Dancing Times Magazine August 2014 Back Issue

With the summer now in full swing, you might be longing to spend time cooling off , so why not take a look at Debbie Malina’s article on skating and dance on page 56, which might take off some of the heat by putting you on ice? Also in this issue, Graham Watts fi nds out what it is like to be a dancer appearing in a theatre at the end of a pier, Laura Dodge pays a visit to Urdang Academy, and Paul Arrowsmith takes time out to talk to some senior dancers about the passing on of their dance knowledge. Arts Council England recently announced its new round of funding awards for dance, and in Dance Matters we find out who the winners are – and also the losers. In the same section, I talk to Kevin O’Hare, director of The Royal Ballet, about the success of the company’s recent tour to Russia, and we highlight English National Ballet’s plans to build a new home for the company and its school in London. Also in this issue, Margaret Willis meets English National Ballet’s Alison McWhinney, who is our latest Dancer of the Month, and in Dance Scene we include reviews of, among others, Northern Ballet, Rambert, Stuttgart Ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet.