebird / the rite of spring 21...

New York City Ballet - Joaquin De Luz in Balanchine's Rubies. © Paul Kolnik

On the Cover

10 Le Corsaire LYDIA RADETSKY and VALERY DMITRIEV report on significant debuts in St Petersburg Premieres

40 Beethoven Project DEBORAH WEISS applauds John Neumeier's new creation for Hamburg Ballet

50 Death in Venice ALISON KENT is impressed by Valentina Turcu's take on Thomas Mann's novella in Zagreb

58 La Strada ALISON KENT reviews Marco Goecke's take on Fellini at the Gärtnerplatz

64 Dancing with Bergman AMANDA JENNINGS enjoys tributes to the Swedish film-maker in Monte Carlo

Features

60 Life after Pina... MITCHELL-LEE VAN ROOIJ reports on

three of the dance bills at this year's

Holland Festival

69 Season 2018 -19 Dance Europe's comprehensive guide

to all that's on the cards for next season

7 EntrE nous 91 Auditions And Jobs 99 WhAt’s on

106 PEoPlE PAgE

Dance Europe - August/September 2018 3

Front cover: Mariinsky Ballet - Xander Parish in his debut performance of Conrad in Le Corsaire on 14 July 2018. © Emma Kauldhar

cont

ents

OPERAEN.NO The Firebird / Photo: Erik Berg

THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL BALLET

THE HAMLET COMPLEX14 SEPTEMBER–1 OCTOBERALAN LUCIEN ØYEN

MANON13 OCTOBER–1 NOVEMBER SIR KENNETH MACMILLAN

SWAN LAKE9 NOVEMBER–7 FEBRUARY ANNA-MARIE HOLMES

THE NUTCRACKER1–22 DECEMBERKALOYAN BOYADJIEV

THE FIREBIRD / THE RITE OF SPRING21 FEBRUARY–8 MARCH LIAM SCARLETT / INA CHRISTEL JOHANNESSEN

HEDDA GABLER21–26 MARCHMARIT MOUM AUNE

BAROQUE MOVEMENT6 APRIL–5 MAYCINA ESPEJORD / MELISSA HOUGH GARRETT SMITH / LIAM SCARLETT

AN EVENING WITH THE MASTERS: WHITE NIGHTS1–13 JUNEKINGDOM OF SHADES / SECUS / SYMPHONY IN CNATALIA MAKAROVA / OHAD NAHARIN / GEORGE BALANCHINE

Full programme at operaen.no

Tickets can be purchased at operaen.no. You can also visit our box office or call +47 21 42 21 21

18—19Director Ingrid Loretzen

People 16 Joaquin De Luz MARK BAIRD catches up with New

York City Ballet's Spanish principal

28 Houston Thomas GERARD DAVIS interviews an American

in Dresden

46 Johan Persson EMMA KAULDHAR meets the former

principal dancer who is now one of

London's leading theatre photographers

52 Barnaby Booth AMANDA JENNINGS meets with a

choreographer who can light up a show

55 Obituary: Dame Gillian Lynne VIKI WESTALL remembers the

illustrious dancer, choreographer and

director

>>>

5Dance Europe - August/September 2018 5

Dance europeFOUNDED IN 1995

P.O. Box 12661, London E5 9TZ,UKTel: +44 (0)20 8985 7767 www.danceeurope.net

Editor/Photographer Emma [email protected]/text: +44 (0)7983 608544

Advertising Manager Naresh [email protected]: +44 (0)20 7682 1733 mobile/text: +44 (0)7981 945320

Editorial Consultant Clare Taylor

Administrator Katie [email protected]

What's On [email protected]

critics & WritersMark Baird, Pandora Beaumont, Luke Bradshaw, Ellie Carr, Gerard Davis, Mike Dixon, Valery Dmitriev, François Fargue, Jesús R. Gamo, Maina Gielgud, Amanda Jennings, Altin Kaftira, Alison Kent, Ali Mahbouba, Trina Mannino, Bruce Michelson, Yuki Nagano, Catherine Pawlick, Robert Penman, Susan Pond, Lydia Radetsky, Mitchell-lee van Rooij, Oli Speers, Jessica Teague, Philip Tunstall, Lucy Van Cleef, Viki Westall.

Freelance Writers The editor welcomes applications from new writers with significant dance backgrounds, especially from former professional dancers. In the first instance, interested parties are invited to submit a sample review of a recent performance and a comprehensive CV to the editor.

DistributionDance Europe is published 11 times a year in London and distributed worldwide by: UK - Intermedia, London; Austria - Morawa & Co. Ltd; Australia/New Zealand - Gordon & Gotch; Canada - LMPI; Croatia - ANGCRO; Germany - We Saarbach GmbH; Iceland - Innkaupasam band Boksala; South Africa - Magscene (Pty); Sweden - Svenska Interpress AB; Poland - Ingland Co. Ltd; Croatia, Slovenial - Levant Dist; Portugal - International News; Trieste - EST; Finland - Rautakirja Oy; Poland - Ingland Co. Ltd; Sweden - Sevenska Interpress; U.S.A. - SEMAJ INC/IPD/; Spain - SGEL; Belgium - AMP; Hungary - Libropress 2000; Taiwan - Multi-Arts Enter-prise; Singapore - Borders/STP; Japan - Yohan ; Malaysia - STP; Italy - Intercontinental (FE) and in France by the publisher +44 20 8985 7767.

Dance Europe is published in both printed paper and digital editions. Subscriptions, single and back issues and library and institution subscrip-tions online at www.danceeurope.net.

ISSN: 1359-9798

The content of Dance Europe is copyrighted and may not be freely reproduced in any medium whatsoever, including on the internet. The scan-ning and posting of articles published in Dance Europe online is strictly forbidden and constitutes a breach of copyright.

© Dance Europe 2018

Performances22 French Fille FRANÇOIS FARGUE is enchanted by Ashton's ballet at the Paris Opera

26 Lulu in Stuttgart LUCY VAN CLEEF catches a chilling ballet that hits the nerves

31 All Forsythe DEBORAH WEISS appraises an exhilarating performance at Sadler's Wells

34 Tristan + Isolde SUSAN POND contemplates David Dawson's take on the mythological romance in Amsterdam

38 Kiss Me, Kate AMANDA JENNINGS sums up Opera North's staging of the Cole Porter musical

43 Lightfoot/León/ Goecke/Pite LUKE BRADSHAW welcomes Nederlands Dans Theater's return to London

56 Dekade ALISON KENT appraises Goyo Montero's decade of innovation in Nürnberg

66 Available Light TRINA MANNINO savours the beauty and simplicity of Lucinda Childs' piece for the Mostly Mozart Festival School Shows78 VaganoVa acaDemy Graduation Performance

the hammonD school Crazy for Dance

english national ballet school Summer Performance

the royal ballet school Performances at Opera Holland Park

elmhurst ballet school Summer Creations: New Works

the royal ballet school Summer Performance at the ROH

rambert school Summer Showcase

hamburg ballet school Beethoven Dances - 40 Dances for 40 Years central school oF ballet Summer Performance

tring park school Flicks and Footlights

Reviews93 Dutch national ballet New Moves

bolshoi ballet Onegin

royal ballet FlanDers Memento Mori

benoît lachambre/par b.l.eux Lifeguard Japanese 98 学校公演

English National Ballet School - Kirica Takahashi and Chloe Keneally in Carlos Valcárcel's Concerto. © Emma Kauldhar