THE DANCE MAGAZINE WITH ATTITUDE

Issue 2 – October 2021

FACE ON

Erina Takahashi filmed by Laurent Liotardo for Dance Gazette. Make-up: Ophelia Liu. Based on Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Laid in Earth (English National Ballet): make-up by Natasha Lawes (digital) and Amelia Carrington Lee and Craig Forest-Thomas (stage).

Issue 2 – October 2021

Have I ever saved face? Sometimes. Lost face? Often. Faced up to problems? Reluctantly. And put a brave face on things? Most of the goshdarn time.

features

Paint job

From chalk and lard to gold leaf and mascara: Vera Rule reveals the hidden history of ballet make-up.

features

Picture this

As the RAD launches a portrait competition for its new London headquarters, Sarah Crompton asks leading portrait artists how they capture a personality in paint.

features

Living doll

The RAD’s new portrait competition celebrates its first President, Adeline Genée. But who was she – and how did she rise from the music hall to the peak of British ballet? Carol Martin reveals the woman behind the porcelain princess.

features

Founding father

The French painter Poussin is often called the father of classicism. He was also fascinated by dance – so Rosemary Waugh asks a choreographer and a curator to delve into his paintings.

reports

Shake it up

As calls for racial equity in dance teaching grow, Isaac Ouro-Gnao asks what tangible action looks like and explores how to bring about change.

reports

Walk tall

A migrant child crossed Europe this summer. What makes Amal unusual is that she is an 11-foot puppet who draws crowds wherever she goes. She began her journey in Turkey, where Altuğ Akin sees her welcomed by Izmir’s folk dancers.

SHORT READS Issue 2 – October 2021

Inside RAD

Fonteyn 2021

We report from the Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, held entirely online for the very first time.


Dance Gazette

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Why Dance Matters

Yami ‘Rowdy’ Lofvenberg

Her school teachers called her stupid, but the hip-hop choreographer and teacher has found a defiant voice through dance. She explains the importance of being rowdy.


Dance Gazette

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RAD Q&A

Mia Zanardo

A gold medallist at the last in-person Genée competition recalls the evening, and describes staying motivated through the pandemic in Sydney.


Dance Gazette

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Advice Bureau

Didy Veldman

The Dutch choreographer shares her best advice: chase your dreams!


Dance Gazette

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Playlist

Drew McOnie

The choreographer and director is creating a new ballet about the young Merlin. Is his playlist magical too?


Dance Gazette

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Big Picture

Feel it

The international winning entries from this year’s RAD members’ photo competition. The theme? ‘Dance makes me feel…’


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