Dancing Times Magazine November 2021 Edizione posteriore

We mark an important milestone in this month’s issue of Dancing Times – the centenary of the first complete performance in the UK of Marius Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty (or The Sleeping Princess as it was titled by Serge Diaghilev for his Ballets Russes production back in 1921). The work has played such a significant role in the history of ballet in Britain (becoming the signature work of The Royal Ballet) that this seemed the right time to look back a century and find out just how it was viewed by a public who had never seen the ballet before.
In Dance Scene International, we record the reopening of theatres across the country following the pandemic, which includes a huge amount of new work being performed by some of our leading dance companies.
Finally, with this issue, we also say farewell to the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD), which has played host to the Dancing Times since 2016. The RAD will shortly be moving into its wonderful new premises and, from November 1 onwards, the Dancing Times team will all be working from home for the forseeable future. We can still be contacted by letter, email or telephone, of course, but please check our new address and telephone number opposite. I would like to extend our thanks to everyone at the RAD who has made the stay in our office on the third floor such a happy one, particularly Luke Rittner, Gerard Charles and Melanie Murphy – they have all proved to be true friends of the magazine.