Content
WARM-UP
Contemporary Witnesses
A Farewell to Hans van Manen
in Loud Times
CLOSE-UP
Persona
Ma Bayadère: Jean-Christophe Maillot
Reworks a Classic in Monte-Carlo
Sibling Trauma
Der Nussknacker by Marco Goecke
Dark Beauty
Chaotic Dwarves & Cute Forest Creatures:
Schneewittchen in Kiel
AT A GLANCE
Side Steps
Daphnis Kokkinos, Brigitte Bardot,
164VanVolxem, Andrea Salustri – and more
Spilling the Beans
Monthly Questionnaire:
Reinhild Hoffmann
HANS VAN MANEN
Game Changer
On the Death of
the Choreographer
Farewell to a Free Spirit
Voices From the Ballet World
PEOPLE
Glamour
Guillaume Diop Lends New Radiance
to the Paris Opera Ballet
Together
Gabriele Brandstetter
and Christian Spuck
HIGHLIGHTS
Our Favorites
from The Hague to Nuremberg
CALENDAR
REVIEWS
Berlin
Milla Koistinen
Sweat (anthem)
Berlin, on tour
Jefta van Dinther
Mercury Rising
Chemnitz
Sabrina Sadowska
Der blaue Vogel oder
Die Suche nach dem Glück
Hamburg
Bournonville & Martínez
Romantic Evolution/s
Kaiserslautern
Pau Aran
Erinnerungen an den Widerstand
Ludwigsburg
Edward Clug, Ángel Rodríguez
Don Juan / Sémiramis
Nordhausen, Rudolstadt
Ivan Alboresi
Giselle
Pforzheim
Guido Markowitz,
Mar Rodríguez Valverde
Schwanensee
Stuttgart
Semenzato/Volta, Newmen,
Adorisio, Vogel/Lempertz
Interaction
Vienna
Sol León, Paul Lightfoot
Stay Tuned
Screening, Exhibition & Online
Dance Around the World,
Inspirationen & Cinderella
SERVICE
February 2026
Calls for Applications, Competitions,
Workshops – and more
TRADITIONS
Introspection
Glen Tetley at 100:
a Quiet Force Shaping
Post-Cranko Ballet
REPORT
Elephant in the Room
Israeli Dance Artists Navigating War,
Silence, and International Exchange
MIXED MEDIA
Books, Streaming, Music – and more:
A Study of Louise Lecavalier,
Constanza Macras: Photo Book
BACKGROUND
IN PRACTICE
Miscellaneous
10. Biennale Tanzausbildung, Tanztriennale,
and Zentrum Junger Tanz
PREVIEW