Features:
18 There’s magic in the air Patricia Daly talks to choreographer Paul Harris, whose recent work includes Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
24 Tango fever, Finnish style Katie Gregory reports from the annual Seinajoki Tango Festival in Finland, plus: WIN a trip to Helsinki
29 The art of dance
Julie Burns talks to three people whose interest in dance has taken them in very different artistic directions
35 Dancing head first: part four
Sanna Nordin concludes her series on Psychological Skills Training for dancers
38 A haven for healthy dancers
Katie Gregory meets Kris and Cara Watson, fitness managers at Barringtons health and golf resort in Portugal
40 The world of ballet Jonathan Gray looks at the history of ballet
45 Review: Lord of the Rings Katie Gregory in London
46 Choreographing Carmen Jones Georgina Harper talks to Rafael Bonachela
47 Review: The Car Man
Regulars:
6 News Dance on TV: “DanceX”, “Strictly”, “Baby Ballroom”, the Eurovision Dance Contest and more
9 Letters
Have your say
10 DanceScene BATD 115th Annual Conference; DPA Bournemouth Summer Festival; Dance Al Fresco; BDF survey
49 CD reviews
Bryan Allen reviews dance music CDs
50 Sequence section: The Tower Ballroom “Sequence” experience by Helen Blackburn
52 Birmingham Blues by Graham and Avril Watkins
54 Borrowdale Waltz by Michael and Angela Hayton
56 Variation: A simple sparkler
in waltz by Steven Verrall
57 Listings
Dance around the UK
66 The last dance
40 years ago this month and Dance Dictionary: E
With the rainy weather curtailing barbecues and picnics around the country this summer, for many, the current boom in dance-related TV programming has been a welcome diversion. On the other hand, with ITV’s “Baby Ballroom” competing with “DanceX” on the BBC, as well as the screening of “Dancing with the Stars” prior to series five of “Strictly” this Autumn, and the Eurovision Dance Contest in September (see news), there’s an increasing risk of over-saturation. It’s therefore all the more worrying to hear that on Ross McGibbon’s departure, the BBC may be left without a director/producer with a specialist knowledge of performance dance. We want to know your opinions on the subject – is the influx of such reality-style programmes a positive, or a negative step for dance? Tell us what you think and you could win a year’s subscription, and, in the mean time, take a leaf out of the Tango Al Fresco dancers’ books (page 14) and don’t let the rain stop you from dancing the day – or night – away.
Katie Gregory
On the cover: dancers brave the weather at Tango Al Fresco in Regent’s Park, London, in July (see page 14). Photograph © Alec Myers/Danceportraits.co.uk
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