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GERARD DAVIS skypes the Columbian-
Belgian choreographer who is busy creating ballets around the world
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Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Andrew Peasgood
VIKI WESTALL catches up with the
Scottish Ballet soloist
Jingjing Mao
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People
JESSICA TEAGUE interviews Dutch
National Ballet’s outstanding Chinese dancer
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On the Cover
ANNA BELLINI reviews Petipa’s last fulllength creation
On Tour
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Raymonda in St Petersburg
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English National Ballet in Paris
The Australian Ballet
in London
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Americans in Paris
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A comprehensive lowdown on what’s
happening next year
and
Turangalîla
LUCY VAN CLEEF considers a new
creation by John Neumeier
Verbruggen & Varnava
DEBORAH WEISS sees two extraordinary
premieres in Monte Carlo
7 Entre Nous 82 Auditions
Osipova & Polunin
MIKE DIXON observes Natalia Osipova’s
foray into contemporary dance
Season Guide 2016-17
Nijinsky in Stuttgart
GIANNANDREA POESIO contemplates
Marco Goecke’s new ballet for Gauthier Dance
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Peck, Balanchine, Forsythe
FRANÇOIS FARGUE considers the Paris
Opera’s final programmes in a season
destabilised by Benjamin Millepied’s
unprecedented departure
LAURA CAPPELLE reviews highlights from New York City Ballet’s season at the Châtelet
MIKE DIXON and GERARD DAVIS review ballets by Graeme Murphy and Alexei Ratmansky
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Premieres
FRANÇOIS FARGUE cheers the London
company that won over the French capital
with Anna-Marie Holmes’s Corsaire
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Stanton Welch’s Giselle
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AMANDA JENNINGS rates a new take on the
19th century ballet in Houston
Jobs 101 What’s On 106 People Page
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New York City Ballet - Sara Mearns in Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. Photo: Paul Kolnik
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Media
Book of the Month
MIKE DIXON reads Wrights and Wrongs
Performances
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CARLA ESCODA reports on a new company making waves in San Francisco
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Tell Tale Steps
MIKE DIXON weighs up narrative ballets in the making at Northern Ballet
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Staatsballett Berlin
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