May 2017
Dancing Times, May 2017 Volume 107 Issue 1281
Cover Stories
18 – Italian fish and chips. Nicola Rayner meets former Professional Latin dancer Maurizio Vescovo
40 – Variety Lights. Barbara Newman reviews An American in Paris, 42nd Street and The Life
44 – Letter from St Petersburg. Igor Stupnikov interviews the Maryinsky Ballet’s Yuri Fateyev
76 – Lights, camera, dancing. Alison Gallagher-Hughes describes her time as an extra in the movie Away
Features
22 – A stage magician. Designer Bob Crowley interviewed by Paul Arrowsmith
27 – Tutu! Elaine Mayson talks to Mthuthulezi November about Fiona Sargeant, his ballet teacher in South Africa
30 – Scènes de ballet. Daniel Pratt on performing Frederick Ashton’s ballet
32 – On Parade. Jane Pritchard highlights an avant garde ballet
37 – The memoirs of Nadia Nerina. Nadia Nerina recounts her visit to the Soviet Union
Dance Today
81 – Bringing home the bling. Lee Knights on pioneering medals tests in salsa
84 – Tips on technique. By James Whitehead
85 – Technique clinic. By Phil Meacham
86 – Simon’s Guide to Swing. By Simon Selmon
87 – Stepping Out. By Marianka Swain
88 – Notes from the Dance Floor. By Vikki Jane Vile
90 – Somewhere in time. By Jack Reavely
Regulars
6 – News. The Royal Ballet’s new season, Studio Wayne McGregor
12 – Letters
17 – Talking Point. By Christopher Nourse
42 – FRANCE/dance. By Laura Cappelle
47 – Notes from New York. By Jack Anderson
49 – Media. Barbara Newman reviews new Pina Bausch books and DVDs
51 – Dance Scene. Reviews include English National Ballet, New Adventures, National Ballet of Canada, Sarasota Ballet
93 – People. Anne Walker, Peter Schaufuss
94 – Dancer of the Month. Margaret Willis meets Northern Ballet’s Filippo di Vilio
98 – Obituaries. Trisha Brown, Robert Harrold, Rona Hart
101 – Products
105 – Education. Phyllis Bedells Bursary, Tring Park School, Science in Dance, Central School of Ballet
108 – Health. Debbie Malina looks at the Keep Fit Association
111 – Classified
112 – Calendar. Our guide to what’s on stage in the UK and abroad
118 – Listings. Where to learn to dance
122 – Last Dance. We look back to May 1977