Interview: Rosalind Plowright looks back on her 50-year career
Rosalind Plowright looks back at her 50-year career with Paul Arrowsmith before a run as Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera at Opera Holland Park from 25 July.
Author: Paul Arrowsmith
Paul Arrowsmith has been watching dance for 45 years after Peter Wright’s Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet was his baptism in dance in the UK. He wrote for Dancing Times between 2010-22, reporting from China, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany and Denmark, along the way interviewing Alessandra Ferri, Akram Khan and Miyako Yoshida among many. He has a particular interest in design for dance and has profiled the work of Natalia Goncharova, Jürgen Rose, John Macfarlane and Anthony McDonald. Paul collaborated with Sir Peter Wright on his memoires Wrights & Wrongs and in 2016 was programme consultant for the BBC documentary, The Ballet Master: Sir Peter Wright at 90.
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Interview: former Royal Danish Ballet principal Gregory Dean on life after 40
Gregory Dean talks to Paul Arrowsmith about choreographing and coaching after retiring as a dancer at 40, and life with his daughter.
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Interview: Kate Flatt, choreographer and movement director, on 40 years of Les Mis and Turandot
Paul Arrowsmith talks to Kate Flatt – choreographer, movement director, mentor and dance educator – on her two long-running productions, the musical Les Misérables and the opera Turandot, and a life in the theatre.
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Interview: Christopher Marney, director of London City Ballet
Christopher Marney talked to Paul Arrowsmith before the company left the UK for Portugal on the first leg of its new tour.
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Review: Cinderella with Birmingham Royal Ballet – a company on glittering, reenergised form
Paul Arrowsmith sees Birmingham Royal Ballet in David Bintley’s Cinderella – told with dramatic and theatrical flair
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Interview: Ernst Meisner, new Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet
Paul Arrowsmith talks to Ernst Meisner who takes over from Ted Brandsen as Artistic Director of Dutch National Ballet in 2026.
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Interview: Theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan – Be yourself! Always be curious and dream.
Between projects in New York, Copenhagen and Monaco, theatre designer Jérôme Kaplan finds time to talk to Paul Arrowsmith.
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Review: Carlos Pons Guerra’s ‘Mariposa’ on tour with DeNada Dance Theatre
Paul Arrowsmith sees Mariposa in Lancaster, the opening night of a UK tour – “full of poetry and lingers in the memory”
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Interview: Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra on Mariposa – a Queer Tragedy inspired by Puccini’s Madama Butterfly
Choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra talks to Paul Arrowsmith ahead of the UK tour of Mariposa – “Adapting opera into non-verbal dance was an exciting, but certainly difficult.”
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[Interview] Margaret Barbieri, assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, on the eve of the company’s performances at The Royal Opera House
Prima Ballerina and assistant director of Sarasota Ballet, Margaret Barbieri, talks to Paul Arrowsmith as the company celebrates Frederick Ashton in London.
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Interview with choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra: dance is an inherently queer art
Paul Arrowsmith talks to choreographer Carlos Pons Guerra, who creates work exploring gender, cultural and sexual identity, as he prepares for Edward II.
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[Interview] Tamas Detrich’s first five years as director of Stuttgart Ballet
Tamas Detrich’s career with Stuttgart Ballet spans 45 years – as a dancer and since 2018 as artistic director. He, and four of his company, talk to Gramilano.
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[Review] McNicol Ballet Collective in Devotions: “an engaging and committed group of dancers”
McNicol Ballet Collective’s Devotions – a triple bill by Andrew McNicol – is part of the Royal Opera House’s ongoing Next Generation Festival.
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[Interview] The Collected Mr McNicol – talking to choreographer Andrew McNicol
Choreographer Andrew McNicol talks about his McNicol Ballet Collective UK tour and his flourishing career.
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[Interview] The authentic and passionate Laura Morera – a career without limits
Laura Morera talks about her Royal Ballet career, the roles had and lost, dancing Ashton, and her “artistic love story” with choreographer Liam Scarlett.
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[Review] The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella – not quite top drawer?
Akane Takada with Nicol Edmonds and Laura Morera with Matthew Ball head two debut casts in The Royal Ballet’s new production of Ashton’s Cinderella.
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[Interview] Designer Tom Pye on death threats, Cinderella – and cowboys
Paul Arrowsmith talks to Tom Pye, designer of The Royal Ballet’s new production of Cinderella about redesigning the Ashton classic and his career highlights.
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