Dancing Times Magazine October 2016 Back Issue

Welcome to the start of a new volume of Dancing Times – our 107th – which is the fi rst to come to you from our office in Battersea Square. Everything at our former premises in Clerkenwell Green was packed and moved across London shortly after we sent the last issue to the printers at the end of August, which also happened to be during one of the hottest weeks of the summer. The staff are all now happily settled south of the River Thames, and I would like to say thank you to all the readers who sent us cards and good wishes – it was very much appreciated by everyone here.
There is a distinct Russian feel to this issue of the magazine. Margaret Willis and Igor Stupnikov interview some up-and-coming dancers from both the Bolshoi and Mikhailovsky Ballets, and Margaret also managed to talk to Vladimir Urin, the formidable director of the Bolshoi Theatre, whilst he was in London in August during the Bolshoi Ballet’s season at Covent Garden. In addition, we take a look at Burn The Floor, the ballroom and Latin show that comes to the West End this month, and introduce the 2016 Dance Today Teacher of the Year competition.