DANZA&DANZA International Magazine Sept/Oct 2017 Edizione posteriore

Ballet as a Twenty-first Century art form. Recounting the modern identity and the pressing issues our society faces through the medium of ballet is the challenge set by Richard Siegal, American choreographer who works with his company Ballet of Difference in Munich. We’ve dedicated two features to him, the print interview and the third short film from the dancewords in motion series. When you click on the video you’ll be immersed in Siegal’s impassioned work, his new triptych entitled My Generation and the expression he intends to peruse with his brand new company.
Does recognisable and well-established contemporary African dance exist? We asked the South-African Dada Masilo and the Burkina Faso choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly, who are on their respective tours with the new Giselle and Kalakuti Republik, a show inspired by Fela Kuti, the revolutionary musician who resisted Nigerian authoritarian rule.
For “A director reflects” Silvia Poletti met Ted Brandsen, at the artistic helm of the Dutch National Ballet, to find out what visions he has for it. We also went to Hamburg to see John Neumeier’s new Anna Karenina creation, a title that will arrive at the Bolshoi Ballet next season and at the Staatsoper in Vienna for the Nureyev Gala.
As you turn the pages of this issue you’ll find dates for the diary over the coming months, some autumn festivals in Italy, the highlights of the coming European season and the programme for our Danza&Danza award-giving Gala.