Dance Today! April 2007

Features:

21 Following in their footsteps

Julie Burns reveals who inspires today’s top dancers

26 Keeping it in the family

Alison Gallagher-Hughes reports on the opening of City-Limits in Sheffield, with Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova

31 New horizons

Stephen Arnold reports on the Dance for England scheme, which aims to promote dance to young people

35 Dancing head first

Sanna Nordin looks at the benefits
of Psychological Skills Training for dancers

39 Spice of life

Part two of Katie Gregory’s salsa special

43 Flamenco Festival London

Carole Edrich goes behind the scenes at Sadler’s Wells’ fourth annual festival

48 Obituaries

Elizabeth Romain and Albert Morgan

Regulars:

6 News

Musical theatre, Break Out!, The Car Man and more

8 DanceScene Iris Findlay reports on the 2007 Essex Championships, BDF page,

Katie Gregory recounts the best of Move It 2007 at London’s Olympia

42 Books and DVDs The Tango Lesson and Sun Valley Serenade

46 Book reviews

Tango the Art History of Love and Glamour Addiction, Inside the American Ballroom Dance Industry reviewed by Bryan Allen

47 Dance diary

Alison Gallagher-Hughes shares her experience of a ballroom masterclass with Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag

50 Sequence Today:

Fair “play” by Helen Blackburn
52 Saunter Surfinia

by Barry Earnshaw and Beverley Murch-Fowkes
54 New Quay Quickstep

by Kevin Page and Valerie Laws

56 Variation:
A simple sparkler in tango
by Steven Verrall

57 Listings Classes, schools, socials, competitions, musicals, touring shows, holidays and classified ads

66 The last dance Butlin’s Veleta Trophy 40 years ago this month, plus The Ball-Room GuideOn the cover: Carmen Cortés by Jeremy Hoare.

First of all, a big thank you goes to the many readers who have already returned the reader survey found in the last issue. Your comments and suggestions are invaluable to us, and all the information will be collated and used to make sure that Dance Today is the magazine you want it to be. We will also present a summary of our findings in a future issue, so if you haven’t yet sent your completed form, make sure you get it in the post before April 30 to be in with a chance of winning one of the fantastic prizes on offer. If you need a copy of the survey just email us atdancetoday@dancing-times.co.uk, write to us at the usual address, call us on 020 7250 3006, or fill out the form online. On that note, we’re also offering a free subscription to the “star letter” winner each month – we want to hear what you have to say, so get in touch!

Katie Gregory