Contents
- Theatres of life by Paige Gordon
- Perceiving dance: bowing to the ineffable by Larry Ruffell
- Graeme Murphy's 'Nutcracker' by Rodney Stenning Edgecombe
- The Kirov Ballet: ready for a new century by Marc Haegeman
Paige Gordon talks frankly about her career as a dancer and choregrapher in Canberra before she was appointed Artsistic Director of Buzz Dance Theatre in Perth.
Although a great deal of philosophical thought has gone into dance as art over the last few hundred years, little if any has attempted to take a more dispassionate, scientific view, let alone conduct any original research into dance. That may all be about to change.
Music scholar and passionate balletomane, Rodney Edgecombe makes a thorough analysis of Murphy's The Story of Clara with comparisons to previous choreographic versions of The Nutcracker.
Belgium-based dance writer and photographer Marc Haegeman looks at some history and changes at The Kirov Ballet—for better or worse.