Dance: Interviews

Interviews of leading choreographers, performers, and other major figures in the dance world.

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Rudolf Nureyev at 70 According to Ariane Dollfus

Born 17 March 1938, Rudolf Nureyev would have been 70 today. Patricia Boccadoro talks to French journalist Ariane Dollfus about her new biography of the celebrity Russian dancer.

17 Mar 2008

Obsession: A Viennese Nutcracker

Austrians have conservative tastes. Patricia Boccadoro asked Vienna State Director Gyula Harangozo why this was so and what he intended to do about it.

21 Dec 2007

Working With Pina Bausch

What's it like to work with Pina Bausch? Frenchman Dominique Mercy talks openly about the controversial German choreographer and director of Tanztheater Wuppertal.

Sacred Monsters: An Interview with Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan

Dance world superstars Sylvie Guillem and Akram Khan talk to CK dance editor Patricia Boccadoro about their touring production and the contradictions between tradition and experiment, East and West, language and movement, saints and monsters.

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A Little of Cranko, Something of Balanchine and a Lot of Uwe Scholz

Interview of Uwe Scholz who is the director and choreographer of the Leipzig Ballet. A conversation with dance critic Patricia Boccadoro.

Alvin Ailey Visits Les Etés de la Danse: Interview with Valéry Colin

The ever-popular Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater had the packed festival audience roaring and stamping its feet.

An Interview With Peter Schaufuss

Remote though it may be, Holstebro, a small town of 40,000 people with a big interest in the arts is known for its Odin Theatre Company. What is less known is that it also possesses a section of the Royal Danish Ballet school. "There is also a 1400 seat theatre... Five minutes in one direction you are in a field of cows; five minutes in the other takes you to the thriving business centre."

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