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People

12 William Bracewell AMANDA JENNINGS catches up with The RoyalBalletfirstsoloist

28 Antoinette Brooks-Daw VIKI WESTALL meets Northern Ballet's newly promoted premier dancer 70 EttaMurfitt GERARD DAVIS talks with the choreographer about working with ENO on a new production of Orpheus in the Underworld

84 Miyako Yoshida YUKI NAGANO applauds the Japanese ballerina as she bids farewell to the stage

6 EntrE nous 61 Auditions 99 WhAt's on 106 PEoPlE PAgE

Contents Feature34 Critics' Choice The best dancers, directors and companies of the 2018-19 season - personal nominations by 16 critics

Performances

18 The Bolshoi in London LYDIA RADETSKY and AMANDA JENNINGS report on the Bolshoi Ballet's summer season at the Royal Opera House

46 Romeo & Giulietta PREMIERE

VALENTINA BONELLI reviews Johan Kobborg's new ballet for Polunin Ink at the Arena di Verona

Front cover: Bolshoi Ballet - Anastasia

Denisova and Denis Rodkin in Yuri

Grigorovich's Spartacus.© Emma Kauldhar

Polunin Ink - Alina Cojocaru and Sergei Polunin in Johan Kobborg's Romeo and Giulietta. © Luca Vantusso

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52 Romeo + Juliet PREMIERE

AMANDA JENNINGS and GERARD DAVIS check out two casts in Matthew Bourne's unusual take on the story

56 Minutemade PREMIERE

ALISON KENT catches the latest choreographies made within a single week in Munich

64 Ailey at Sadler's Wells GERARD DAVIS and AMANDA JENNINGS welcome the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to London

74 Dutch Gala + Best of Balanchine SUSAN POND sees Dutch National Ballet open the season in style with a glitzy gala and a Balanchine programme

80 Astana Ballet GERARD DAVIS applauds the UK debut by Kazakhstan's leading ballet company

86 Three Short Ballets PHILIP TUNSTALL enjoys Northern Ballet's firstprogrammeoftheseason

90 PlateauEffect LUCY VAN CLEEF sees the Staatsballett Berlinkickofftheseasonwithapiece short on dance

93 Fame ROBERT PENMAN struggles to relive the dream...

Media

51 Choreography AMANDA JENNINGS reads Kate Flatt's excellent guide for aspiring choreographers

Reviews94 CullbErg bAllEt

Figure a Sea bAyErisChEs stAAtsbAllEtt

Duo

AkrAm khAn

Outwitting the Devil

FEstivAl insolEnCE

Saint Antonin Noble Val lE tEmPs d'AimEr

Biarritz

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