Dance Today! May 2007

Features:

18 Bourne to dance
Georgina Harper talks to choreographer Matthew Bourne, whose new production of The Car Man begins a UK-wide tour this month

25 The Blackpool Dance Festival
Bryan Allen presents full reports from this year’s event, with coverage of the Exhibition and Formation competitions from Paul Harris

41 Dancing in the streets: part two
Katie Gregory continues her article
on the history of Argentine tango

45 Review: Hot Ice
Katie Gregory at the Blackpool Arena

46 Review: Havana Rakatan
Katie Gregory at London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre

Regulars:

6 News
Take a dance break in Portugal, audition for Nike Dance Clash, WIN tickets to Satisfaction and more

9 Letters
Have your say

10 DanceScene
Imperial Championships; Dance and Listen Awards; Crystal Palace Cup; Tango Tea at the Waldorf; BDF page

49 CD reviews
Bryan Allen reviews the latest music
CDs for sequence dancers

50 Sequence section: Pleasure and enjoyment by Helen Blackburn

52 Taransay Tango by Steven Shaw and
Helen Blackburn

54 Crossway Cha Cha Cha
by Ellen Harrison and Kelly Sloan

56 Variation: A simple sparkler
in paso doble by Steven Verrall

57 Listings
Dance classes, socials, competitions and shows around the UK

66 The last dance

40 years ago this month and
Dance Dictionary: D

This month we have a complete round-up of the 2007 Blackpool Dance Festival, where our cover stars from the May issue, Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti, once again clinched the top spot in the Professional Ballroom category. In the Latin it was Bryan Watson and Carmen Vincelj who took away their seventh victory, and their unexpected retirement announcement sent shockwaves through the audience. See Bryan Allen’s report on page 25 of the magazine, and click here to read more about their dramatic farewell. If that’s not enough, you can watch video footage of their announcement, as well as an exclusive interview – all for free – by visiting www.thedancingchannels.com. This exciting new venture from Quasar video means you’ll never have to miss out on any of the action again, and promises to be a firm favourite with dancers worldwide. Also this month, exclusively to the website, we have a full report on Great Britain’s win at the International Invitation Professional Team Match. Click here to read all about it, and to see photographs of the four teams that took part in this exciting event.
Katie Gregory

On the cover: Great Britain team members Joanne Bolton (front) and Justyna Hawkins (back) as they regain the Team Match title at the Blackpool Festival, 2007. Photograph by Rob Ronda, © www.robronda.com