Russian choreographer Yuri Grigorovich is the subject of our cover-story on the occasion of his 90th birthday. This issue also carries news on end-of-season performances and early summer festivals, reports freshly in from Switzerland and Africa, as well as reviews of the latest shows featuring the following companies/artists:

La Scala Ballet, Milan
Sergei Polunin
Paris Opéra Ballet/Company Wayne McGregor
Zurich Ballet
The Royal Ballet, London
Ballet du Rhin
Sankai Juku
Dresden/Frankfurt Dance Company
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
Hungarian National Ballet, Budapest
Israel Galván
La Ribot
Saarbrüchen Ballett
Paris Opéra Ballet
Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

The Media section focusses on recent DVD releases and dance/ballet cinema broadcasts and includes, as always, our popular BalletTube column.