BALLET2000 English Edition Magazine BALLET2000 n°268 Edición anterior

The cover-story of this issue of BALLET2000 is devoted to Ohad Naharin, who led the Batsheva Dance Company for many years and whose energy and inventiveness stand out on the rich Israeli dance scene. Our news section looks at the novelties of the upcoming seasons of companies and theatres in Europe and the world, not forgetting the autumn festivals. Reviews cover the shows of Hans van Manen in Montpellier, the Alvin Ailey American Theater in Paris, Liam Scarlett’s latest creation and Zanaida Yanowsky’s farewell performance at The Royal Ballet, Ratmansky’s latest spectacular creation for American Ballet Theatre, “Whipped Cream”, as well as recent offerings by the following:

The Paris Opéra Ballet
The Staatsballett Berlin
The Bordeaux Opera Ballet
Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo
Royal Ballet Flanders
L-E-V, Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar
Richard Alston Dance Company
Hofesh Shechter Company
Hong Kong Ballet

We report from Moscow where Laurent Hilaire is now the director of the Stanislavsky Ballet. As always, the reader will find our BalletTube column and Multimedia pages that anticipate what we’ll be seeing during the upcoming season of ballet at the cinema and reviews freshly-released DVDs and freshly-published books.