Ballet into the 21st Century
Artistic Directors' Conference




The second ballet artistic directors' conference is being held in the UK in January 2003. We have the background to this important event, a diversity of views on where ballet should go and a discussion forum. Brendan McCarthy brings it *all* together for us...

Background...

Introduction to the Conference

Assis Carreiro... the Dance East Director who brought the conference together

Directors' conference in Toronto... 'Ballet, Past, Present, Future' Conference... in May 2002 some of the world's artistic directors met - here is what they concluded.

Views...

Reid Anderson... Stuttgart Ballet director

Wayne Eagling... Dutch National Ballet Director

David Bintley... Birmingham Royal Ballet Director

James Kudelka... Artistic Director of the National Ballet of Canada

Mark Baldwin... Rambert Dance Company Director

Wayne McGregor... Artistic Director of Random Dance

Deborah Bull... Artistic Director ROH₂

BIG 'State of the Art Discussion'... in October BIG's Susie Crow and Jennifer Jackson hosted an excellent discussion on the state of ballet. On the panel were:

Matz Skoog... English National Ballet Director
Assis Carreiro...Dance East Director
Alistair Spalding... director of programming at Sadler’s Wells,

Lynn Garafola... Lynn Garafola is one of America’s foremost dance historians. She is best known as author of 'Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes'

Lewis Segal... Dance Critic, Los Angeles Times

Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer... Millicent Hodson, choreographer and Kenneth Archer, designer and art historian

Giannandrea Poesio... Spectator dance critic and historian

Michelle Potter... Critic and Curator of Dance at the National Library of Australia

Renee Renouf... Ballet.co West Coast Dance Critic

Music and the choreographic art... Richard Jones on some essentials from the past that underline some of what's needed for the future

More views to come

Talk...

Discussion Forum on Ballet into the 21st Century. Have your say and discuss the above views and thoughts...

Rudolf Nureyev pages




The 6th January 2003 will be the 10th anniversary of Nureyev's death. Jane Simpson opens a brand new section of Ballet.co about one of the greatest ballet stars of the twentieth century:
www.ballet.co.uk/nureyev

Interviews

John Percival... John Percival, currently dance critic of The Independent, has been watching dance for nearly 60 years and writing about it for publication for more than 50. Judith Cruickshank talked in depth to him for Ballet.co - a stunning read.

Monica Mason... Front Row on BBC Radio 4 was first to interview the new RB artistic director - we have the transcript

Deborah Bull interview... the Artistic Director of the newly announced ROH Too! initiative talked to the Ballet Association's David Bain

Scott Ambler... the 'Adventures' dancer interviewed by Karen Ritchie and Jane Napier

Martin Harvey... the Royal Ballet Soloist talked to the Ballet Association's Joan Seaman. Words by David Bain.

Diaries

Ballet Black... December diary

Cathy Marston... off 'Borrowing bodies'

Daniel Jones... ''29 and still Dancing That Dance''

Christopher Hampson... 'Nuts in Public'

Central School of Ballet Students Diary

Features

ROH Friends at Forty... the Royal Opera House Friends are nearly 40, Suzanne McCarthy spoke with Sherine Krause to find out more...

Royal New Zealand Ballet – a brief history... Jan Bolwell on a company that gets out and about.

Henning Kronstam - Portrait of a Danish Dancer... a new book by Alexandra Tomalonis reviewed by Anne Marriott

Guillem's 'Evidentia' on DVD... Peter Bradbury on modern dance classic

Ballet Graduate Profiles... Caroline Ferreira about her site to help stutends find jobs

Christmas Quiz... Jane Simpson with some posers for you all

Memories of 2002... Lynette Halewood looks back. So what was your best 'Best Stuffed Animal' of 2002...?

Reviews

To come...


November Magazine

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