February 2016
Cover stories
17 – Ready to move on. Nicola Rayner meets up with former Strictly Come Dancing professional Robin Windsor
21 – MOVE IT 2016
76 – From seaside to Shanghai. Alison Gallagher-Hughes finds out about Blackpool Dance Festival China
Features
23 – A Month in the Country. The ballet and the play investigated by Paul Arrowsmith
29 – The Royal Danish Ballet School. Jenny Veldhuis pays a visit
32 – The quiet revolutionary. Gerald Dowler interviews Manuel Legris, the French director of the Vienna State Ballet
37 – Nights in the theatres of Spain. Barbara Newman watches traditional and contemporary dance in Madrid and Mallorca
41 – Preserving butterflies. In the second of his series of articles about preserving choreographic legacies, Gerald Dowler looks at how the works of Ashton and Balanchine are cared for
45 – On the fast track. David Mead talks to Justin Peck, New York City Ballet’s choreographer in residence. Photographs by Paul Kolnik
Dance Today
80 – Couple Dancing, Street Style. Lee Knights explores new hustle, a 1970s style brought up to date
82 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead
83 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham
84 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon
85 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain
86 – Notes from the Dance Floor
88 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. Win cinema tickets for Giselle
12 – Letters
15 – Talking Point by Phil Meacham
49 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov
51 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson
53 – Media
55 – Dance Scene. Reviews include The Royal Ballet and Paris Opéra Ballet
91 – People. New Year Honours for Matthew Bourne, Tamara Rojo and others
92 – Dancer of the Month. New Adventures’ Ashley Shaw interviewed by Margaret Willis
96 – Obituaries. Joan Kent, Madeleine Lytton, Mary Schon
99 – Products
101 – Education. Northern Ballet School, Salsa and Rueda medals, and Spanish Dance Society
107 – Health. Debbie Malina concludes her look at postgraduate courses in dance medicine and science available in the UK
111 – Classified
113 – Calendar. Our guide to performances in the UK and abroad
118 – Listings
122 – Last Dance