Dancing Times, March 2016 Volume 106 Issue 1267

Cover stories

15 – Here today… Gerald Dowler on Benjamin Millepied’s departure from the Paris Opéra Ballet

19 – Escaping definition. Laura Cappelle casts her gaze over the current dance scene in France

25 – National Dance Awards 2015. Zoë Anderson reveals the winners

41 – Fire in his belly. Nicola Rayner talks to Germán Cornejo about his new show, Immortal Tango

121 – Heel to toe. Debbie Malina looks at problems encountered when dancing in high heels

Features

12 – MOVE IT 2016

27 – Castle in the air. Iris Fanger remembers Vernon and Irene Castle

31 – Has dance reached its physical limit? Jeannette Andersen asks the question

37 – Six years on. Mark Rasmussen visits Scottish Ballet

45 – Moving theatre. The Young Vic’s current season moves between theatre and dance. Zoë Anderson finds out more

49 – Merging point. Clemmie Cowl highlights the merger of the Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund and the Dance Teachers’ Benevolent Fund

53 – Preserving the legacy. Gerald Dowler looks at the guardianship of the works of John Cranko and Kenneth MacMillan

86 – Open season. Nicola Rayner reports on the UK Open Championships

93 – Let’s get musical. Lee Knights talks to Andrew Cuerdon and Ross Mitchell

94 – Tips on technique by James Whitehead

95 – Technique clinic by Phil Meacham

96 – Simon’s Guide to Swing by Simon Selmon

97 – Stepping Out by Marianka Swain

98 – Notes from the dance floor

100 – Somewhere in time by Jack Reavely

Regulars

6 – News

10 – Talking Point by Gavin McCaig

59 – Variety Lights by Barbara Newman

63 – Letter from St Petersburg by Igor Stupnikov

65 – Notes from New York by Jack Anderson

67 – Media

69 – Dance Scene. Reviews include Resolution and Ballet am Rhein

103 – People. Laurretta Summerscales

104 – Dancer of the Month. Josef Perou interviewed by Margaret Willis

109 – Obituaries. Mrinalini Sarabhai, Nadine Senior, Violette Verdy

113 – Products

117 – Education. Prix de Lausanne, Early Dance Circle, Gala for Eve Pettinger

127 – Classified

129 – Calendar

134 – Listings

138 – Last Dance. We look back to March 1976